OneWeb confirms successful launch and contact with all 36 satellites, bringing total in-orbit constellation to 218 satellites. One launch away from providing connectivity to regions north of the 50th parallel. Customer service on track to begin at the end of the year LONDON, May 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — OneWeb, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, … Read more
Poparazzi topped the free apps chart on the Apple’s US App Store after debuting on Monday. Venture capitalists have been buzzing about the app that could challenge Instagram and Snapchat. Here’s how the new platform that bans selfies and filters works. See more stories on Insider’s business page. A photo-sharing app that bans selfies launched … Read more
The Bengaluru-based company now offers direct investments in mutual funds, stocks, initial public offerings, digital gold, and exchange traded funds. It is backed by fintech investor Ribbit Capital, YC Continuity Fund, and Propel Ventures, apart from Tiger Global and Sequoia. The company has raised more than $142 million from investors, of which $113 million came … Read more
DUBAI, UAE, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — StashAway is raising $25 million USD in its Series D funding round led by Sequoia Capital India, one of the region’s leading venture capital firms. StashAway’s existing investors, Eight Roads Ventures, the global investment firm backed by Fidelity International and early investor in Alibaba; and Square Peg, the largest venture capital fund in Australia, also participated in the round. The … Read more
In the first quarter this year, U.S. startups raised $69 billion from investors—41% more than the previous record, set in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to data firm PitchBook Data Inc. The average valuation for startups at all stages also reached a new high, and more than tripled from last year to $1.6 billion … Read more
The fairytale success of Lijjat Papad — a multi-million-dollar venture founded by seven women in a crowded Mumbai tenement in 1959 with seed capital of 80 rupees ($1.10) — belies its revolutionary feminist aspirations. The cooperative employs 45,000 women across India, offering them a job for life as “co-owners” of the enterprise, whose wafer-thin snacks … Read more
Two of the co-founders of new-age logistics major Delhivery have left the firm just as the startup is readying for its initial public offering (IPO), two people aware of the matter said. Bhavesh Manglani (top) and Mohit Tandon, two of the five original co-founders of Delhivery, have ‘stepped aside’ from day-to-day operations. They have also … Read more
The company, which automates mundane office tasks with robotic software, filed Securities Exchange Commission paperwork on Friday to sell stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PATH. More than three-dozen investors – including Accel Partners, CapitalG (formerly Google Capital), Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins – have put nearly $2 billion into … Read more
Roblox, the gaming platform that soared to 32.6 million daily users, is going public this Wednesday. In 2020, the company paid out more than $328.74 million to Roblox game developers. Roblox games are built by independent developers – helping some teens pay for college. Read more on the Insider homepage. The wildly popular gaming platform … Read more