Entrepreneur Ashneer Grover recently said he was "offended" after a student mentioned that most entrepreneurs are turning into influencers nowadays and there are "a lot of similarities" between Grover and Ankur Warikoo. Grover added, "You can say whatever you want to me...But don't compare me to Ankur Warikoo." Grover made the remarks at the Institute of Management Technology in Ghaziabad. readmore...

Nykaa's Chief Commercial Operations Officer Manoj Gandhi, Chief Business Officer of fashion division Gopal Asthana, and CEO of wholesale business Vikas Gupta and two other executives have resigned, a spokesperson told Reuters. Some of these exits are part of standard annual appraisal and transition process, wherein, people exit due to performance or for other opportunities, the spokesperson added. readmore...

BharatPe's former Managing Director Ashneer Grover tweeted that the number of his visits to court are "tending towards number of airport visits". He also shared a picture of himself with a caption, "If Court Look was a thing." His tweet comes amid reports that BharatPe Co-founder Shashvat Nakrani is set to sue Grover over "unpaid shares". readmore...

Grammarly's new CEO Rahul Roy-Chowdhury is currently the company's Global Head of Product. Before joining Grammarly in 2021, Roy-Chowdhury spent more than 14 years at Google. He has also worked at Solidcore Systems, Amazon and Lazard. He holds a Master's degree in computer science from Columbia University and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. readmore...

Ashneer Grover recently revealed he made more money last year as an influencer than he ever did through MBA, startup or bank. Speaking about becoming an influencer, he said, "I don't think of it as derogatory." Grover, who co-founded BharatPe and appeared on Shark Tank India's first season, said his popularity is at an all-time high due to social media. readmore...

Celebrity influencer Mira Rajput Kapoor said she has been investing as an angel investor in early-stage beauty and wellness brands for five years now. "I started angel investing because I saw that opportunity with my husband," Kapoor said. She has invested in yoga startup SARVA Yoga, plant-based nutrition supplement brand Wellbeing Nutrition and organic grocery company Zama Organics. readmore...

Defunct crypto exchange FTX said that it would sell its preferred stock in Web3 firm Mysten Labs, the startup behind Sui blockchain, for nearly $95 million. In 2022, FTX paid nearly $102 million for shares and token warrants of Mysten. This comes amid the ongoing efforts of new FTX management which is trying to recover assets to clear liabilities. readmore...

A Parliamentary Committee on electric vehicles (EVs) has suggested the government extend benefits under the FAME India Scheme by two more years. "Removal of government support would result in price escalation of EVs significantly," the panel said, adding, "A large number of start-ups are...involved in this field, which may have to shut down once the FAME II is closed." readmore...

Ford Motor has said its electric vehicle business incurred a pretax loss of $3 billion in the last two years, and the same amount of loss is expected this year. The EV unit, named 'Model e', should be seen as a startup, CFO John Lawler said. EV startups lose money as they build knowledge and gain market share, he added. readmore...

Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has invested in AI chatbot startup Character.AI. The startup, which has no revenue, has raised $150 million in a new funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz that valued it at $1 billion. As per PitchBook, AI investment in 2023 to date has surpassed the full-year amount in 2020 of $1.5 billion. readmore...

Elon Musk-led SpaceX launched 56 Starlink internet satellites to low-Earth orbit on Friday. A video of the mission showed the first stage of a SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which carried the satellites, coming back to Earth 8.5 minutes after liftoff and landing on a ship off the Florida coast. The satellites were deployed about 65 minutes after launch, SpaceX said. readmore...

Jeff Bezos-led Blue Origin revealed on Friday that the September 2022 crash of its New Shepard rocket (NS-23) was caused due to "a thermo-structural failure of the engine nozzle". The engine nozzle broke apart due to excessive temperatures, Blue Origin said. It added that the company expects to return to flight "soon", with a re-flight of the NS-23 payloads. readmore...

The British parliament has blocked TikTok on all the devices on its network, following a similar ban on government devices in the UK. "The commissions of both the House of Commons and Lords have decided that TikTok will be blocked from all parliamentary devices and the wider parliamentary network," a parliament spokesperson said. readmore...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denied a recent report that said investors from Saudi Arabia and the UAE were planning to invest in a multi-billion dollar funding round in the company. "Not true," the billionaire tweeted. SpaceX raised $2 billion in 2022 and $2.6 billion in 2020, according to venture capital firm Space Capital. readmore...

