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AppsFlyer, the global leader in attribution and marketing analytics, has appointed Ritu Sharma as Country Manager for India. In her new job, Ritu will oversee AppsFlyer India’s commercial operations across all categories. She will use a consultative approach to extend the present customer portfolio, scale up existing business, and build long-term customer relationships. To that … Read more
Shipsy, a leading SaaS-based smart logistics management platform provider, has raised USD 25 million in a Series B round co-led by A91 Partners and Z3 Partners along with existing investors Info Edge and Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The funding will enable Shipsy to continue growing its stronghold in the Middle East, India and Southeast Asian markets while accelerating global expansion … Read more
Niyo, the consumer neo-banking platform, has raised $100 million in its Series C round of funding. The company will be using the funds to accelerate its mission to transform banking in India, and to provide convenient and hassle-free financial services to digital native customers. This Series C round of funding was led by Accel & Lightrock India with … Read more
The Coca-Cola System in India* released its Sustainability Update for the year 2020-21, in line with its principle of ‘building sustainable communities as foundations for sustainable businesses’. The update outlines the Company’s (Company refers to the Coca-Cola System in India) endeavor to ‘Refresh the World and Make a Difference’. In conjunction with a strong emphasis on … Read more
Indian Math EdTech start-up Bhanzu, founded by Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash who broke Shakuntala Devi’s record to become the ‘World’s fastest human calculator’, has raised $2 million USD in seed funding. Bhanzu is a math-learning platform with a meticulously designed curriculum that helps students become 4x quicker and better at math by nurturing their cognitive abilities and … Read more
SugarBox Networks has partnered with Amazon Pay, a digital payment platform and Simpl, a platform that empowers merchants and customers with commerce solutions, to enable payments in line with the progressive Digital India vision. By facilitating payments across geographies, this partnership edges closer to building an innovative solution for consumers, across the underserved and unserved … Read more
India’s leading kitchen appliances brand, Wonderchef, has announced its foray into the homeware category with the launch of a wide range of exclusive products that will provide exquisite dining experience. The extensive range covers all kinds of tableware, barware, cutlery, glasses, linen, serve ware, and dinnerware in bone china, fine bone china, and stoneware. Talking … Read more
Redpanda Data (formerly Vectorized) today announced it has raised $50M in Series B funding, led by GV with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) and Haystack VC. Released in early 2021, Redpanda is a modern streaming platform that gives developers a simple, fast, reliable, and unified “engine of record” for both real-time and historical enterprise data. With its … Read more
Presolv360, an Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) platform that offers technology-driven new-age solutions for resolving disputes, has raised $1.08 Million (INR 8.13 crores) in seed funding from MGA Ventures (Ashra Family Office), Omidyar Network India, and the round also saw participation from family offices like Inspira Enterprises, M Pallonji, Jeena and Co., Fine Fragrances, and other … Read more
Simplilearn, a global digital skills training provider (together with its affiliates and subsidiaries), announced its collaboration with the Aresty Institute of Executive Education of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, to launch a first-of-its-kind program, AI for Business. The course, revolving around the emerging technology of artificial intelligence, will have a duration of four to six weeks. … Read more
BlueVoyant, an industry-leading internal and external cyber defense platform, announced today the close of its Series D round. Liberty Strategic Capital, a private equity firm founded and led by former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven T. Mnuchin, led the $250-million round with participation from new investors as well as existing investors, including ISTARI (a Temasek company), Eden … Read more
Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), India’s premier communications solutions provider, announced that it has acquired a strategic stake in Aqilliz – a Blockchain as a Service Company under the Airtel Startup Accelerator Program, subject to applicable statutory approvals. Singapore-based Aqilliz has developed a patented hybrid blockchain platform, Atom that integrates differential privacy and federated learning on a … Read more
Chargeup, a business that swaps out batteries, has secured $2.5 million (Rs 18 crore) in a pre-Series A investment led by Capital-A and Anicut Capital. Tiger Shroff, Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta (founders of boAt), as well as Shraddha Kapoor, took part in the funding round. The cash will be used to expand its network … Read more
Wholsum Foods, the parent business of children’s food brand Slurrp Farm, secured $7 million in a new round headed by Investment Corporation of Dubai, the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Dubai, and current investor Fireside Ventures on Wednesday. Slurrp Farm, founded in October 2016 by Meghana Narayan and Shauravi Malik, aims to provide … Read more
Vymo, an intelligent sales engagement platform for financial institutions, has secured $22 million in a Series C round led by Bertelsmann India Investments, with participation from current backers Emergence Capital and Sequoia Capital. Vymo, founded in 2013 by McKinsey graduate Yamini Bhat and Google alum Venkat Malladi, helps improve sales performance through bottom-up insights and … Read more
Giift, a global provider of loyalty management solutions backed by Apis Growth Fund II, a private equity fund managed by Apis Partners LLP, announced on Wednesday that it has invested $30 million (Rs 225 crore) in Xoxoday, a Bengaluru-based fintech startup in the rewards, incentives, and payout space. Almost a decade ago, the four founders … Read more
