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Water Well Trust Receives $1.5 Million USDA Grant for National Water Well Projects

The Water Well Trust, a national nonprofit helping rural Americans get access to a clean, safe water supply, has received a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Decentralized Water Systems (DWS) program for water well and wastewater projects to increase potable water system availability and access to wastewater systems to rural households throughout the U.S. … Read more

Diagnostics platform 5C Network raises $4.6 mn in Series A funding

Online medical diagnostics platform 5C Network, situated in Bengaluru, India, raised US$4.6 million in Series A funding. In addition to previous investors Unitus Ventures and Axilor Ventures, angel investors Ajay Gupta (Emeritus Partner at McKinsey & Co.), Rohit Razdan, and Shiv Tallam also participated in the round, which was led by Celesta Capital. The company … Read more

Edtech startup Adda247 raises $35 million in funding

Platform for preparing for government exams Adda247 announced on Wednesday that it had secured $35 million in a round headed by WestBridge Capital. Google participated in the round as a new investor. The platform will use the funds raised to hire for certain important leadership positions, develop its student counselling team, and raise the profile … Read more

Crypto investment platform Pillow raises $18 Mn in series A Funding

Pillow  a singapore-based crypto investments platform has raised $18 million in series A funding. the round is co-led by Accel, Quona Capital, Elevation Capital and Jump Capital. Elevation Capital were also the first seed investors in Pillow, having led the round in 2021. Founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM, and Kartik Mishra, the … Read more

Cloudworx Raises Seed Funding from SucSEED Indovation Fund

Cloudworx Technologies has secured Seed Capital from Hyderabad headquartered SucSEED Indovation Fund as well as IIIT Hyderabad, Expert Dojo, and other angel investors. Cloudworx has created a platform that allows users to create 3D applications for the Enterprise Metaverse as Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Platform. Unlike other Digital-Twin builders, Cloudworx allows users to import custom 3D models, create … Read more

Venture Catalysts, others invest in health food brand WickedGud

Venture Catalysts Group, India’s first integrated incubator and a leading early-stage investment platform for startups, along with other marquee investors led this round of investment for WickedGud. WickedGud is a d2C health food brand that is on a mission to make every day eating guilt-free and change the way the world consumes comfort food for … Read more

Mathew Cyriac Invests in Sports Tech Startup MyySports, Joins as Co-Founder

Mathew Cyriac has invested $ 2 M in MyySports. Mathew is an existing Board Member and now joins as a Co-Founder. He is also the founder of Florintree Advisors. Saurav Banerjee, founded MyySports in 2021. MyySports is a sports-tech start-up which through its App provides simple creator tools allowing millions of sports lovers to create, … Read more

Ankur Capital Invests Seed Capital In Two Biotech Startups

Ankur Capital, an India-based leading early-stage venture capital fund focused on transformative technologies in deep science tech and climate tech today announced that they have invested seed capital in two early stage biotech startups – MyoWorks and D-NOME. Founded by Nihal Singh and Shubhankar Takle, MyoWorks is building edible fungal mycelium-based 2D and 3D scaffolds which will support … Read more

Funding for Indian start-ups hits two-year low in Q3 CY22 at USD 2.7 billion: PwC India Report

The global slowdown in funding continues with start-up funding in India in Q3 CY22 hitting a two-year low at USD 2.7 billion across 205 deals, as per the PwC India report titled, “Startup Deals Tracker – Q3 CY22.” While a decline in funding is noted across all stages of investment – early, growth and late – the decline has … Read more

One Electric Motorcycles and ALT Mobility Join Hands to Deploy the First Batch of 50,000 Vehicles for B2B Logistics

ALT Mobility – a market leader in the leasing of electric commercial vehicles, has partnered with One Electric to provide high-quality and durable electric motorcycles for its last-mile delivery partners. Breaking the convention of investing in low-cost assets, ALT Mobility has evaluated and onboarded One Electric’s “Kridn” motorcycle to their leasing portfolio, positioned as a premium high-speed … Read more

Jaipur Watch Company Raises their First Strategic Fund Round

Jaipur Watch Company, a luxury custom-built watch brand, has raised their first strategic fund round with participation from investors Ankur Mishra (Director – Central Academy Jodhpur Education Society), Tushar Kapoor (Director – Kapsons), Dexter Angels and Marwari Catalysts. The Founder of Jaipur Watch Company, Gaurav Mehta was very fond of watches and collected coins as … Read more

Lumikai Fund leads Supernova’s $1.1 million pre-seed funding round

Supernova, a startup that makes Live quizzes & interactive gamified formats on CBSE math topics, announced its pre-seed funding of $1.1 Million. The pre-seed round is led by Lumikai, India’s most active gaming & interactive media VC, with participation from Kae Capital, All In Capital, Goodwater Capital & strategic angel investors. Targeted toward kids aged … Read more

THE World Rankings: Shoolini University ranked No. 1 private university in India

Scripting history for setting exemplary global standards in research, academic excellence and knowledge transfer, Himachal Pradesh-based Shoolini University has been ranked as Number 1 among private universities in India in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2023. The university is ranked 351-400 overall and 39th in the world in THE Rankings … Read more

77% employers likely to engage more apprentices in H2: TeamLease Report

TeamLease Degree Apprenticeship, a leading enterprise from the house of TeamLease Services, revolutionizing employability in India, has launched its Apprenticeship Outlook Report for H2 (July to December 2022). A comprehensive analysis of the apprenticeship hiring trends across enterprises, sectors, and regions, the report indicates that 77% of employers are likely to increase their apprentice pool … Read more

Early Learning Edtech Startup Creative Galileo Announces Partnership with EBS

Edtech platform Creative Galileo announced that it has partnered with Korea Educational Broadcasting System, popularly known as EBS. The partnership is part of Creative Galileo’s overarching strategy to provide young minds with the finest in education and fun learning experiences through a multiverse of children’s characters. EBS Korea is renowned for its educational content and has … Read more

Belong Education acquires Pune-based Intern Hiring platform InternIn

Proof of Work’ Platform Belong.Education acquires Pune-based Intern Hiring platform InternIn to expand into Tier-II and tier-III cities. Aiming to tap the Early Talent Hiring market in India, HRTech startup Belong acquired the country’s 2nd largest intern hiring platform – InternIn for an undisclosed amount on Friday. Starting with 3 colleges and 5 startups in … Read more