Skill-Lync raises $17.5 million from Iron Pillar, others

Edtech startup Skill-Lync will use the funding to increase the number of engineering courses it offers, as well as build its management team and for global expansion.

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CarTrade Tech IPO to open on August 9; price band fixed at Rs 1,585-1,618

The public issue of up to 1,85,32,216 equity shares is a complete offer for sale (OFS) by existing selling shareholders and the company will not receive any proceeds from the issue.

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Focus on growth, building long-term business: Zomato's cofounder Deepinder Goyal

Goyal says Zomato spent almost one-third the money compared to competition to get here and has been very efficient..

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Payment gateways under probe for 'money transfers' to Chinese apps

Investigators are currently probing the role of Razorpay, the Bengaluru unicorn, in the Chinese betting app case.

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Deepinder Goyal interview; ED probes payment gateways

During his first media interview after Zomato’s record-breaking IPO, founder and CEO Deepinder Goyal told us the company’s stellar public listing was "beyond anyone’s expectations" but that the company will continue to chase growth over profits.

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PM switches on e-RUPI digital payments mode

The purpose-specific digital payment solution, developed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in partnership with several government agencies, over its interoperable Unified Payments Interface (UPI) architecture will first be launched for Covid vaccine dispensation at private hospitals, the prime minister said.

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Nektar.ai raises $6 million as part of second tranche of its seed round

This takes its total funding in the seed round to $8.1 million, making it one of the biggest such rounds for a Software as a Service (SaaS) startup in the region.

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