• BYJU’S plans to raise the funds at a valuation of $1.8-2 Bn
• The company is looking for fresh funds from at least two new investors and existing investors led by Tencent Holdings Ltd.
• In March 2018, BYJU’S entered the unicorn club

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• This was an extended Series A round
• Foyr now looks to mark its entry in the US market
• Foyr raised $3.8 Mn in Series A round in December 2017

• LinkedIn’s userbase has doubled in the last four years to touch over 50 Mn in 2018
• In 2009, LinkedIn had just 3.4 Mn users in the country
• The company will continue to focus on students, career starters, and professionals, beyond knowledge workers

• Amazon is in acquisition talks with two pharmaceutical chains — one of them is MedPlus
• The US ecommerce giant recently acquired PillPacl for $1 Bn
• Amazon has been betting continuously on Indian startups such as Acko, BankBazaar etc

• Niti Aayog’s Breathe India plan targets the 10 most polluted cities in India
• A 15-point action plan has been developed to address air pollution in the cities
• The cities are Kanpur, Faridabad, Gaya, Varanasi, Patna, Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Gurugram and Muzaffarpur.

• The funding amount remains undisclosed for the Pre-Series A round
• Launched in 2013 as ‘Indian Social Camera’
• Vebbler was part of Inc42’s 42 Fellowship programme in Junction 2017

• Since May 2017, Amazon Pay has raised more than $100 Mn
• The fundraise comes just three months after an infusion of $30 Mn in March 2018
• Amazon Pay aims to add offline touchpoints as well as third-party online merchants

• The launch of application comes in line with the vision for a Digital India by PM Modi
• iMandi will be catering to over 55 Mn farmers
• The application will be promoting rural digital revolution