<s>
Dailyhunt	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Newshunt	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
Indian	O
content	O
and	O
news	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
application	B-Application
based	O
in	O
Bangalore	O
,	O
India	O
that	O
provides	O
local	O
language	O
content	O
in	O
14	O
Indian	O
languages	O
from	O
multiple	O
content	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Viru	O
serves	O
as	O
Founder	O
of	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
with	O
Co-founder	O
Umang	O
Bedi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dailyhunt	B-Application
,	O
earlier	O
called	O
Newshunt	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
Symbian	O
app	O
in	O
2009	O
by	O
two	O
ex-Nokia	O
employees	O
Umesh	O
Kulkarni	O
and	O
Chandrashekhar	O
Sohoni	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
2011	O
,	O
Newshunt	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
platform	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
by	O
that	O
time	O
that	O
Virendra	O
Gupta	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Verse	O
acquired	O
the	O
application	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Viru	O
renamed	O
Newshunt	O
as	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2018	O
,	O
Viru	O
roped	O
in	O
Umang	O
Bedi	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
President	O
of	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
and	O
lead	O
the	O
business	O
with	O
him	O
while	O
focusing	O
on	O
making	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
the	O
platform	O
available	O
to	O
a	O
larger	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
end	O
of	O
2015	O
story	O
reported	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
to	O
be	O
the	O
largest	O
Indian	O
language	O
distributor	O
of	O
e-books	O
having	O
70,000	O
titles	O
in	O
ten	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
(	O
then	O
known	O
as	O
Newshunt	O
)	O
closed	O
its	O
Series	O
B	O
funding	O
of	O
INR	O
100	O
million	O
from	O
Sequoia	O
Capital	O
India	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
raised	O
$3	O
Mn	O
(	O
INR	O
21.75	O
Cr	O
)	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
F	O
funding	O
round	O
from	O
Stonebridge	O
Capital	O
in	O
August	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
investors	O
of	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
include	O
Matrix	O
Partners	O
India	O
,	O
Omidyar	O
Network	O
,	O
Goldman	O
Sachs	O
and	O
Sofina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Twitter	O
to	O
bring	O
‘	O
Twitter	O
Moments’	O
to	O
the	O
Indian	O
social	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dailyhunt	B-Application
app	O
now	O
has	O
a	O
dedicated	O
tab	O
called	O
“	O
Twitter	O
Moments	O
India	O
”	O
to	O
showcase	O
curated	O
tweets	O
pertaining	O
to	O
news	O
and	O
other	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
premiere	O
of	O
Season	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
show	O
QuoteUnquote	O
with	O
KK	O
(	O
Kapil	O
Khandelwal	O
)	O
on	O
the	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
podcast	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
launched	O
on	O
the	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
signed	O
up	O
as	O
an	O
Associate	O
Sponsor	O
with	O
Star	O
Sports	O
for	O
Dream	O
11	O
IPL	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Snapdeal	O
partnered	O
with	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
to	O
add	O
new	O
content	O
on	O
marketplace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
Discovery	O
Communications	O
India	O
,	O
the	O
factual	O
entertainment	O
network	O
,	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
multi-year	O
partnership	O
with	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
to	O
showcase	O
short-form	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
in	O
2015	O
when	O
Newshunt	O
was	O
renamed	O
as	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
News	O
ka	O
Daily	O
Dose	O
-	O
Released	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
in	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
’s	O
News	O
ka	O
Daily	O
Dose	O
campaign	O
showed	O
how	O
India	O
reacts	O
to	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
#KhudKiSochBanao	O
-	O
Published	O
on	O
social	O
media	O
in	O
March	O
2019	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
General	O
Elections	O
,	O
this	O
film	O
by	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
urges	O
people	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
own	O
opinions	O
and	O
not	O
be	O
parrots	O
that	O
repeat	O
what	O
's	O
fed	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
#DailyhuntHaiNa	O
-	O
In	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
new	O
multimedia	O
campaign	O
,	O
‘	O
#DailyhuntHaiNa	O
’	O
targeted	O
at	O
the	O
millennials	O
to	O
get	O
them	O
hooked	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
unique	O
benefits	O
of	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Virendra	O
Gupta	O
,	O
Founder	O
&	O
CEO	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
and	O
Umang	O
Bedi	O
,	O
President	O
,	O
Dailyhunt	B-Application
were	O
honoured	O
with	O
the	O
exchange4media	O
Influencer	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
