Entreprenuer News Network Bureau 
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
SaaS Labs, a company that creates business automation tools for sales and support teams all around the world, has secured USD 42 million (about Rs 312 crore) in a round headed by Sequoia Capital India. Existing investors Base 10 Partners and Eight Roads Ventures also participated in the Series B fundraising round, according to the … Read more
Mivi, a leading domestic consumer electronics brand, has raised an undisclosed amount from N+1 Capital in a debt financing round. N+1 Capital, India’s largest revenue-based growth capital fund, has been affiliated with the previously bootstrapped company as its first financial partner. Mivi is a one-of-a-kind firm based in Hyderabad that specialises in audio gadgets, with … Read more
Pixis, formerly Pyxis One, announced today that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding. Pixis is a company that provides contextual AI infrastructure with no code for total marketing optimization. The new funding will be used to help the company quickly scale its AI platforms and plugins, as well as expand across North … Read more
Mankind Pharma and previous investor Sixth Sense Ventures led a Rs. 50 crore Series A investment for Dogsee Chew. This is Mankind Pharma’s first foray into the pet food market. Dogsee Chew is the only firm that offers 100% vegetarian dog treats, and it was founded by Bhupendra Khanal and Sneh Sharma, a husband-and-wife team. … Read more
Settlrs, a B2B services rental firm, has raised US$1 million (about Rs 7 crore) in funding from Canbank Venture Capital Fund Ltd and other investors. Vinod Jain Family Office, MaGeHold Pte Ltd, JN Capital, and an unknown angel investor are among the other investors in the firm, which is incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore (IIMB). … Read more
Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs), essentially blockchain-certified digital art, have been gaining immense popularity among brands, artists, celebrities, etc, both in India and globally. India’s leading media conglomerate Viacom18’s Youth, Music and English Entertainment (YME) cluster, is all geared up to set its foot in the rapidly growing digital space of non-fungible tokens with the announcement of the NFT marketplace Fullyfaltoonft.com, … Read more
apna.co – India’s largest jobs and professional networking platform has announced the appointment of PayU’s Shantanu Preetam as its Chief Technology Officer. Shantanu will be driving apna’s innovative vision to help the company attain its mission of empowering a billion lives. As the first CTO at apna, Shantanu will be responsible to build upon the … Read more
Uber today announced that it had acquired Car Next Door, an Australian company first launched in Sydney in 2012. Car Next Door is a peer-to-peer car-sharing platform which offers convenient access to cars for renters, whilst providing revenue to car owners, making it easy to turn any car into a shared car. The service operates Australia-wide, … Read more
HCL Technologies, a leading global technology company, announced the appointment of Prabhakar Appana as Senior Vice President and the Global Head of its AWS Ecosystem Business Unit to further accelerate the company’s #HCLCloudSmart journey. An industry veteran with about 23 years of experience in various leadership roles across geo sales, consulting, technology practices and program … Read more
IndiGG, Yield Guild Games’ (YGG) India sub-decentralised autonomous organisation (subDAO), has received $6 million in funds to support the play-to-earn movement in India. Sequoia Capital India, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jump Capital, Variant Fund, Dune Ventures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Transcend Fund, Animoca Brands, Play Ventures, Backed and Sfermion, IVC, Emfarsis, and others were among those that … Read more
Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion—more than double its valuation in 2021. The round, led by Coatue Management and Valiant Peregrine Fund with participation from Base10’s Advancement Initiative, among other investors, reflects unprecedented demand amidst a generational shift in the way people start, jump start, … Read more
Nium, a leader in global payments and card issuance for frictionless commerce, today announced the appointment of Robin Gandhi to Chief Product Officer. Gandhi will be responsible for defining and executing product strategy to expand leadership in existing markets and pursue new addressable markets for Nium. His role includes end-to-end product life cycle ownership, from product vision … Read more
