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Adtech startup ExperientialEtc raises 200K USD as seed fund from Startuplanes

Adtech startup ExperientialEtc has secured USD 200k in the recent seed funding round led by Startuplanes. The four-year-old startup is in the business of digital advertising using the latest technology such as Holograms, Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Immersive games and Innovative tech-led OOH. To date, the company has undertaken Digital and Out of Home campaigns … Read more

Allen Career Institute forays into ed-tech; Launches its maiden digital arm, Allen Digital Pvt Ltd (ADPL)

Allen Career Institute (ACI), the pioneers of organized coaching for students in India, today announced its foray into ed-tech with the launch of its maiden digital arm, Allen Digital Pvt. Ltd. The Company, which has pioneered coaching for entrance examinations such as JEE (Advanced & Main) and NEET (UG), aims to dramatically improve learning outcomes … Read more

10-Month-Old MSME Banking Super-App ‘Mewt’ Raises US$4.6 Million In Seed Capital

mewt, a banking super-app for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) of India, today announced that it has raised US$4.6 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by global fintech investor Quona Capital, with participation from existing investor BEENEXT, DG Daiwa Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Allin Capital, and a clutch of fintech angels. … Read more

Geno and Unilever launch $120m venture to scale alternative to palm oil and fossil fuels

Genomatica (Geno), a leader in biotech and sustainability and Unilever have launched a venture to scale and commercialize alternatives to palm oil and fossil fuel-derived cleansing ingredients. These are integral to the formulations of thousands of everyday cleaning and personal care products. With growing demand for sustainably-sourced palm oil, this venture aims to deliver additional … Read more

ANSR and Talent500 to invest $100M in helping Indian businesses build and expand global teams in partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Office

ANSR, the market leader in enabling organizations to build, manage and scale global teams through Global Capability Centres (GCCs), today announced its partnership with Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) as part of ADIO’s $545 million Innovation Programme to drive innovation and growth for global businesses. ADIO will provide the companies financial and non-financial incentives to support their … Read more

Roq.ad Raises $7M Series A Round to Ensure Digital Marketing Addressability

Roq.ad (pronounced rock-ad), the leading GDPR/CCPA-compliant, probabilistic, multi-device identity resolution provider serving Europe and North America, has just announced Series A funding from DNX Ventures, OCA Ventures, and AperiamVentures for $7 million. “We wanted investors that could really bring value to our business; teams that understand both the obvious need for a future-proof identity graph as well as the … Read more

Softbank Vision Fund-2 backed Kigen named Stephen Halpenny as COO and Papiya Raipal as Country Director of India

Kigen the global pioneer of eSIM & iSIM technology for Internet of Things manufacturers, announced today the appointment of Stephen Halpenny as the company’s Chief Operating Officer (COO). As COO, Stephen will work with Vincent Korstanje, CEO and the company’s newly appointed board of directors, to continue to support the company’s strategic directions for ambitious growth in the next … Read more

CoachHub Raises $200M Series C, Led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund

CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, closed a $200M Series C funding round, led by Sofina and SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The round will be used to further scale CoachHub’s product innovation and operations while accelerating the company’s global expansion. Following an $80M round only eight months ago, this Series C brings the three-year-old company’s total funding to $330M. … Read more

Suniel Shetty-backed Vieroots to invest Rs.100 crore for nationwide expansion

Vieroots Wellness Solutions, a Bengaluru-based new-age wellness firm, is set to invest Rs.100 to open 50 Vieroots Experiential Centres across metro and tier – 1 cities in India by 2025. As a part of the expansion plan, the firm backed by Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty will open six first-of-its-kind interactive and immersive tech-driven Experiential Centres … Read more

Platform9 closes $26 Million Financing led by Celesta Capital

 Platform9, the Open Distributed Cloud company, today announced that it has closed $26 million financing led by Celesta Capital, with participation from Cota Capital, NGP Capital, and other investors. This financing round comes on the back of three consecutive years of 100% growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR) for SaaS Kubernetes, led by enterprise interest in cloud-native distributed clouds. In … Read more

