Upstox will share the space as BCCI's official partners with firms like Tata Motors, Unacademy, Dream11, and Cred ahead of the IPL 2021 season

Gaurav Munjal, co-founder and CEO of Unacademy Group said that over the last couple of months, Sachin decided to come on board as a strategic investor and a brand ambassador for Unacademy

Even though the total investment received in 2020 is lower than that of 2019 ($14.5 billion), the number of deals were higher by 20 percent, the report said

In the last quarter of calendar year 2020, India saw 294 deals valued at around $3.16 billion. While VC investment dipped compared to previous quarter, deal volume jumped to its highest level since Q1'18 says KPMG's latest report

Speaking on disruption amid Covid-19, SoftBank Vision Fund CEO says world will never go back to previous ways of living. Every industry has been impacted but upcoming time presents tremendous opportunities, he adds

The next two to three years will be transformational for India's start-up ecosystem as many companies will go public

With over $100 billion of assets under his watch, Rajeev Misra presides over undoubtedly the largest fund on the planet, managing what he calls the \"biggest collection of disruptive companies under one roof\" at Softbank Vision Funds I & II. Their collective spending power greater than the GDP of 127 countries

In the first and second clusters of IIM-Ahmedabad summer placements, Bain & Company and Amazon emerged as top recruiters, respectively

New cautious strategy may have evolved since existing investee companies such as Paytm, OYO, Ola and others continue to burn cash and struggle for profitability despite years of pumping in billions of dollars

Unacademy IPL film: The latest ad -- that's a montage of some of IPL matches' memorable moments -- is also a guide on some of the basic concepts of math and the sciences

Stolen data being sold for $40,000 on the dark web. Details like names, email IDs, password hashes, PIN, contact numbers, among other details leaked. BigBasket lodges complaint with cyber cell in Bengaluru

With Bengaluru leading as India's unicorn capital with 8 unicorns, Gurgaon and Noida follow with 6 and 2 unicorns, respectively

Even as concerns get raised about the Chinese play in Indian startups, the report said that only one investor from the country's northern neighbour - Tencent Holdings - features among the top unicorn backers

The move is being seen as part of Dream11's strategy to bring down the stake of its existing Chinese investor Tencent, which reportedly owns 10-13 per cent stake in the fantasy cricket league platform

Tencent had invested $100 million in Dream11 for a majority stake in the fantasy cricket league platform as part of the latter's Series D funding in September 2018

The IPL this year has been shifted to the UAE because of the pandemic and will be held in three venues -- Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah -- from September 19 to November 10

In addition to Amazon, the group has built stakes in Netflix Inc, Tesla Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), SoftBank Group Corp said in a regulatory filing

The fundraising will also be significant as it will mark the first fresh investment by SoftBank in a domestic firm since it backed Lenskart in December last year

The Trump administration has made some exceptions to the recent H-1B visa ban by allowing visa holders to enter the country if they want to return to the same job they had before the ban was imposed in June; The US budget deficit climbed to USD 2.81 trillion in the first 10 months of the budget year, exceeding any on record, the Treasury Department said Wednesday; Education technology company Unacademy, which is already one of IPL's sponsors, is eyeing the league's title sponsorship rights now and is set to submit its bid to replace Chinese mobile phone company Vivo this season. Watch this and more on News Blast.

DGGI uncovers GST evasion worth Rs 17.2 cr after multiple searchesThe Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) conducted multiple searches at premises of a major cement manufacturer in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh over the last seven days and detected GST evasion of Rs 17.2 crore.  The DGGI, the enforcement arm of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), has arrested a director of the company from Satna in Madhya Pradesh in this connection, it said.H-1B visa ...