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[How the global BFSI slowdown is hurting India's Big Four IT services firms](
The ongoing slowdown in the banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) sector, as well as the downtrend in the retail vertical, has finally caught up with India's $190 billion...
[After early stage investments, Japan's Akatsuki lines up for content foray in India](
[Watch: Manav Sehgal on how AWS helps take public sector enterprises forward in India](
[Tilman Ehrbeck on why India is a key market for Omidyar Network-backed Flourish Ventures](
[Uber sells India food delivery biz for a 10% stake in Zomato](
Funding & deals
- [Deal roundup: Zomato, Bounce, Pine Labs close out an exciting week for tech startup dealmaking](
- [Sequoia to raise $1.25 bn for new India fund: Report](
- [Fintech startup INDWealth raises $12 million in Series C round](
- [Mastercard backs digital retail payments firm Pine Labs](
- [She Capital leads $2.7 mn Series A round in Samosa Singh](
- [Livspace raises $60 mn; Flipkart may buy Walmart cash-and-carry business](
- [Logistics SaaS platform LogiNext raises $39 mn from Tiger Global, Steadview Capital](
- [Zomato backer Info Edge launches maiden venture capital fund for tech startups](
- [Pregnancy and fertility platform Crysta raises Rs 10 crore in seed round](
- [SaaS firm SmartKarrot raises $1 million in angel round](
- [Yuj Ventures leads $4.3 mn Series A funding in Eupheus Learning](
- [Venture Catalysts invests in enterprise-focused neo-banking platform Nupay](
- [Bounce valuation soars past $500 mn with latest round](
- [She Capital announces the first close of its maiden fund at Rs 65 crore](
- [Sequoia, Matrix back stealth-mode smart parking solutions startup Park+](
- [Exclusive: AngelList leads seed round in edtech startup Konfinity](
- [General Atlantic leads $210 mn round in SaaS startup AppsFlyer](
- [SoftBank Group leads $103 mn round in IoT solutions firm Skylo](
- [In Brief: Sachin Bansal may invest $400 mn in Navi Technologies; Alibaba Cloud bags TPN certifications](
- [Digit Insurance raises $84 million from Faering, A91 Partners](
- [Fresh off stealth mode, Samya.ai bags $6 mn from Sequoia](
- [Robo-maker Invento Makerspaces raises second seed round](
- [Impact investor Omidyar Network scores four exits in 2019](
- [Chiratae Ventures, Desai Family Office lead $6 mn round in Kristal.AI](
- [Falcon Edge raises $45.7 mn for India fund focused on lending and fintech](
- [WestBridge Capital leads $30 mn investment at HR-tech Phenom People](
Technology
- [Listen: Uber Eats India finds a new home; IT majors feel the pinch; Micro-mobility gets a funding boost](
- [AI systems should be transparent and explainable: IBM](
- [BSA launches Global Data Alliances to move data across borders](
- [Volkswagen, Aeris form JV for connected vehicle technology](
- [Four principles for building an effective retail technology platform](
- [Mphasis partners Israeli firm QEDIT to leverage data using blockchain](
- [UST Global opens first infinity lab in South East Asia](
- [Bengaluru, Mumbai only Indian cities in top 100 on global talent competitiveness index: Report](
- [Indian enterprises ahead of global peers in digital initiatives: Infosys study](
- [Advocacy groups, think tanks suggest encryption tech, stronger laws for new cyber security strategy](
- [HCL launches dedicated business unit for Microsoft technologies](
- [Privacy compliance will be crucial in app development](
- [Indians want automation of repetitive admin tasks they spend three hours on daily: Automation Anywhere](
- [Indian cybersecurity culture is 60% strategic and 33% embedded: McAfee](
- [Firms see limited growth due to lack of innovation: Accenture](
- [Data analytics firm Qlik buys RoxAI to boost AI capabilities](
- [Most business leaders out of sync with the digital age: Cognizant-MIT Sloan](
- [Digitalisation has exposed industrial firms to cyber threats: Fortinet](
- [Outlook 2020: Reshaping India's hospitality landscape, one technology at a time](
- [HIL adopts industry 4.0 with new connected shop floor at Chennai plant](
- [IAMAI announces up to $100,000 grant for most innovative EV solution](
- [Governing innovation key to accelerating growth: Accenture](
- [Technology will accelerate transformation in insurance ten-fold: Douglas Kennedy, Aegon Life Insurance](
- [Blockchain company Zebi unveils cloud solution](
- [Amazon India to have 10,000 EVs in its delivery fleet by 2025](
Others
- [Watch: The Corner Office Conversations with Hitesh Oberoi, Info Edge -- Part 2](
- [Online gaming co MPL burns cash even as expansion stays priority](
- [SoftBank-backed data management firm Cohesity expands Pune R&D centre](
- [CloudSEK, Senseforth.ai among NetApp accelerator programme graduates](
- [Sodexo India gets new country president in management reshuffle](
- [Tata Communications Q3 profits decline by 66%](
- [In Brief: HCL president C Vijayakumar joins WEF-led IT governors community as chairman; Cryptocurrency not banned in India, says RBI](
- [SoftBank appoints Manoj Kohli as country head: Report](
- [Just Dial reports flat growth in Q3 earnings](
- [In Brief: Embassy Group lines up co-living foray; Mastercard may invest in Pine Labs](
- [Commerce minister to chair emerging tech focused Startup Advisory Council](
- [Naspers-backed Brainly appoints Rajesh Bysani as chief product officer](
- [Former EbixCash executive starts up again with digital ads-only credit venture GetVantage](
- [Sony Innovation Fund joins ongoing $100 mn Zoomcar growth round](
- [Future Group lays off about 400 employees, scales down Retail 3.0](
- [LTTS dips by 2% even as Q3 earnings reveal flat growth](
- [Outlook 2020: P2P lenders can create an efficient alternative credit supply to benefit the economy](
- [RBS India appoints Punit Sood as head of India ops](
- [In Brief: Former Flipkart CTO launches credit firm Davinta; Xiaomi restructures its India leadership](
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