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Demoverse Raises $600K to Transform Consumer Product Creation

Demoverse

Published: September 22, 2026- Consumer technology startup Demoverse has raised $600,000 in pre-seed funding as it works to develop a new model for consumer product creation that brings customers into the design process before products reach manufacturing. The round was led by Lumikai, an India-focused venture capital fund specialising in interactive media, digital platforms and … Read more

The Founder Who Held a Funeral for the SIM Card—and Built a Billion-Dollar eSIM Unicorn

Ahmet Bahadir Özdemir

WhatsApp had just killed his last business. So when Ahmet Bahadir Özdemir walked into an investor pitch, he didn’t bring a deck — he brought a eulogy. That single unconventional pitch, backed by Antler, became the origin story of Airalo, now the world’s largest eSIM marketplace. The Pitch That Wasn’t a Pitch Picture a standard … Read more