Character.AI, a 16-month-old chatbot startup founded by two former Google employees in the Silicon Valley, was valued at $1 billion in its latest round of funding. The $150-million round was led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. As per a company representative, Character.AI doesn't generate revenue but might offer a premium subscription service in the future. readmore...

Neobanking startup Stashfin has secured $100 million in debt funding from InnoVen Capital and Trifecta Capital, with participation from other domestic investors. The debt round is a follow-up to the $270 million Series C round Stashfin raised in 2022 at a valuation of $730 million. The startup will use the funds to drive growth and enhance customer experience. readmore...

The Good Glamm Group is set to buy out 100% stake in personal care brand Organic Harvest and femtech brand Sirona, CEO Darpan Sanghvi told Moneycontrol. "Between the end of this year and the end of next year, Sirona and Organic Harvest founders will also exit," Sanghvi added. Good Glamm had acquired a majority stake in Organic Harvest in 2022. readmore...

WeWork India CEO Karan Virwani told YourStory that the company was "never flush with money" and was lucky to get $100 million funding from its parent WeWork Global during the pandemic. The funding was first used to pay vendors, Virwani said. The co-working space startup last raised ₹550 crore from BPEA Credit in December. readmore...

Nearly 50% of the startups in Uttar Pradesh are headed by women, said Akshay Tripathi, Special Secretary, Department of IT & Electronics. Out of 8,714 registered startups in the state, 4,305 are run by women entrepreneurs, Tripathi added. The state IT department, a nodal agency for startups, provides extra 50% financial assistance to women entrepreneurs. readmore...

The Delhi High Court on Friday issued summons to BharatPe Co-founder and ex-MD Ashneer Grover in a case filed against him by another Co-founder, Shashvat Nakrani, over "unpaid shares". Ashneer has to appear before the court on the next date of hearing, which is scheduled for March 28. Earlier, BharatPe's other Co-founder, Bhavik Koladiya, also sued Ashneer over unpaid shares. readmore...

SoftBank-backed edtech startup Unacademy is in talks for a potential merger with BYJU'S-owned Aakash, Moneycontrol reported. Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal is expected to run the merged entity, while BYJU'S Co-founder Byju Raveendran may get a board seat, Moneycontrol added. The deal will reportedly be a mix of cash and stock. However, BYJU'S and Aakash have denied any such development. readmore...

BharatPe Co-Founder Shashvat Nakrani has reportedly filed a lawsuit against former managing director and other Co-founder, Ashneer Grover, over "unpaid shares". As per Mint, Shashvat has claimed Ashneer didn't pay for the 2,447 BharatPe shares he bought from him and is now demanding the return of the shares. Earlier this year, BharatPe's other Co-founder, Bhavik Koladiya, also sued Ashneer. readmore...

Startups will get no relief from the change in angel tax provisions in the amendments to the Finance Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on March 24. The angel tax is charged on amounts raised by startups in excess of their fair market value. The change in the angel tax provision was announced in the Union Budget. readmore...

Credit Suisse, in its research report, said that after 70 new unicorns emerged in last two years, there is a much-needed pause. "In our view, just like the earlier optimism was overdone, so is this pessimism," it said. The unicorn valuations at 11% was highest in India, against 7% in China and 5% in the US, the report added. readmore...

Edtech platform Byju's will reportedly close a $250 million equity fund raise in April at a $22 billion flat valuation. The term sheets are expected to close in about 2-3 weeks, PTI reported citing a source. In October, Byju's raised $250 million from existing investors and Qatar Investment Authority at a valuation of $22 billion. readmore...

The flu has hospitalized a record number of people this season, underscoring the potential for a perilous winter of respiratory viruses with covid-19 and RSV.

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NFL superstar Tom Brady and supermodel Gisele Bundchen said they will divorce after 13 years of marriage.

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Musk is in charge of the social media platform and has fired its CEO and other executives, numerous reports say. Musk tweeted, "the bird is freed."

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Fuel prices will increase on Wednesday after the rand weakened and oil price rose in October.

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Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's assembly seat was declared vacant by the Uttar Pradesh speaker this evening, formalising his disqualification as the MLA from the Rampur seat.

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