unicorns: Page 5

News and Trends

14th Unicorn Of India This Year As Zeta Bags $250 Mn Deal

The startup said the latest infusion of capital will be utilized for scaling growth in the US, Europe, and India including expanding the team, platform and operations to meet the rising demand

News and Trends

Cars24 Becomes Seventh Unicorn in Pandemic Year After Raising $200 Mn

Pre-owned vehicle buying and selling platform Cars24 has raised USD 200 million in Series E funding round led by DST Global.

News and Trends

Razorpay Becomes Fifth Fintech Unicorn After Raising $100 Mn in Series D Funding

The company said it plans to deploy the new funds to strengthen RazorpayX, neo-banking platform and lending arm Razorpay Capital and hire about 500 employees by FY2021

News and Trends

Unacademy Acquires UPSC Preparing Startup Coursavy

As a part of the deal, Coursavy educators, including Vimal Singh Rathore (chief executive officer CEO, Coursavy), will now teach on Unacademy and will also mentor existing educators on enhancing discipline amongst aspirants

News and Trends

EMPG and OLX Group, Owners Of Dubai-Based Bayut And Dubizzle Respectively, Merge To Form Unicorn Company

The two enterprises have merged their MENA and South Asia operations to form an AED3.6 billion (US$1 billion) Dubai-based unicorn company.

Women Entrepreneur®

Betting on the Small Guy: How Zilingo's Ankiti Bose Made It Big in the Fashion Tech Industry

In an interview with Entrepreneur Asia Pacific, Bose talks about how Zilingo got its start, and where the world is in terms of gender equality

News and Trends

Here's Why This Hospitality Unicorn is Scaling Back And Laying Off Employees

Latest reports say SoftBank-backed OYO has laid off around 200 employees from Delhi and rolled back operations massively

Growing a Business

What I Learned From Building a Unicorn: Be Challenged, Not Stressed.

As with so many other things in life, perception can make all the difference.

Growth Strategies

Not Killing Company Culture for the Sake of Growth Took This Entrepreneur to Build One of the Biggest Robotics Company of the World

The Singapore-headquartered company was founded in 2011 and is waiting in the wings to become a Unicorn

News and Trends

Gojek Founder and Ex-CEO Appointed Indonesia's Minister of Education and Culture

Makarim had announced his resignation to the press on Monday

News and Trends

Former Fresworks Executive & Norwest Partners Launch $300 Mn SaaS & B2B Fund

The fund will be aimed at creating an ecosystem of strong execution-focused partners who have built scale

News and Trends

'Silicon Valley' of India Bengaluru Not the Start-up Hub Anymore, Delhi-NCR Homes the Largest Number

With 7039 start-ups and 10 unicorns, Delhi-NCR has reached the highest number of start-ups than any other state

News and Trends

LinkedIn Reveals Hottest Start-ups Where Indians Want to Work

Silicon valley-based LinkedIn rolled out a list of 25 start-ups where Indians want to work

Growth Strategies

Debt Funding Vs Equity Funding: What Should Startups Choose While Raising Capital

A common dilemma that besets the founders is that of choosing between debt financing and equity financing while raising funds

Entrepreneurs

The Ikea of Home Building: Meet the man behind Revolution Precrafted, the Philippines' first unicorn

True to his start-up's name, Revolution Precrafted, Robbie Antonio believes he's starting a revolution with his property business