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Famed accelerator Y Combinator, which has backed more than 200 startups in India, has submitted a petition to the US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, seeking relief and attention over the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which has led…

We have been covering the India impact of the Silicon Valley Bank shutdown which has created panic across the tech world. Here are the must-reads to keep you up to speed on the unfolding SVB saga.Nearly 60 YC-backed Indian startups have…

The spillover of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapse into India’s startup ecosystem is becoming more evident, with several early and mid-stage ventures that were banking with the California-based lender finding themselves in a cash…

Garry Tan, president at Silicon Valley-based Y Combinator, said the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the US is an 'extinction level event' for startups and will set startups and innovation back by 10 years or more. Y Combinator,…

Panic spread across the startup world as worries about the financial health of Silicon Valley Bank, a major lender to fledgling companies, prompted Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and other prominent venture capitalists to advise portfolio…

Saving and investment app Gullak said on Thursday it has raised $3 million funding as part of its seed round from new investors Y Combinator and Rebel Partners. Existing investor Better Capital also participated in the round along with Good…

As recently as March, minister of state for IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar brushed aside tech companies’ concerns that India’s data protection bill “ran counter to global standards”, saying it would be tabled "very soon". But on Wednesday, IT…

Its first year as a public company hasn’t been easy for Zomato. After a blockbuster debut on the stock exchanges last July, its share price has gone only one way – down. When the company announced its acquisition of Blinkit last month its…

Bengaluru: Venture debt marketplace, 8vdx has raised $3 million in a funding round from Silicon Valley’s famed accelerator Y Combinator. The other investors in this round include Tokyo-based venture capital firm GMO Venture Partners along…

Global venture funding for startups is set to fall by 19% in Q2 2022 from the previous quarter, amid tightening liquidity and a global meltdown in technology stocks, according to a report by CB Insights titled ‘State of Venture’. The number…