Sanchita Dash
Senior Digital Content Creator
Sanchita writes about news with views from the business world to the Indian startup ecosystem. Prior to BI, she worked with Entrepreneur India, Anthill Ventures, T-Hub and Deccan Chronicle. A graduate from Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communication, conversations and coffee keep her going.
Latest Stories from Sanchita Dash
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From Remdesivir to use of oxygen to vaccination during periods – India’s health ministry clears the air about an ‘unnecessary panic’ in the country
India has seen a staggering rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, which has wreaked havoc on India’…
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Edtech startup upGrad gets its first external funding – a $120 million cheque from Temasek
Indian edtech startup upGrad has raised its first external funding, six years after the startup was…
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From Sundar Pichai to Satya Nadella – Indian-Americans wake up to the COVID-19 crisis at home
On Monday morning, India reported 3,52,991 new COVID-19 infections, crossing the three-lakh single-…
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An Indian billionaire says it’s time to pack up and move from India’s large cities and permanently work from home
Nithin Kamath, founder and chief executive officer of India’s largest stockbroking platform Zerodha…
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Indian corporates, VCs and startups are now looking to charter flights and import oxygen cylinders and concentrators into the country
India is currently battling a major second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an alarming oxygen s…
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COVID-19 pandemic has thrown the spotlight on a five-year old startup with emergency ambulance service
On Friday, a patient from Hyderabad, whose oxygen levels were dropping rapidly, was successfully tr…
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Tesla hires former Reliance top exec Chithra Thomas as its HR head for India
Elon Musk’s Tesla is setting up its India operations fast and is also assembling its leadership tea…
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The COVID-19 crisis in India is getting worse with state administrations trying to hoard oxygen
Today, India reported a staggering 3.15 lakh new COVID-19 cases, the highest single day rise report…
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Tiger Global makes its first crypto investment in India making Coinswitch Kuber worth half a billion dollars
Indian cryptocurrency exchange Coinswitch Kuber has raised $25 million from Tiger Global. With the …
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Revolut starts India operations, appoints former Lendingkart, Flipkart executive Paroma Chatterjee as CEO
The $5.5 billion fintech firm Revolut, which is also one of Europe’s largest startups, has appointe…
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Covishield vaccine priced at ₹400 and ₹600 for state hospitals and private hospitals respectively, to be available in medical stores after 4-5 months
The Indian government has opened up vaccination for all above the age of 18 from May 1. And, as one…
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Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings says India is a 'speculative' investment – talks about pricing experiments and partnership with Jio
Hastings didn’t hold back to say that the investment in India remains speculative
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Coinbase hires former Google Pay exec to lead India ops, is hiring aggressively and looking for startup acquisitions
Coinbase, valued at $64 billion, is making its way into the Indian market and has hired a former Go…
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SaaS startup Chargebee is the 11th unicorn of 2021 and the seventh for Tiger Global this year alone
Chargebee, a billing and revenue management startup, has raised $125 million in a series G round le…
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Tiger Global invests in healthcare startup Pristyn Care, valuation more than doubles in six months
US-based investment biggie Tiger Global Management has led a $53 million round in healthcare startu…
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India still has the ‘bad’ classification in the World Press Freedom Index, falls behind Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Nepal
The World Press Freedom Index 2021, which determines the liberty given to the media and press in a …
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SaaS unicorn Druva, which manages data for NASA, Pfizer, and GameStop, raises $147 million; valuation crosses $2 billion
Druva, a cloud data protection and management unicorn, has raised $147 million in a new round of fu…
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Almost nine months later, Future Retail-Reliance deal continues to hang in balance as Supreme Court stays further proceedings with Amazon
Future Retail and Amazon’s fight over Kishore Biyani’s deal with Reliance Retail will now be decide…
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Dream11’s parent company is reportedly the latest contender for a public market debut in the US
Dream Sports’ news about the listing follows the reports of unicorns like Zomato, Delhivery, Nyk…
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Razorpay raises $160 million at $3 billion valuation, plans for more acquisitions
Indian online payments startup Razorpay has raised $160 million in a series E round of funding led …
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VCs say 10 unicorns in 4 months may seem too small by the end of this year
India saw 10 unicorns emerge in the first four months of 2021 as compared to 11 unicorns from the w…
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Flipkart acquires Cleartrip in an effort to cement its position in the travel booking segment
It’s official. Walmart-owned e-commerce giant Flipkart is set to acquire Cleartrip, the online trav…
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This VC firm invested in Pharmeasy when it was valued at just $10 million – here’s why it promises to invest in every round even after an IPO
Pharmeasy was one of the startups that got a billion dollar valuation in the unicorn frenzy, where …
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Bhuvan Bam and his partner-in-crime Rohit Raj share how they have turned the YouTuber’s content into a business
Bhuvan Bam is a man with multiple talents – an actor, content creator and a singer. One of the firs…
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Serum Institute of India buys into IPO-bound insurance unicorn PolicyBazaar, as True North sells part stake in secondary sale
Adar Poonawalla-headed vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) has bought a minority stake in …