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Pathways School Gurgaon Launches International Baccalaureate Career Related Programme

Pathways School Gurgaon joins a progressive group of IB World Schools to deliver IB Career-related Programme (IBCP) through multiple academic streams designed for students to develop 21st century skills. World Academy of Career Programmes (WACP), the leading global educational research organization, has introduced its career-related courses at the Pathways School Gurgaon. Students of grade XI … Read more

D2C Furniture Brand Boingg Raises Rs 2.2 Cr In Pre Series A Funding

Furniture company Boingg, which focuses on D2C sales to children, has secured INR 2 Cr in a Pre Series A round that was spearheaded by Inflection Point Ventures, one of India’s biggest angel investing platforms. The money raised will be used for licencing, equipment expansion, and corporate branding. With the opening of a physical store … Read more

SaaS Startup for Laundry Industry Turns Raises $500K Pre-Seed Round

Turns, a vertical SaaS firm for the laundry sector, has secured $500K in pre-seed funding from Better Capital, PointOne Capital, and a group of outstanding angel investors. With a full stack software & hardware integrated solution that includes a contemporary POS, customer management, easy payments, accounting, employee management, logistics optimization, and compliance, Turns assists launderettes … Read more

Casual gaming startup Giga Fun Studios raises $2.4 mn in Seed Round

Giga Fun Studios, a startup in Bengaluru that specialises in casual gaming, today announced that it has raised $2.4 million in a seed round headed by Lumikai, India’s first gaming and interactive media-focused venture capital fund, and the consumer experts Fireside Ventures. In addition to Riverwalk Holdings, this round also included All In Capital, Kettleborough … Read more

Metaverse Platform Trezi Raises Over $2 Mn in Funding

World V and YourNest Venture Capital, along with two other significant investors—Auxano Capital and She Capital—announced a Series A fundraising of over $2 million for India’s top metaverse platform, which links architects, designers, and building construction engineers with product manufacturers. The round was co-led by World V and YourNest Venture Capital. The Architecture, Engineering, and … Read more

Greaves Cotton Showcases its EV Might at Auto Expo 2023

Greaves Cotton Limited, one of India’s leading diversified engineering companies, showcased its EV might at the ongoing Auto Expo 2023 in Greater Noida today. The Company unveiled its new, Made in India product offerings across two-wheelers and three-wheelers including the game changing e2w-Ampere Primus. Significantly, Greaves Cotton announced it will leverage its decades of engineering … Read more

India’s startup funding in 2022 double the pre-pandemic level: PwC India Report

Funding for Indian startups in CY22 was nearly USD 24 billion, a drop of 33% in comparison to CY21 but was still more than twice the funds raised in CY20 and CY19 each. As per the PwC India report titled, “Startup Deals Tracker – CY22”, early stage funding grew by 12% as compared to CY21, showing that despite the global slowdown, investors … Read more

Zoomcar named Ashu Singhal as Chief Technology & Product Officer

Zoomcar, a platform for car sharing in emerging markets, has named Ashu Singhal as Chief Technology & Product Officer. In his new post, Ashu will be in charge of overall product strategy and technical execution to ensure a fantastic customer experience across all areas where Zoomcar operates. Ashu is directly responsible for product vision and … Read more

Nanoprecise Sci Corp Raises USD $10 Million in Series B funding

Nanoprecise Sci Corp, an AI-based Condition Monitoring & Prescriptive Maintenance Solution provider raised USD $10 million in series B investment from 4 new investors. The round was led by Export Development Canada (EDC), with participation from Honeywell Ventures, NSK Ltd., and EC Mergers & Acquisitions. Founded in 2017 by CEO Sunil Vedula, the core team … Read more

actyv.ai Raises USD 12 Mn as Part of Pre-Series A Funding

actyv.ai, a Singapore-headquartered, category creator in the enterprise SaaS with embedded B2B BNPL and insurance space, has raised a total of $12 million as part of Pre-Series A funding round from 1Digi Ventures, Singapore, the family office of Raghunath Subramanian, Founder and Global CEO of the company. This includes an earlier tranche of $5 million … Read more

