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JioSaavn becomes India’s answer to Spotify and Apple Music
India finally has its answer to Spotify after Reliance Jio merged its music service with Saavn, the startup it acquired earlier…
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Acast raises $35M to help podcasters make money
Podcasting has grown tremendously in recent years, and a Stockholm-based company called Acast is looking to help all those podcasters…
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Experian leads $10M investment in Southeast Asia fintech startup Jirnexu
Consumer credit giant Experian is continuing to back Asian fintech startups after it led a $10 million investment in Southeast…
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Cove.Tool wants to solve climate change one efficient building at a time
As the fight against climate change heats up, Cove.Tool is looking to help tackle carbon emissions one building at a…
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The economics and tradeoffs of ad-funded smart city tech
In order to have innovative smart city applications, cities first need to build out the connected infrastructure, which can be…
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UrbanClap, India’s largest home services startup, raises $50M
UrbanClap, a four-year-old startup that offers home services across India, has closed a $50 million Series D round for expansion.…
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Meet ‘Bitski’, the single sign-on wallet crypto desperately needs
The mainstream will never adopt blockchain-powered decentralized apps (dApps) if it’s a struggle to log in. They’re either forced to…
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China’s Geek+ raises $150M to build robots for warehouses and logistics
One of the most immediate — and already live — applications for robotics and artificial intelligence in general has been…
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