VinFast's Indian Ascent🚗, Digital India Bill: Shaping the Future🌐
Festive E-commerce Frenzy, Barbeque Nation's Alliance, OTTplay & DistroTV's Streaming Bonanza, Funding Deals and more.
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🚗 VinFast Auto, Tesla's Challenger, Eyes India for Manufacturing Leap🇻🇳🇮🇳
VinFast Auto, the rising star in electric vehicles and a formidable rival to Tesla is casting its manufacturing net toward India. The Vietnamese automaker, now the world's third most valuable car company, is exploring opportunities in states like Tamil Nadu and Gujarat. As the EV race accelerates, VinFast's potential entry into India adds a new charge to the country's electric dreams! ⚡🌏🔋
📜 Digital India Bill: A New Frontier in Taming the Digital Wild West🌐
The forthcoming Digital India Bill is about to lay down the law on the digital frontier. Prepare for a comprehensive rulebook, as it defines and legislates numerous online offenses. From the notorious like crypto-jacking to the obscure like astroturfing, the bill aims to address them all, ensuring the digital realm becomes a safer and more secure space for everyone. 🚀🕵️♂️📱
🛒 Festive Season Frenzy: E-commerce Gears Up for Shopper Showdown 🎉
Get ready to shop till you drop as e-commerce giants like Flipkart, Amazon India, JioMart, Ajio, and Tata Neu are pulling out all the stops this festive season. From irresistible deals on smartphones and electronics to mouth-watering discounts on FMCG products, it's going to be a shopping extravaganza.🎁💻📦
🍽️ Grill to Greatness: Barbeque Nation and Toscano Join Forces in Blue Planet Foods🔥
In a sizzling partnership, Barbeque Nation Hospitality Limited (BNHL) and Red Apple Kitchen Consultancy Pvt Ltd (Toscano) are acquiring a majority stake of 53.3% in Blue Planet Foods Private Ltd. 🍗🤝
📺OTTplay and DistroTV partner to stream 180 free live channels in India🍿
Prepare for an entertainment extravaganza as DistroTV, the global streaming platform, and OTTplay Premium team up in a strategic partnership. 🤝🌐 This collaboration unlocks access to DistroTV's treasure trove of over 170 free-to-watch live streaming channels for OTTplay users in India. 🇮🇳📡
Funding Deals
Doceree, a network of physician-only platforms for programmatic messaging, has scooped up $35 million in a Series B round led by Creaegis. Existing investors Eight Roads Ventures, and F-Prime Capital also participated in the round.
Bright Money, which allows users to reduce debt, has raised $12 million in an equity funding round led by existing investors Alpha Wave, Hummingbird VC and Peak XV Partners.
Puzzle gaming studio QuriousBit has secured $2 million in its seed funding round led by Lumikai Fund along with participation from General Catalyst.
Spacetech startup PierSight has raised $600K in a pre-seed round led by All In Capital. The round also saw participation from entrepreneurs, and angel investors such as Andreas Klinger, Vismay Agrawal, Techstars and Nikunj Jalan, among others.
Cyber risk posture management firm Zeron has raised $500,000 in a seed round from Varanium Capital, a fintech-focused fund along with Yatra Angel Network.
AI-focused product design startup Figr has raised $250K in its pre-seed round from Antler India.
Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has invested an undisclosed amount in the online parenting platform BabyChakra, a subsidiary of content-to-commerce conglomerate Good Glamm Group.
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