Entreprenuernewsnetwork

Linkedin Envelope
Menu
Menu
Menu

Entreprenuer News Network Bureau

Australian Cricketing Megastar Aaron Finch signs Cricket NFT pact with Rario

by

Rario, the world’s first officially licensed cricket digital collectibles platform today announced that Australian white-ball captain, Aaron Finch is the latest on the growing list of cricketing superstars to have signed an exclusive contract with them. Aaron joins the likes of Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Smriti Mandhana, Rishabh Pant, Rashid Khan, Jason Holder, Quinton De Kock, M Siraj, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shafali Verma as player … Read more

FinTech Firm RapiPay Raises $15M

by

RapiPay, a fintech firm, announced on Tuesday that it had raised $15 million to develop NYE, a super app for new-age digital banking. Varun Jaipuria (RJ Corp), DLF Family Office, Rahul Gautam (Sheela Foam), and Rohan Kumar led the fundraising round (DS Group). RapiPay claims to be India’s only digital banking company with a physical … Read more

Entri.app raises $7M in Series A Funding

by

Entri, a Kochi-based online learning platform that empowers applicants through local language lessons, has raised $7 million in a Series A round led by Omidyar Network India, with participation from Boston-based Innospark Ventures and Hong Kong-based private equity firm Integrated Capital. Entri.app, which was founded by Mohammed Hisamuddin and Rahul Ramesh in 2017, claims to … Read more

GOQii Secures $50 Mn In Series C Led By Sumeru Ventures

by

Sumeru Ventures led a Series C fundraising round for GOQii Inc, which raised $50 million. GOQii, a smart-tech-enabled healthcare platform founded in 2014 by Vishal Gondal and headquartered in California with operations in Mumbai, is a smart-tech-enabled healthcare platform that connects customers to the full preventative healthcare ecosystem. Fitness tracker, app, coaching, healthstore, insurance, and … Read more

EventX raises additional $8M led by GL Ventures

by

EventX, an Asian-focused event SaaS startup that provides organisations and marketers with event lead generation and event management solutions, acquired an additional $8 million in Series B plus funding on Wednesday, increasing the firm’s Series B total to $18 million. GL Ventures led the round, with participation from other investors. With engineering, business development, and … Read more

Healthtech startup Proactive For Her raises $5.5M in Series A Funding

by

Proactive For Her, a women’s healthcare firm, raised $5.5 million in a Series A fundraising round headed by Vertex Ventures SEA and India and previous investor Nexus Venture Partners on Wednesday. Achitha Jacob, an IIT-Bombay alumna, created Proactive For Her in 2020 with the goal of delivering judgement-free, progressive, body-positive, queer affirmative, and trauma-informed healthcare … Read more

Enterprise SaaS platform Actyv.ai raises $5M in pre-Series A Funding

by

Actyv.ai, an enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A investment from 1Digi Investment Management, the Dubai-based family office of Raghunath Subramanian, the company’s global Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Raghunath Subramanian, Raghu Venkat, and Ramkumar Thirumurthi formed the Bangalore-based firm in April 2019. “We have pioneered the B2B BNPL space in … Read more

Bold Care, A Men’s Health & Wellness Startup, Raises Pre-series A Funding

by

Bold Care, a science-backed men’s healthcare D2C (direct-to-consumer) start-up, today announced raising Pre-Series A funding from Sharrp Ventures, Anthill Ventures, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, ShipRocket, along with participation from existing investors NB Ventures and Huddle. The undisclosed funding will be used for product development and the company’s growth plans focused towards soon raising Series A … Read more

Agtech Startup Semaai Raises Us$1.25m In Funding

by

Semaai, an AgTech startup based in Indonesia, has announced US$1.25 million in pre-seed funding led by Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program for startups in India and Southeast Asia, and Beenext. Angel investors Nipun Mehra, Founder & CEO of e-commerce startup Ula; Harshet Lunani, founder and CEO of Qoala; and Prashant Pawar, Technology Investment Banker … Read more

Jio Platforms to invest US$200 million in Glance

by

Glance, a leading AI-driven lock-screen platform, announced today that it has agreed to raise US$200 million from Jio Platforms Limited (“Jio”) in its Series D round of funding. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The proposed investment by Jio is aimed at accelerating Glance’s launch in several … Read more

Saas Platform Bitespeed Announces Us$1.9 Million Seed Funding Led By Sequoia India’s Surge

by

SaaS platform BiteSpeed today announced that they have raised US$1.9 million in seed funding led by Sequoia India’s Surge, with participation from First Cheque, Whiteboard Capital and Angels including CRED founder Kunal Shah and Teachable founder Ankur Nagpal. BiteSpeed provides e-commerce brands with the tools to help them embrace conversational commerce as the future of … Read more

EarlySalary Strengthen Its BNPL Offering and Forays into the Healthcare Sector

by

EarlySalary, India’s largest consumer lending platform for young professionals, launches Health Category to strengthen its BNPL portfolio.  EarlySalary brings onboard Mr. Parvaiz Hussain, the CEO and Co-Founder of HealthFin, who will now be leading Health Category and Strengthen its BNPL offering which includes EdTech, Consumer Tech, Insurance and HealthCare categories. Parvaiz Hussain brings his experience … Read more

Realty Firm Sushma Group Raises Rs 100 Cr From Motilal Oswal Group

by

Sushma Group, a real estate company based in Punjab, has raised Rs 100 crore from Motilal Oswal Group for the building of a residential project. The funds will be used to expand Sushma Joynest MOH 1, the company’s current housing project in Zirakpur, Punjab. In this 10.75-acre project, the business is building approximately 1,050 units, … Read more

Cult.fit acquires Gold’s Gym fitness chain across India

by

Cult.fit, the fitness startup, has announced that it has purchased a controlling investment in F2 Fun & Fitness India, the Indian franchise of multinational gym chain Gold’s Gym. Cult.fit will now run the Gold’s Gym business in India as a result of this acquisition. According to a press announcement, Cult.fit will focus on independently developing … Read more

EV startup Altigreen raises $39.8M in Series A Funding

by

Altigreen, an electric vehicle manufacturer, announced on Friday that it has raised $39.8 million in a Series A round of funding to expand its EV manufacturing, launch new products such as LCVs, and increase its national footprint. Altigreen, a provider of electric vehicle technology and solutions for commercial last-mile transportation via two, three, and four-wheeled … Read more

Beauty startup RENEE Cosmetics raises $10M in Series A funding

by

Renee Cosmetics, a beauty brand, raised $ 10 million in a Series A round headed by Mensa Brands on Friday. Existing investors, such as Equanimity Investments and 9Unicorns, participated in the round as well. RENEE Cosmetics is a cruelty-free cosmetic brand founded in 2019 by Aashka Goradia Goble and Beardo co-founders Ashutosh Valani and Priyank … Read more