Fintech startup EarlySalary raised close to $97 million in funds led by TPG Growth where Norwest Capital and Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Limited also participated.
EarlySalary is a lending app that caters to young working professionals. The company claims to provide instant loans of up to INR 5 lakh. It claims to have over 10 million downloads and to have disbursed INR 5,000 crore in loans to 2.4 million customers. EarlySalary claims to be operational in 27 cities across India, including Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Gurugram, and Mumbai. The lendingtech market in India is expected to grow at a 32% CAGR to $816 billion by 2025.
Would-be entrepreneurs have an extra helping hand from Luxembourg’s Chamber of Commerce, which has published a new practical guide. ‘Developing your business: actions to take and mistakes to avoid’, was written to respond to the needs and answer the common questions of entrepreneurs. “Testimonials, practical tools, expert insights and presentations from key players in our ecosystem have been brought together to create a comprehensive toolkit that you can consult at any stage of your journey,” the introduction… Source link
B&H Photo is one of our favorite places to shop for camera gear. If you’re ever in New York, head to the store to check out the giant overhead conveyor belt system that brings your purchase from the upper floors to the registers downstairs (yes, seriously, here’s a video). Fortunately B&H Photo’s website is here for the rest of us with some good deals on photo gear we love. Save on the Latest Gear at B&H Photo B&H Photo has plenty of great deals, including Nikon’s brand-new Z6III full-frame… Source link
Long before Edgar Wright’s The Running Man hits theaters this week, the director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz had been thinking about making it. He read the original 1982 novel by Stephen King (under his pseudonym Richard Bachman) as a boy and excitedly went to theaters in 1987 to see the film version, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Wright enjoyed the adaptation but was a little let down by just how different it was from the novel. Years later, after he’d become a successful… Source link