Galgotias Infra to Invest 500 Crores in Uttar Pradesh – Signs MOU with YEIDA

Suneel Galgotia and Dhruv Galgotia, Directors of Galgotias Infra sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Arun Veer Singh, Chief Executive officer, Yamuna expressway Industrial Development Authority. Galgotias Infra through this MOU has signed a proposed investment worth 510 crores within the next 3 years in warehousing, hotel, housing and hospital projects in Aerocity near Noida … Read more

Dozee partners with British International Investment to transform public healthcare in India

MillionICU, an initiative by Dozee, India’s first AI-based contactless Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) & Early Warning System (EWS), has partnered with British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor, to upgrade 6000 hospital beds in ~140 public hospitals across India and in other regions to transform the public healthcare landscape. The … Read more

Simplilearn named Eric Martorano as CRO – Commercial Business

Simplilearn, the world’s #1 online bootcamp for digital economy skills named Eric Martorano, Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) for its Commercial Business. The appointment is a part of Simplilearn’s larger goal of expanding and strengthening its teams globally to continue delivering the highest-quality upskilling. Martorano brings over 25 years of experience working with customers and partners across the globe and has … Read more

Thomson Digital Ventures into the EdTech Space, Launches Q&I

Thomson Digital, a pioneer in providing publishing solutions to the global publishing fraternity announced its foray into the EdTech industry with the launch of Q&I, a first-of-its-kind assessment-led platform for the preparation of JEE and NEET. Q&I’s radically different approach shifts away from general syllabus-based learning to unique need-based learning. The platform’s adaptive learning engine … Read more

Healthcare AI Firm Qritive Raises $7.5M Funding

Qritive, a leading healthcare AI firm, has announced a $7.5M investment round headed by MassMutual Ventures and supported by SEEDS Capital and Exfinty Venture Partners. Qritive will use the new funds to expand geographically, increase its product portfolio, and assist regulatory clearances. Qritive, which was founded in 2017 by Dr Aneesh Sathe and Dr Kaveh … Read more

Agritech Startup Cropin Raises Rs113 Cr in Funding

Cropin, the global agritech pioneer that created the world’s first agriculture industry cloud, has raised INR 113 crores in funding from new investors Google and JSR Corporation, as well as previous investors ABC Impact and Chiratae Ventures. Cropin Cloud, the company’s recently launched intelligent agriculture cloud platform, will be expanded with the funds to meet … Read more

Sharath Pareddy named as the India Head of Credit and Analytics at Branch International

Branch International, a San Francisco-head based fintech with operations across Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, and India, has announced the appointment of Sharath Pareddy as the Head of Credit and Analytics – India effective immediately. A graduate from IIT Kharagpur, Sharath has been working in the analytics and data science space across industries for over 12 years … Read more

The Whole Truth raises USD 15Mn in Series B funding

The Whole Truth (TWT), a 100% clean-label food brand has raised ~USD 15Mn in its Series B round, led by Sequoia Capital India. The round saw participation from existing investors Matrix Partners India and Sauce.Vc. Angel investors who previously invested in the company include Nithin Kamath (Zerodha), Sriharsha Majety (Swiggy) and Jaydeep Burman (Rebel Foods). The … Read more

Athulya Senior Care Raises INR 77 Crore from Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure

Athulya, a leading provider of senior care services in India, has raised INR 77 Crore (US$ 9.3MM) funding from North Haven India Infrastructure Partners, a fund managed by Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure, for its forthcoming expansion. Founded in 2016, Athulya offers assisted living, transition care and home healthcare to address the needs of dependent seniors … Read more

Fintech Start-up BankSathi Raises USD 4M as Pre-series A Round

Bangalore based social commerce platform BankSathi has raised $4M USD in funding from Kotak Securities, Lets Venture, We Founder Circle, Hem Securities and IPV (Inflection Point Ventures). The company has also received funding from Recur Club, Liquiloans, Sunil Singhania (Abakkus), Kunal Shah (CRED), Dr. Ritesh Malik (Innov8), Kailash Biyani (Asian Markets), Mukul Rastogi & Bhaswat Agarwal (ClassPlus), … Read more