Entreprenuer News Network Bureau 
AstraZeneca India Private Limited, the services arm of AstraZeneca, a leading science-led biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Ram Mudaliar as the India lead of their Clinical Data & Insights (CDI) division. Prior to his appointment as the CDI India Lead, Ram worked with AstraZeneca Canada, managing delivery of the Lung portfolio and leading … Read more
Pumpkart, an e-commerce platform for farm equipment and water pumps, said that it has received $2 million in investment from the Karnataka government’s Samruddhi programme. Pumpkart is an online B2B marketplace for water pumps and various associated supplies, founded by KS Bhatia in June 2014. Pumps can be bought and sold on the platform by … Read more
We Founder Circle led a $270,000 seed round for Quizy, a real money gaming platform. Multiple institutional investors, including FAAD Network, Anchorage Capital Partners, Capital A, and Dholakia Ventures, participated in the investment round lead by We Founder Circle. The funds will be used to hire extraordinary talent and attract new users, according to the … Read more
Starya Mobility, a Sh! Ventures portfolio company in the Clean Mobility & EV domain, has raised INR 2 CR from ah! Ventures Angel Platform in a bridge round of finance. This bridge round of fundraising was raised within six months after their previous 2.2 million dollar fund raise on the ah! Ventures First Gear platform. … Read more
Agritech startup Agrowave has raised $2 million in Pre-Series A funding from Aroa Ventures, the family office of Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal. Agrowave is building a supply-driven farm-to-market mobility supply chain with a focus on first-mile logistics and trades supply through an integrated network of mobile pickup stations. T Agrowave, a Gurugram-based agritech firm, was … Read more
As part of the Pre Series A round, Angels and IIM Udaipur Incubation Center invested in LegalKart, a Gurgaon-based legal-tech business. LegalKart was founded in 2018 and obtained seed funding of about 3.5 crore from a group of angel investors in 2019. More than 1 lakh consumers have been served, and the platform now includes … Read more
Three Arrows Capital funds a $12.5 million strategic fundraising round for Stader Labs. The most recent boost puts the company’s value at $450 million. Stader is a non-custodial, smart contract-based staking platform that helps retail and institutions simply identify and utilise staking solutions. It was founded in April 2021 by Amitej Gajjala, Sidhartha Doddipalli, and … Read more
Stride Ventures led a $9 million (Rs 66.6 crore) debt fundraising round for Toothsi, a Mumbai-based at-home smile makeover firm. Dr Arpi Mehta, Dr Pravin Shetty, Dr Manjul Jain, and Dr Anirudh Kale founded the company in 2018 with the goal of giving Indians a better smile with clear aligners, a practical alternative to traditional … Read more
Zuper has raised $13 million in Series A funding for its productivity suite for intelligent field service management and customer engagement. FUSE led the investment, which included Sequoia Capital India, Prime Venture Partners, and HubSpot Ventures. Since its inception, the Seattle-based firm, which provides technology to help manage field service teams, has raised more than … Read more
CellStrat, a US-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm, reported on Thursday that it had secured close to $1,40,000 (Rs 1.05 crore) in an angel round from a group of investors from India, Japan, and the United States. CellStrat, co-founded by brothers Vivek and Vishal Singhal, has established a Cloud-based AI research and development platform called CellStrat … Read more
Mphasis an information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, today announced its partnership with CrossTower, one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, to build a Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on Web 3.0 and a series of blockchain-based products that will be launched and traded on the CrossTower platform. The partnership … Read more
In a first-of-its-kind initiative to maximize the monetary potential of memes in the blockchain ecosystem, MemeChat, India’s top meme-creating platform known for viral memes, has launched The Meme Club – an NFT marketplace (TMC). The platform will provide meme creators, collectors, and other interested parties to buy and sell memes globally via NFT (non-fungible tokens). … Read more
India’s first social crypto-token by the country’s leading short-video app went live on 12 crypto exchanges. Short Video app Chingari’s first-ever social token $GARI witnessed record-breaking 24 hours trading volume that crossed the $100M mark. On the day of its listing the desi crypto-token gain of Rs. 750 Crores across 12 major crypto exchanges. These … Read more
Zenlayer, a leading-edge cloud services provider focused on improving real-time digital experiences in emerging markets, announces the closing of a supplemental round of financing today from MDI Ventures, the investment arm of Telkom, the largest telecommunications company in Indonesia. This C+ funding brings the entire Series-C financing round to $62 million. “This strategic investment will fortify … Read more
Tesla Power USA announces the launch of their wellness division “Tesla Healthy Life” with its product range in Alkaline RO Water Purifiers. Tesla Power USA brings their expertise in water business with their cutting-edge technology to provide healthy water to everyone at an affordable cost. Tesla Healthy Life has launched 2 series of the Alkaline RO Water Purifiers … Read more
Semrush, a leading online visibility management SaaS platform, today announces the acquisition of Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) training platform Backlinko. With more than 500,000 visits a month (non-paid traffic, as of December, 2021), Backlinko.com is widely acknowledged as one of the most respected resources for training, strategies, and advice for today’s digital marketers. … Read more
Rocketlane, a customer onboarding platform, announced on Wednesday that it has raised USD 18 million (about Rs 133.8 crore) in funding from Asana, 8VC, and other investors. The latest fundraising round comes just seven months after the business announced its seed funding round, in which Matrix Partners India and Nexus Ventures Partners contributed $3 million. … Read more
Zymrat, a performance apparel business focused on innovation, announced today that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding. Dominor Investment Holding LLP headed the investment. Zymrat is an innovation-driven performance wear brand with technology at its core, founded in 2018 by Ujjawal Asthana and Ankita. Men’s training and running t-shirts, shorts, joggers, and outerwear are … Read more
Courseplay, an employee development platform, has raised INR 3 CR in a seed round headed by Inflection Point Ventures. The cash raised will be put towards acquiring new customers and bringing new AI-powered capabilities to market. Courseplay offers complete training delivery, employee engagement, workflow automation, and impact measurement solutions. By 2020, the startup will have … Read more
The Mumbai-based photographer and multimedia artist Akshita Gandhi listed her first NFT – “Gaia.” It is part of a series of NFTs that playfully tackle the pertinent topics of female representation and sustainability. The NFT, which promotes environmental awareness, is a 10-second video listed on the marketplace Throne with a starting price of 0.45 ETH. An artwork … Read more
