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Indore-based STAGE is constructing an ‘Indianised’ OTT platform with authentic hyperlocal content

In 2016, WittyFeed is one of theIndia’s most viral websites. The platform began out in 2014 with a consumer base of one lakh customers and within the next years, it had garnered 420 million web page views and 2.5 billion ad impressions. But, in 2018, WittyFeed’s Facebook web page was worn out overnight, and the founders determined to keep working in content but with a special approach. Along…
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Kenyan MNO Safaricom launches second version of Spark Venture Fund, ups size to $6m

Leading Kenyan mobile network operator (MNO) Safaricom has introduced the second version of its Spark Venture Fund, in order to make investments a total of US$6 million in numerous innovative Kenyan tech startups. Safaricom first released the Spark Venture Fund back in 2014, to make investments and assist late-seed, early growth stage agencies with a presence in Kenya, while leveraging Safaricom…
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YC-sponsored B2B startup Bikayi raises $2M from Mantis Ventures, others

Hyderabad-based B2B startup Bikayi will use the investment to lease more talent to boost up product development, ramp up the platform, and onboard 1,000,000 new traders. Y Combinator-subsidized B2B startup Bikayi, which gives free WhatsApp-incorporated ecommerce store setup with price gateways and order tracking, has raised a seed spherical of $2 million from a grab of worldwide traders, including…
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Bezos, Musk: World’s richest humans smashed wealth records this week

It’s been one of the most profitable weeks in records for a number of the world’s wealthiest human beings. The net worth of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos topped the once-unfathomable amount of $2 hundred billion. Entrepreneur, inventor, provocateur Elon Musk introduced the name of centibillionaire while his fortune soared past $100 billion fueled through Tesla Inc.’s ceaseless rally.
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PM Jan Dhan scheme completes six years, benefits 40.35 Cr people

Over 40.35 crore people benefited from the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which was released six years in the past as a national mission for monetary inclusion, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated on August 28 2020. The Jan Dhan Yojana, which become introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day address in 2014, was released on August 28 in the same…
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