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Top 5 Unique Pet Care Startups to Watch

From Diagnostics to Play Dates: Top 5 Unique Pet Care Startups to Watch

E-commerce / New Retail, Features, Health Tech, Industries, Others /

All pet owners out there understand the feeling of wanting to do whatever it takes to make their furry companions’ lives just a little bit more comfortable. It is perhaps that exact feeling that has made the average pet owner spend over US$1,300 on pet care a year. According to a 2021 survey conducted by the market research firm OnePoll, 52% of Americans spend more on their pets than they do on themselves each year.

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All pet owners out there understand the feeling of wanting to do whatever it takes to make their furry companions’ lives just a little bit more comfortable. It is perhaps that exact feeling that has made the average pet owner spend over US$1,300 on pet care a year. According to a 2021 survey conducted by the market research firm OnePoll, 52% of Americans spend more on their pets than they do on themselves each year.

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Best Emerging WiFi Solutions for Businesses

Best Emerging WiFi Solutions for Businesses

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In one way or another, we all need the internet to do our jobs today. To ensure that the world keeps running as it should, businesses need uninterrupted internet access throughout the day. But finding the right internet provider in the first place and then making sure your internet stays up and running can be a challenge of its own.

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In one way or another, we all need the internet to do our jobs today. To ensure that the world keeps running as it should, businesses need uninterrupted internet access throughout the day. But finding the right internet provider in the first place and then making sure your internet stays up and running can be a challenge of its own.

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What Is Urban Mining and Why Are More Companies Not Doing It

What Is Urban Mining and Why Are More Companies Not Doing It?

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When you think of the word “mining”, you probably imagine something along the lines of deep dark pits and people with pick axes covered in soot. But this kind of mining has already become a thing of the past with the advent of urban mining.

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When you think of the word “mining”, you probably imagine something along the lines of deep dark pits and people with pick axes covered in soot. But this kind of mining has already become a thing of the past with the advent of urban mining.

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Carbon Management Startups That Are Changing the World for the Better

Carbon Management Startups That Are Changing the World for the Better

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Over the past few years, global warming has become one of the world’s most important concerns. Not only have countries like China taken deliberate steps to cut down their carbon emissions, but different industries have also stepped up to the challenge of tackling climate change. From climate-friendly non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to clothing rental services, players in every industry are trying to be more sustainable.

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Over the past few years, global warming has become one of the world’s most important concerns. Not only have countries like China taken deliberate steps to cut down their carbon emissions, but different industries have also stepped up to the challenge of tackling climate change. From climate-friendly non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to clothing rental services, players in every industry are trying to be more sustainable.

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What Is Quantum Computing

What Is Quantum Computing? Startups Working on Quantum Computing Tech

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the global discourse around tech, with scores of articles written about ChatGPT or DALL-E. All these tools can become much more efficient at processing data with the advent of quantum computing.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating the global discourse around tech, with scores of articles written about ChatGPT or DALL-E. All these tools can become much more efficient at processing data with the advent of quantum computing.

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A Deep Dive into the Growing Lazy Economy

A Deep Dive into the Growing Lazy Economy

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The modern world has made it so much easier for us to indulge in laziness. Don’t want to go pick up wine for your house party? You can have it delivered to your doorstep. Don’t want to clean your oven? You can hire someone to come to your house and do it for you.

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The modern world has made it so much easier for us to indulge in laziness. Don’t want to go pick up wine for your house party? You can have it delivered to your doorstep. Don’t want to clean your oven? You can hire someone to come to your house and do it for you.

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5 HR Tech Startups That Help Simplify Workplace Management

5 HR Tech Startups That Help Simplify Workplace Management

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A lot has changed about how we work in the past couple of years. According to LinkedIn, 95 job applications are submitted every minute on their platform. Each company’s human resource (HR) department clearly has a lot of work cut out for them when it comes to finding suitable candidates. Besides culling out prospective candidates, HR departments have a lot of other responsibilities, such as monitoring employee performance and maintaining workplace culture.

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A lot has changed about how we work in the past couple of years. According to LinkedIn, 95 job applications are submitted every minute on their platform. Each company’s human resource (HR) department clearly has a lot of work cut out for them when it comes to finding suitable candidates. Besides culling out prospective candidates, HR departments have a lot of other responsibilities, such as monitoring employee performance and maintaining workplace culture.

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Why India’s Ed-Tech Startups Are Shrinking

Why India’s Ed-Tech Startups Are Shrinking

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The education technology (EdTech) sector in India was worth US$2.8 billion as of 2020. With the pandemic forcing schools and children alike to incorporate technology into learning, EdTech has become the third most funded startup category in India after e-commerce and FinTech startups as of 2022. Despite the growth EdTech saw during the pandemic, it has become the latest victim of the slew of layoffs affecting the tech landscape across the world.

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The education technology (EdTech) sector in India was worth US$2.8 billion as of 2020. With the pandemic forcing schools and children alike to incorporate technology into learning, EdTech has become the third most funded startup category in India after e-commerce and FinTech startups as of 2022. Despite the growth EdTech saw during the pandemic, it has become the latest victim of the slew of layoffs affecting the tech landscape across the world.

