Startups

Facebook-parent Meta, which counts India as its largest market by users, is gearing up to make its third startup investment in the South Asian market. The American social media group, which invested in social commerce Meesho in 2019 and online learning platform Unacademy in 2020, is in talks to bac

“Buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startups have gained traction by targeting consumers, but BNPLs for businesses are also starting to take off. One example is Fairbanc, which is based in Singapore but focused on Indonesia. It allows small businesses to take out short-term credit to purchase fast-movi

Startup founders and laid-off tech workers know all too well about the funding slowdown of 2022, but the boom times aren’t over for everyone. U.S. venture firms in particular are amassing more cash than ever, and Menlo Ventures is perpetuating the trend. The 46-year-old Bay Area firm, known f

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Digit, the bipedal robot developed by Agility Robotics, will continue to evolve and improve, including the addition of a head and some digits of its very own, according to co-founders Damion Shelton and Jonathan Hurst. Just don’t expect Digit to talk or have digits that look like human hands.

Chartering a private plane is never going to be cheap, no matter how many startups have promised to make it more affordable over the years. But that doesn’t mean it can’t become cheaper. AeroVanti Air Club, which is announcing a $9.75 million Series A fundraising round led by Network1 F

Venture funds are clear: Given the uncertainty of the coming few years as the Fed seeks to unwind its decades-long monetary policy, the mandate for CEOs is to: Cut burn. Slow growth. Carefully manage towards profitability. This is a tough pill to swallow for founders who were planning to accelera

Imagine you have developed a groundbreaking product that is going to revolutionize your industry. You do not want your competitors to copy the product. At the very least, you want them to pay you compensation for making a competing product. You know that if you want to protect the product, you shou

When Kristy Kim started TomoCredit in early 2019, she was on a mission to help international students more easily obtain credit. Three and a half years later, that mission has evolved. TomoCredit, which aims to help young adults who are in good financial health but have no credit score, is no long

E-commerce across Latin America exploded in the past two years, but against an infrastructure that wasn't prepared for all of that activity. During this time, startups have taken up the challenge to bolster the infrastructure needed for packages to get to their end destination quickly and cheap

Amazon’s interest in healthcare and being a major player in that industry is taking one big step forward today. The company has just announced that it intends to buy One Medical, a primary care provider that leverages in-person, digital and virtual interactions in its services. One Medical we

"attachment_2357888" aria-describedby="" style="width: 1024px">Prerna A. Jhunjhunwala and Nikhil Naik, founders of Creative Galileo. Image Credits: Creative Galileo People who work with kids know how difficult it is to keep them engaged with online learning content. Creative Galileo keeps children h

The idea of starting Healthie, a software company meant to help healthcare companies and startups handle back-office operations, came to co-founder Erica Jain after witnessing her parents struggle with weight loss but lack of access to a comprehensive care team. “What Healthie is building is akin

The past couple of years were all about huge valuations and less about needing to prove peak operational efficiency across the entire business. Even if you didn't experience this first-hand as a startup founder or employee, the sheer amount of funding dispersed just last year proves my point. T