Edtech Venture, Toprankers Raises $4m In Series A Funding

Bootstrapped Edtech venture, Toprankers.com – India’s largest platform for careers beyond engineering and medical, has raised $4M in Series A funding from leading consumer fund, Sixth Sense Ventures. Within India’s ed-tech sector, the $12B online test-prep space is the fastest growing at a 38% CAGR, set to quadruple to $4B by 2025 with over 5M+ … Read more

Big Boy Toyz To Be India’s First Automobile Brand To Enter The Metaverse Fashion World

Being sustainable is the key focus for people nowadays to make the world better place to live. To discuss this Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WICCI) has organized a panel discussion with the theme ‘Cohesive and Sustainable World in the Era of Digital’. This insightful discussion will held on 11th and 12th June, … Read more

Hyphen, India’s Leading Experiential Living Community, Raises $1 Million in a Pre-Seed Round

Hyphen, India’s leading experiential living community, today announced that it has raised $1 million in a pre-seed round. The fund constitutes a combination of equity and minority debt, with notable Angels from Silicon Valley and the GCC region. Hyphen’s fresh capital will be deployed towards expanding into new markets, launching new product types and integrating … Read more

Crowdfunding platform Milaap crosses INR 2000 cr

Milaap.org, India’s largest crowdfunding platform announces a major milestone achieved by its community of donors collectively raising INR 2040 cr on the platform through more than 85 lakh donations since its inception. Of the total contributions on the platform, the generosity of over 1 Lakh India’s salaried professionals form a sizable contribution of around INR … Read more

MSME Super-app, HostBooks raises $3Million in Series-A Funding from Razorpay

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME)-focused fintech start-up HostBooks today announced that it has raised $3 Million in a Series-A funding round led by Razorpay,one of India’s Leading Full-Stack Financial Services Company. HostBooks plans to utilize the fund to not only add new features to its existing product suite but also to develop innovative products including a deep learning-based … Read more

NFTICALLY Announces World’s First E-commerce Metaverse Ecosystem Comearth

NFTICALLY, global Web3 E-Commerce SaaS platform, announces the launch of “COMEARTH”, the go-to destination for commerce in the Metaverse. COMEARTH, a 3D immersive virtual environment, will be powered by NFTICALLY’s “Web3 E-Commerce Engine” and backed by the trust and decentralization of the Polygon Blockchain. In COMEARTH, brands, enterprises, content creators, and celebrities will be able to purchase … Read more

Blockchain gaming site Haste Arcade raises $1.5M in oversubscribed fundraising round

Haste Arcade has just closed its $1.5 million seed round. The fundraising was oversubscribed, Haste was able to exceed the $1 million target that it had set for itself. “We were originally seeking $1MM to lay a good solid foundation for the product/vision and then have some working capital to start testing our assumptions around product/market fit, specifically with … Read more

British EdTech Startup BibliU Raises $15M In Series B Funding Round

BibliU, provider of a Learning Enablement platform, today announced details of its Series B funding. The company has raised the first tranche of $15M led by its current investors with participation from new investors. The funds are targeted for expansion in the U.S. market, including new product development, additional publisher partnerships and further investments in … Read more

Elsevier Acquires Washington DC-based EdTech Interfolio

Interfolio, a provider of advanced faculty information solutions for higher education, has been acquired by Elsevier, a global leader in academic publishing and information analytics and a subsidiary of RELX. Interfolio is an education technology firm that serves schools and universities, funders and research groups, as well as individual researchers. It was founded in 1999. … Read more

Study Abroad Platform The WorldGrad Raises Funds

WorldGrad, a study abroad EdTech platform, recently raised an undisclosed amount in a new fundraising round from Australia’s Online Education Services (OES). Linc Education, an online academic services provider with a great track record of academic achievement and student success, runs the WorldGrad. The company claims to have added seven new partner universities to its … Read more