PhonePe, India’s biggest digital payments platform, has put its IPO plans on hold, citing geopolitical tensions and a volatile stock market. On Monday, the Bengaluru-based…
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Google, Accel India accelerator chooses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’ |
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India PC shipments surpass pandemic peak as first-time users upgrade |
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India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year |
Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and its city footprint expands, investors are opening…
India's Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year |
Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and its city footprint expands, investors are opening…