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AWS brings its Local Zones mini data centers to 32 new cities
Latency is critical for a lot of workloads, yet the large cloud providers typically build their major data centers where the electricity is cheap and the local tax incentives high. In recent years, th
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $125M at a $1B+ valuation for a platform to buy and scale third-party Amazon merchants
Companies snapping up merchants selling on Amazon to build in more e-commerce economies of scale into the model are on a rapid pace of growth at the moment, fueled in no small part by giant infusions
India’s FreshToHome raises $121 million to grow its meat and vegetable e-commerce platform
FreshToHome, an Indian e-commerce startup that sells fresh vegetables, fish, chicken and other kinds of meat, has raised $121 million in a new financing round as the Bangalore-headquartered firm repor
Google Cloud announces four new regions as it expands its global footprint
Google Cloud today announced its plans to open four new data center regions. These regions will be in Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada) and bring Google Clou
India’s Cashfree raises $5.5M from Korea’s Smilegate, Y Combinator and others
Cashfree, an India-based startup that specializes in making corporate banking services more accessible and easier to use, has closed a $5.5 million Series A round. The deal is led by Smilegate Investm
Xiaomi outs Redmi Go, a $65 entry-level smartphone for India
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced a new entry level smartphone at an event in Delhi. The entry-level smartphone is targeted at the Indian market and looks intended to woo feature phone own
India’s entrepreneurial future
Few countries have more entrepreneurial potential than India. It’s home not just to the wave of IT offshoring firms of the 1990s and early 2000s, but also to some of the most interesting unicorn tec
Helping children overcome their mobility challenges, Trexo Robotics gets a Y Combinator boost
Manmeet Maggu and Rahul Udasi didn’t know it when they met at the University of Waterloo eleven years ago, but the bond that the two forged in late night study sessions as roommates in the UW Pl
Meet Alchemist Accelerator’s latest demo day cohort
An IoT-enabled lab for cannabis farmers, a system for catching drones mid-flight and the Internet of Cows are a few of the 17 startups exhibiting today at Alchemist Accelerator’s 18th demo day.
HackerRank Gets $7.5M Investment From Recruit, Launches New Screening Tool For Data Scientists And Database Engineers
Disrupt Battlefield <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/hackerrank-social-platform-for-coders/">alum</a>Â <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hackerrank.com/">HackerRank</a> today announced th
In India, A Chauffeur Trumps Michelin-Starred Chef In List Of Startup Perks
In a bid to relieve the staff from one of the most stressful and lengthy parts of an Indian employee's day -- the commute -- the fast-growing e-commerce marketplace <a target="_blank" href="http://www
Safecity Crowdsources India’s Sexual Assault Incidents To Highlight Danger Zones
Four Indians are exposing India's sexual harassment hotspots via <a target="_blank" href="http://www.safecity.in/reports">Safecity</a>, a website for victims to anonymously report when and where they
Real Estate Startup CommonFloor Solving The Last Mile Problem By Hiring BMWs And Mercs To Chauffeur Indian Customers
Indian real estate startup <a target="_blank" href="http://www.commonfloor.com/">CommonFloor</a> has made its first major move since <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/07/04/commonfloor-raises-7-5m-
India’s Meru Cabs Launches Smartphone Apps With Emergency Distress Button
In its smartphone debut, Meru Cabs is targeting a more diverse group of users than just taxi customers: it's hoping to save people caught in a dangerous situation -- a necessary feature in a country w
India’s Acid Burn Victims Crowdsource Treatment Costs After Attacks
Indians bear witness to an estimated 1,000 acid attacks a year, largely against women rejecting unwanted marriage proposals or defending themselves against male attackers. Now, the women, often from i
As It Hits 3M Users After 6 Months, hoppr Checks-In Its Bid To Be India’s Foursquare
While Foursquare has been concentrating on smartphones for some year now, much of the rest of the world has remained on a feature phone (though that of course is changing). So the opportunity to do lo