FactorDaily

FactorDaily is an Indian digital media publication founded in 2016[1] by Pankaj Mishra and Jayadevan PK. Mishra was formerly an Editor at TechCrunch and the Economic Times. The digital publication was launched with an intent to produce stories on the impact of technology on life in India.[2][3][4][5][6]

FactorDaily
IndustryDigital Media
Founded2016
FounderPankaj Mishra
ParentSourceCode Media Private Limited
Websitefactordaily.com

History

FactorDaily began publishing in May 2016, with daily reported stories on technology, culture and life in India.

Prior to its launch, the company had raised $1 million in seed funding from Accel India, Blume Ventures, Girish Mathrubootham of Freshdesk, Vijay Shekhar Sharma of PayTm, and Jay Vijayan of Tekion.

Josey Puliyenthuruthel John, formerly Managing Editor at Business Today and National Corporate Editor at Mint, later joined the company as a Consulting Editor.

In January 2017, FactorDaily launched its first Podcast called The Outliers. The inaugural episode featured a conversation with Manish Sharma of Printo on his journey starting up.

Awards

References
  1. "Ambitious new media startup FactorDaily aims to be India's Wired". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  2. Koilparambil, Aby Jose (July 18, 2018). "Amazon in talks to invest in India's MedPlus: FactorDaily". Reuters. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  3. Bhattacharya, Ananya (December 7, 2017). "Thousands of Indian cows have been fitted with tiny sensors to give farmers real-time data". Quartz. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  4. Sterling, Bruce (April 27, 2018). "An Indian cryptocoin epic". Wired. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  5. Singh, Nitish; Keating, Brendan (2018). Hyper-localizing e-Commerce Strategy: An Emerging Market Perspective. Springer Publishing. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  6. Korreck, Sabrina (September 2019). Women Entrepreneurs in India: What is Holding Them Back? (PDF). Observer Research Foundation. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  7. "SCARF Media for Mental Health prizes awarded". The Hindu. 2017-10-21. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  8. Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "HSBC, Delta Air Lines and IBM among shortlisted candidates for new categories of the Stop Slavery Award". www.trust.org. Retrieved 2020-10-29. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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