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Whether you listen to K-Pop or jazz, music is a part of everyone’s daily lives. People want the right music to pair with their workouts, household chores or even with their plans to relax and unwind.

Startups That Will Shape the Future of the Music Industry

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Whether you listen to K-Pop or jazz, music is a part of everyone’s daily lives. People want the right music to pair with their workouts, household chores or even with their plans to relax and unwind.

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Whether you listen to K-Pop or jazz, music is a part of everyone’s daily lives. People want the right music to pair with their workouts, household chores or even with their plans to relax and unwind.

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Startups That Can Help You Keep Your Houseplants Alive!

Startups That Can Help You Keep Your Houseplants Alive!

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To beat the boredom of being stuck indoors during the pandemic, most of us have picked up a hobby or another. Some started house renovation projects, some began reading more and some took to buying plants. Yes, buying and tending to plants is one of the most popular hobbies people started when the pandemic first broke out.

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To beat the boredom of being stuck indoors during the pandemic, most of us have picked up a hobby or another. Some started house renovation projects, some began reading more and some took to buying plants. Yes, buying and tending to plants is one of the most popular hobbies people started when the pandemic first broke out.

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India’s Top Digital Gold Startups

India’s Top Digital Gold Startups

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If you are one of our Indian readers, it would come as no surprise to you that most people within the Indian subcontinent are obsessed with gold. Between April and December 2021, India imported US$38 billion worth of gold. India has a very strong informal system of exchange, which can be turned into cash and used in case of emergencies.

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If you are one of our Indian readers, it would come as no surprise to you that most people within the Indian subcontinent are obsessed with gold. Between April and December 2021, India imported US$38 billion worth of gold. India has a very strong informal system of exchange, which can be turned into cash and used in case of emergencies.

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Zomato's IPO

Zomato Co-founder Deepinder Goyal on the Success of the IPO and The Path Ahead

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The aftermath of Zomato IPO’s opening and co-founder Deepinder Goyal’s reaction. On July 23rd 2021, Zomato, a food logistics company, became the first unicorn to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in India. The IPO opened for subscription on July 14th and closed on July 16th. It was oversubscribed 38.25 times. At its debut on Dalal

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The aftermath of Zomato IPO’s opening and co-founder Deepinder Goyal’s reaction. On July 23rd 2021, Zomato, a food logistics company, became the first unicorn to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) in India. The IPO opened for subscription on July 14th and closed on July 16th. It was oversubscribed 38.25 times. At its debut on Dalal

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Retail Investing

Robin-Who? 5 Retail Investing App Alternatives to Robinhood For Asian Investors

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Powered by the proliferation of retail trading apps and easy-to-access investing guides for beginner or amateur individual investors, the retail investing segment has been growing rapidly. Retail investing is going through a period of global acceleration, driven in part by the rise of online brokerage platforms. Retail investors traded about 20% of U.S. equities in

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Powered by the proliferation of retail trading apps and easy-to-access investing guides for beginner or amateur individual investors, the retail investing segment has been growing rapidly. Retail investing is going through a period of global acceleration, driven in part by the rise of online brokerage platforms. Retail investors traded about 20% of U.S. equities in

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Hydroponics, Agro2o

Smart AI Gardens: The Next Big Step in Hydroponics

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The hydroponics industry is picking up pace globally. Agro2o Founder Yash Vyas talks to Jumpstart about AI and IoT-integrated smart hydroponics and its prospects. At India-based smart hydroponics startup Agro2o, a bunch of greens, including basil and lettuce, are flourishing in a device sitting in Founder Yash Vyas’s Delhi office. The touch screen on the

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The hydroponics industry is picking up pace globally. Agro2o Founder Yash Vyas talks to Jumpstart about AI and IoT-integrated smart hydroponics and its prospects. At India-based smart hydroponics startup Agro2o, a bunch of greens, including basil and lettuce, are flourishing in a device sitting in Founder Yash Vyas’s Delhi office. The touch screen on the

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Razorpay

Indian Fintech Unicorn Razorpay Bags US$160M Series E, Triples Valuation to $3B

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Razorpay will use the latest funds to expand into Southeast Asian markets, scale up its business banking suite, and invest in acquisitions. Indian fintech startup Razorpay has raised US$160 million in its Series E round of funding, the company said in a statement today. The round, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund

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Razorpay will use the latest funds to expand into Southeast Asian markets, scale up its business banking suite, and invest in acquisitions. Indian fintech startup Razorpay has raised US$160 million in its Series E round of funding, the company said in a statement today. The round, co-led by Sequoia Capital and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund

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Indian unicorns

6 Indian Unicorns in 4 Days: A Week Like No Other for the Indian Startup Ecosystem

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Within the first four months of 2021, India has added 10 new unicorns. Of this, six were added just last week. With six startups entering the coveted US$1 billion club, last week marked a week like no other for the Indian startup ecosystem. This brings the total number of Indian unicorns in the first four

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Within the first four months of 2021, India has added 10 new unicorns. Of this, six were added just last week. With six startups entering the coveted US$1 billion club, last week marked a week like no other for the Indian startup ecosystem. This brings the total number of Indian unicorns in the first four

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