Startups pay higher increments to retain talent than overall industry; over 50% employees exceed expectations
© Provided by The Financial Express Even as startups score better than the overall industry in terms of salary hikes and promotion, the rate of attrition is also higher in the startups Indian startups are paying nearly double salary increments to retain…
Indian Hotel Startup Oyo Prepping IPO
Despite a rocky year due to COVID-related travel restrictions, Oyo Hotels and Rooms is preparing to file for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise roughly $1 billion. The Indian hospitality startup is expected to file for the IPO next week in…
Black founders from Dallas and Frisco receive a six-figure boost from Google’s startup fund
Three North Texas companies are getting a six-figure boost from a Google fund designed to aid Black-founded startups. Google set up the $10 million initiative to address the access to capital problem that many Black founders encounter when they launch…
OSU Startup Inpria Nets $514M Acquisition for Trailblazing Chemical Manufacturing
(Scientists at Inpria developed a liquid inorganic material that allows for more efficient and precise production of microchips | Photo courtesy of Inpria) Inpria Corporation, which got its start at Oregon State University and whose revolutionary…
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reportedly sent a text to her ex-boyfriend and former COO referring to herself as ‘best business person of the year’
Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former Theranos COO Ramesh Balwani. Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto via Getty Images (Holmes). Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (Balwani). More texts between Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and former COO Ramesh Balwani have…
Google awards $100K each to five Black-led Austin startup companies
AUSTIN, Texas – Five Black startup company founders in Austin have been awarded $100,000 each as part of the Google for Startups Black Founders Fund, says Google. The fund is a $10 million initiative from Google designed for Black founders starting…
Fintechs and e-commerce startups lead the list of Top Startups 2021 in Mexico
This article was translated from our Spanish edition. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. After almost a year and a half since the pandemic began, which brought various challenges and important changes to the country’s…
GM Invests in Chinese Autonomous Driving Startup Momenta | Technology News
BEIJING (Reuters) -General Motors Co said on Thursday it will invest $300 million in Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta to develop self-driving technologies for future models in China, its first such tie-up in the world’s biggest car…
ResTech Startups Bring in the Cash
Today in restaurant and grocery tech news: One restaurant payment solution startup brought in $100 million in Series A funding, while another priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $40 per share, for a roughly $20 billion valuation. Plus, Henri…
LG acquires Israeli automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum
LG Electronics said on Thursday it has acquired Israeli automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum. Tel Aviv-based Cybellum was founded in 2016 and offers a risk assessment software that can scan software on vehicle components for vulnerabilities and…