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Dhurina, a rapidly growing e-learning platform, has acquired USD 1.2 million in a second round of funding led by RVCF and additional investors such as LetsVenture, RBD Publication, India Accelerator, Precision Startup Advisory, and Pai Ventures. The newly invested money will be used for technology advancements, aggressive business growth, company expansion, and expanding the product’s … Read more
Verandah, a Mumbai-based line of conscientious luxury resort and swimwear, has raised $1.1 million in a seed fundraising round (about Rs. 8 crores INR). Mike Novogratz (CEO, Galaxy Investment Partners), Neeraj Arora (former CBO, WhatsApp), Lydia Jett (Partner, SoftBank Vision Fund), PDS Venture (PDS Multinational Fashions’ venture tech portfolio), and other prominent financial community members … Read more
CosIQ, a four-month-old start-up aiming to be an intelligent skincare brand, received a seed round of funding of $5 million from Shark Tank India in its fourth episode on December 23rd. Kanika Talwar and her husband are the founders of the four-month-old company. It’s a new molecular skincare company that offers a variety of products … Read more
Paisagrowth, a fintech business, announced today that it has acquired $250,000 in initial funding from GSF, a leading startup accelerator, and other investors. Anurag Tiwari, a former Business Development Manager at Loansimple, Aabhas Tripathi, a former top Strategy Executive at Fitso, and Abhishek Sharma, a former Vice President of Engineering at Loansimple, founded the company … Read more
Salesforce, the global leader in CRM, today announced the launch of its new Salesforce Startup Program in India, designed to enable startups to innovate, augment customer connections and scale their ventures to the next level. This program, debuting in India, is uniquely designed to provide disruptive startups with access to Salesforce technology, experts, ecosystems, as well as business … Read more
Gagdetshieldz, India’s No.1 Mobile Skins and Screen Protectors brand, is now set to release their most awaited mobile skin texture to be included in their multi-textured mobile skins range Skinnova in the upcoming week namely as, ‘Fabrix’. After giving a glimpse to their followers on Instagram and Twitter about a couple of weeks ago, Gagdetshieldz, … Read more
Siply, a tech-enabled micro-savings platform today announced that the company is looking to double its head count by 2022 and hire across technology, marketing and operations. Sousthav Chakrabarty, Co-founder & CEO, Siply, says, “Our vision is to be the preferred financial services partner to over 40 crore Indians, who are not yet a part of the formal … Read more
Serial entrepreneur Aditya Vuchi, who recently exited his previous company MediaMint in a Rs. 566 Cr. deal, today announced that he has raised seed funding for his latest venture. His newest startup, Doosra, is focused on solving one of the most complex and pressing problems globally – privacy. The round was led by Omidyar Network … Read more
GoKhana, a SaaS platform for End-to-End Management of Corporate Cafeterias, has raised $1.1 million in a pre-Series A round. Founded by Ankur Marda, Ashish Marballi and Hitesh Sarda in 2017, GoKhana digitizes operations of institutional food-courts by introducing efficiencies and making the entire food-ordering process convenient, efficient and contactless. GoKhana is present in 11 cities … Read more
India’s homegrown Paytm Payments Bank and MoneyGram International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MGI), the global leader in the evolution of digital P2P payments, today announced a partnership to enable MoneyGram customers globally to send money in real-time to a Paytm Wallet user in India. This is an important milestone in the digitization of the Global Receive Network. With this … Read more
Privoro, a next-gen mobile security hardware company, today announced a $30 million Series B funding led by an affiliate of Tracker Capital Management, LLC (“Tracker Capital”). The round will be used to help the company continue to scale its team, products, and operations to meet demand for its unique hardware-backed mobile device protections. Privoro’s SafeCase™, … Read more
TendedBar, the industry’s first automated bar service, today announced a $5 million Series A funding round that will continue the company’s growth into 2022 and will see TendedBar launch numerous national concert, entertainment and sports partnerships to provide fans exciting access to automation with less time waiting in lines, safer access to drinks and an … Read more
Group ONE Holdings, Asia’s largest global sports media platform and parent company of ONE Championship and ONE Esports, today announced it has closed a US$150 million equity financing round led by two new global investors, Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory division of Guggenheim Partners, and Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) – who … Read more
SADA, a leading business and technology consultancy and Google Cloud Premier Partner based in the USA, today announced its acquisition of Thiruvananthapuram Technopark-based ByteWave Digital, a Google Cloud Partner committed to providing innovative and scalable technology solutions and services to help businesses of all sizes unlock the power of the cloud. ByteWave Digital maintains its global delivery … Read more
AirProbe, a Bengaluru-based firm that employs artificial intelligence (AI) for solar system inspections, was bought by DroneBase, a U.S. intelligent aerial imaging company, for an undisclosed sum last week. AirProbe, founded in 2017 by Aditya Bhat, Kaustubh Karnataki, and Ganesh Shankar, combines thermal drone imaging to detect solar cell flaws and AI to increase efficiency. … Read more
Unbox Robotics, a supply chain robotics technology firm based in Pune, has secured $7 million in a Series A round led by 3one4 Capital and including Sixth Sense Ventures and Redstart Labs (Info Edge). The current round of investment brings the total amount raised to $9.1 million. Through trials and pilots, the firm has already … Read more
