Prasid Banerjee
Stories by Prasid Banerjee
India’s Sharechat is latest to enter unicorn club with $502m funding round
The social media firm raised the round led by Lightspeed Ventures and Tiger Global.
After successful 2020, Indian mobile gaming firms set their sights on Western markets
The Indian market brings a large number of users for gaming firms, but it’s tougher to monetise.
Key employees laid off from ByteDance may be hired by Indian platforms
Chingari, Bolo Indya, Mitron and Trell are looking to hire.
India moves to permanently ban TikTok, and 58 other Chinese apps
“The government is not satisfied with the response/explanation given by these companies."
India: Short video app Bolo Indya raises $400,000 from Inflection Point Ventures
Local short-video companies have benefitted from India's ban of many Chinese apps.
PUBG set to make India comeback with new game
The company had earlier announced that it was taking away the IP rights from Tencent Games to run PUBG Mobile in India.
India’s competition watchdog to probe if Google unfairly promoted its payments app
Google placed the app prominently on Play Store, case alleges.
Indian startups’ nationalist posturing won’t bother Google
“It’s not possible to replace Android overnight."
India: Startups to move CCI against Google’s alleged anti-competitive policies
The discussion involved Google’s recent imposition of its Play Store billing system on Indian developers.
Google delays Play Billing for Indian apps amid mounting protests from developers
The tech company will set up listening sessions with leading Indian startups.
