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Blockchain Founders Fund Receives Backing from Octava

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Blockchain Founders Fund , a venture capital fund that focuses on early-stage Web3 startups globally has received funding from Octava Digital Assets, the digital asset team of the Singapore-based family office Octava which invests across the spectrum from seed to publicly traded cryptocurrencies. Octava joins the lineup of distinguished investors of BFF including Shima Capital, NEO Global Capital (NGC), Tsangs Group, Baksh Capital, … Read more

TerraPay and NPCI International collaborate to drive seamless merchant payments

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TerraPay, a leading global payments infrastructure group today announced its partnership with NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL), the International arm of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). This association with NIPL will allow Indian customers and merchants in India with an active Unified Payments Interface Id (UPI Id) to make and accept cross-border payments seamlessly by leveraging TerraPay’s … Read more

HDFC Bank signs long-term data and tech agreement with Refinitiv

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Refinitiv, an LSEG Business and one of the world’s largest providers of financial markets data and infrastructure, today announced a long-term strategic agreement with HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, to support digital transformation and innovation programmes across the whole business in India. Under the multi-year agreement, comprehensive access to Refinitiv’s data and products … Read more

OnePlus Emerges as Premium Android Smartphone Brand of Choice in India as per Techarc Premium Smart Tech Survey

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In a study conducted by Techarc among the premium Android users, it was found that the trend towards building a smart tech lifestyle is getting stronger. Users are buying multiple devices with the smartphone being the hub, while smart TV, TWS Earbuds and Smart Watch, the other three key devices defining this lifestyle. There is also incremental increase seen … Read more

Fondue Raises $10.5m Seed Round to Replace Every Ecommerce Discount Code

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Fondue CashBack, the Shopify app that replaces coupon codes with brand-embedded CashBack announced today it has closed on a $10.5m seed round led by Quiet Capital and Hanaco Ventures. Other investors in the round include Infinity Ventures, Ground Up Ventures, Sugar Capital, Starting Line, R-Squared Ventures, Gaingels, Verissimo Ventures, Samsung Next, and JAM Fund. A … Read more

Zerund raises USD 1 mn funding

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A number of key investors, including Dreamweaver Investments, have raised USD 1 million (about Rs 7.8 crore) for Zerund, a Guwahati-based manufacturer of sustainable bricks. Zerund had also raised Rs 4 crore from investors in 2021, including Villgro Foundation and NEDFi Venture Capital Ltd (NVCL). Zerund has brick manufacturing facilities in Guwahati and Pathsala in … Read more

TimesPro launches web 3.0 initiative to help learners upskill in emerging technologies

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TimesPro has launched a Web3.0 learning initiative, through a unique interactive experience in the metaverse, to usher unmatched quality of modern and new-age learning through cutting-edge programmes in various Web 3.0 technologies like Blockchain, Crypto Currency, Metaverse, NFT among others. At launch, TimesPro will offer a mix of certificate and self-paced programmes to enable learning in … Read more

Tech startup Awign raises $15 million in Series B funding

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Work fulfillment platform Awign, which is based in Bengaluru, has earned $15 million in a Series B round that was co-led by Bertelsmann India Investments and Amicus Capital Partners. It also received funding from Mynavi Corporation, Unitus Ventures, and the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. Annanya Sarthak, Gurpreet Singh, and Praveen Sah, three IIT graduates … Read more

Flipkart Signs Mou With District Administration Of Varanasi, Government Of Uttar Pradesh Under The Samarth Program

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Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the District Administration of Varanasi, Government of Uttar Pradesh, to enable national market access for artisans, weavers, people with disabilities and of Varanasi. Through this partnership, iconic goods such as Banaras Sarees, Handmade Carpets, Zardoji Craft, Metal Crafts, and Handmade … Read more

McDonald’s named Brian Rice as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer

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Brian Rice is joining McDonald’s as Executive Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer, reporting directly to me and serving on our Global Senior Leadership Team. Brian’s accomplishments make him the perfect enterprise leader to continue to drive our digital vision to new heights as we deliver on our Accelerating the Arches strategy. In getting to know him, it … Read more

SuperShare raises $6.5 Mn in Series A funding round

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SuperShare, a smartphone dialer and communication platform, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Lachy Groom, Accel India, and current investor Lightspeed. It has the backing of executives from various Indian influencer management agencies, as well as content creators such as Tanmay Bhat and MythPat. SuperShare, the second product of … Read more

Edtech platform Gurusiksha raises Rs 50 lakhs from Angel investors

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Gurusiksha, a platform where education and technology come together to create a hybrid learning system, recently announced that they have acquired their first investment round of Rs 50 lakhs in a pre-series round from angel investors. They also said that they are planning another Series A funding round later in the year since their next … Read more

M2P Fintech leads seed investment in Account Aggregator platform Finvu

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M2P Fintech, one of Asia’s leading API infrastructure provider led the USD 2.50 million funding round for the Account aggregator platform Finvu. Varanium Nexgen Fund, IIFL and DMI Sparkle Fund also participated in the round. Founded in 2017, Finvu is a registered and licensed NBFC Account Aggregator (NBFC-AA) from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) … Read more

MG Motor India forges partnership with Chandigarh University to strengthen Skill Development

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MG Motor India presents Hector to Chandigarh University to foster skill development and bridge the gap between academia and industry. The initiative is aligned with the MG Nurture programme and in accordance with MG’s goal of CASE mobility. This will foster student skill development and prepare them for better employment opportunities. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer, … Read more

Fintech startup Progcap raises $40M as part of Series C Funding

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Progcap, a startup in corporate financing, raised $40 million from investors in its Series C investment. The business had previously received $30 million from Creation Investments and Tiger Global. It raised a total of $70 million during the most recent round, valued at $600 million. The venture, which was established in 2017 by Pallavi and … Read more

Okra Solar closes AU $3m million in Pre-Series A round

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Two family offices, Explorer Investments and Didendum, led the $2.1 million investment round into Okra Solar, alongside Schneider Electric Energy Access & Autodesk Foundation. SDGx, a private UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) technology fund and advisory group, which invests exclusively in companies that can potentially reduce or remove 500MT of greenhouse gas emissions per year within the next decade, also invested. Okra Solar’s proprietary hardware … Read more