Entreprenuer News Network Bureau 
JSW Ventures led a $ 1.5 million (about Rs 11.1 crore) financing round for Zvolv, a corporate SaaS platform. The money will be used by Zvolv to expand its customer base globally, encourage rapid adoption in an increasingly work-from-anywhere environment, and improve the platform’s AI/ML capabilities, according to the company. Launched in 2018, the platform … Read more
Pace, a Singapore-based fintech solution company that allows customers to ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ (BNPL), today announced that it has raised USD40 million in its Series A investment round. Investors that joined the round include UOB Venture Management (Singapore), Marubeni Ventures (Japan), Atinum Partners (South Korea), AppWorks (China Taiwan), and a series of family offices … Read more
Bitcoin Association, the Switzerland-based global industry organisation that works to advance business with the Bitcoin SV (BSV) blockchain and digital currency, today announces that it has been admitted to join the Japan Cryptoasset Business Association (JCBA) as an associate member as part of its ongoing efforts to support the growth of enterprise blockchain technologies in Japan and across Asia. The JCBA … Read more
PrimeSoft, a leading IT solutions provider based out of Columbia, Maryland, United States, announced the acquisition of Tejora Private Limited, a Mumbai-based IT services company. Tejora’s innovative financial technology products and solutions such as Saffron Pay and Saffron Square have been adopted by major banks and financial institutions in India and South East Asia. Currently, … Read more
TalentSprint, an NSE Group EdTech company and a market leader in transformational deeptech programmes, today announced a multi-year partnership with the Centre for Executive Education at ISB – India’s #1 business school and ranked amongst the top B-schools, globally. TalentSprint would be a strategic outreach partner for ISB Executive Education – leveraging ISB’s commitment to … Read more
Purplle.com, one of India’s top online beauty destinations, raises $65 million, introducing Premji Invest to the capital market for the first time. This investment comes only weeks after Kedaara Capital, Sequoia Capital India, and Blume Ventures led a $75 million investing round. The money will help the company grow faster and build a multibillion-dollar business … Read more
CARS24, India’s leading e-commerce platform for pre-owned vehicles and Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd (Formerly known as Magma Fincorp Limited), a non-deposit taking systemically important non-banking finance Company (ND-SI-NBFC), have announced their strategic partnership for quick and seamless consumer financing on vehicles bought from CARS24. In this partnership, Poonawalla Fincorp Ltd will fulfill consumer loans originating through … Read more
India’s largest social gaming platform, WinZO is launching an investment initiative, ‘Gaming Lab’, jointly with Kalaari Capital, to encourage and support India’s gaming ecosystem. ‘Gaming Lab’ will invest across all forms of interactive entertainment apps in India with a flexible corpus starting at over half a million dollars. Association with WinZO, which hosts 80+ games … Read more
There aren’t many people who haven’t heard of the bitcoin bull market. This remarkable race was made more interesting by a few but significant corrections. Blockchain technology isn’t going away anytime soon. The future of finance will be determined by how legacy institutions and governments respond. OctaFX, a global broker, published an expert piece examining … Read more
IDFC FIRST Bank and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) today signed an agreement to facilitate fuel payments by motorists at HPCL’s retail outlets using the Bank’s FASTags. Further, IDFC FIRST Bank’s FASTags can now also be bought, recharged and replaced by passenger vehicle users at select HPCL retail outlets. This partnership makes the purchase and use … Read more
Branch, one of the most popular personal finance applications, has promoted Anshul Agrawal to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the company’s global operations. Anshul has more than 15 years of experience in technological infrastructure and architecture, as well as security, performance, product development, and UI/UX best practises. He’s an engineer from IIT Roorkee who dropped … Read more
PayU Finance, which owns LazyPay, India’s preferred Buy Now Pay Later solution and PaySense, a full stack personal loans company, has elevated Bhavik Kaul as the company’s Chief Product Officer (CPO), further strengthening its leadership team to scale up the business and pave the way for the next phase of growth. He will be responsible for building and expanding … Read more
K&L Wellness, a healthtech firm, announced that it has raised Rs 30 crore in a seed round from Manjushree Ventures’ Vimal and Surendra Kedia, as well as Sohamm Group’s Narendra Firodia. In the field of integrative and lifestyle medicine, K&L was founded by serial entrepreneur Karan Talreja and holistic lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho to provide … Read more
Zenpay Solutions, a fintech startup, announced that it has raised an unknown amount of money from AngelBay and TheStartupLab, as well as angel investors. Zenpay, a fintech firm founded in 2018, provides banking services to small and medium businesses (SMEs) that employ blue-collar workers. Zenpay plans to use the new funds to expand its technical … Read more
Disprz, a leading enterprise skilling business, announced the completion of a $13 million Series B financing anchored by Dallas Venture Capital and Mars Growth Capital. Disprz is an AI-powered learning and skilling suite that helps enterprises to right-skill their employees to win in a digital-first environment. It was founded in 2015 by Subramanian Viswanathan and … Read more
Defy, a Bengaluru-based startup founded by Bhagaban Behera, Sriharsha Setty, and Nakul Kelkar, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding for its parent company, Walrus, which is sponsored by Y Combinator. With the new money, Defy intends to construct a community-based social crypto exchange/platform that would allow users to create profiles and share portfolios with … Read more
