Prasid Banerjee
Stories by Prasid Banerjee
Indian govt proposes national framework to boost use of blockchain
The National Strategy on Blockchain offers recommendations for creating digital platforms.
Investments in gaming startups in India rise to five-year high of $1.6b this year
Dream Sports and MPL raised $785m and $375m, respectively.
Tencent-backed Indian short video platform Sharechat in talks to buy rival MX TakaTak
Sharechat’s parent Mohalla Tech became a unicorn in April this year.
CoinSwitch Kuber becomes India’s second crypto unicorn after $260m funding
The funding was led by a16z and Coinbase Ventures.
Indian government launches accelerator programme to fund 300 early-stage startups
The government wants to scale up the networks of incubators and startups to 10x, 20x and more.
VC interest in Indian crypto firms rising despite regulatory uncertainty
As many as 13 deals worth more than $176.9 million have been completed in 2021.
India sees growing investor interest, user adoption of NFTs
Investors also said the number of pitches from startups wanting to enter the NFT space has increased.
India: Homegrown Moj leads market after China’s TikTok ban
The short video market, like any other in social media, is known to be capital-intensive.
Indian dating app TrulyMadly raises $2.1m in pre-series A round
Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma, and InMobi co-founders Abhay Singhal and Piyush Shah joined in the round.
Qualcomm Ventures invests $6.7m in Indian audio accessory maker boAT
boAT will be working closely with chipmaker Qualcomm to enhance the technology of its audio products.
