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Kunal Shah, CRED, WhatsApp, Meta, Miten Sampat, CRED founder, WhatsApp global head, Meta investment, CRED funding, Indian startups, fintech, ESOP buyback, Will Cathcart, Mark Zuckerberg

Kunal Shah Steps Back From CRED to Lead WhatsApp Globally as Meta Invests $900 Million

The CRED founder Kunal Shah hands day-to-day control to Miten Sampat after building a 17 million member fintech platform. Meta comes in as a minority…

Epil Bodra

June 23
CRED layoffs, Kunal Shah, CRED profit tweet, startup layoffs India, fintech layoffs, Indian startups, tech layoffs, AI hiring, intern hiring, startup profitability

CRED Layoff Buzz Meets Kunal Shah’s Profit Tweet, And Social Media Reads Between the Lines

Saksham Singh

5 min
bree matcha, sanya malhotra ,siddharth shah, kunal shah, celebrity wellness brands, green tea startup,

Sanya Malhotra Swears by Bree Matcha, Don’t Just Believe It, Bree-lieve It!

Lavanya Tathe

3 min
Spense, Fintech, Bengaluru Startups, GrowthCap Ventures, Pre-Seed Funding, Programmable Banking,

Spense Raises $1.85M to Build Credit Card Infrastructure

Om Singh

4 min
CRED, fintech, funding round, GIC, Sofina Ventures, RTP Global, Kunal Shah, e-Rupee, digital currency

CRED to Raise $75 Million in Fresh Funding Round Led by Existing Backers

Om Singh

4 min

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FigFinder AI, Ankita Sharma, travel tech startup, AI travel planning, personalized travel platform, travel planning startup, FigFinder Pro, travel SaaS, travel agencies, DMCs, tour operators, AI in travel, travel technology, startup profile, London startups, Sydney startups

Ankita Sharma Is Building FigFinder AI to Make Travel Planning Less Fragmented

Epil Bodra

8 min
Pure Lithium, Pure Lithium startup, battery startup, lithium metal battery, graphite-free battery, Brine to Battery, battery technology, EV battery, lithium battery, LFP battery, energy storage, clean technology, battery supply chain, Emilie Bodoin, US startup

Pure Lithium: Startup Bets on Graphite-Free Lithium Metal Batteries

Khushi Bhatia

6 min
Taru Kapoor, Rivet, Rivet Dating, Rivet Dating App, Social Matching, Dating Network, Online Dating, Dating Apps, Matchmaking, Human Matchmaking, Taru Kapoor Rivet, Former Tinder Executive, MeantToBe Inc, Peak XV Partners, Shine Capital, Blume Ventures, Rivet Funding, Startup Funding, Consumer Tech, Dating Startup

Taru Kapoor’s Rivet Turns Dating Into a Social Network With Human Matchmakers

Epil Bodra

6 min
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Sumit Gupta, CoinDCX, NamasteBuddy, Nikhil Singh, startup support, conversational AI, education technology, startup news, founder news

CoinDCX Founder Sumit Gupta Steps In to Support NamasteBuddy’s Push for Spoken English in Smaller-Town India

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
brand content strategy, content marketing strategy by khushboo mulani

Brand Content Strategy: Why Most Brand Content Fails Without a Point of View?

Khushboo Mulani

5 min
Female Founders, African Startup Funding, Women Entrepreneurs, She Code Africa Summit 2026, Shuttlers, Damilola Olokesusi, Napa Onwusah, Africa The Big Deal, Women in Tech Africa, Startup Funding Africa, Venture Capital Africa, Female Entrepreneurs Africa

Female Founders Get Less Than 1% of African Funding as Shuttlers CEO Reveals Four-Year Bootstrapping Journey

Khushi Bhatia

5 min
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