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, 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
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, 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 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
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
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
Switzerland hosted a never-before-seen, extraordinary feat that brought together 82 women of influence from across 25 countries to add a new female chapter to the history of what is still an overwhelmingly male-dominated sport! The ladies came together and successfully created a new world record for – ‘The Longest Women’s Rope Team’ on the 4164 … Read more
Roq.ad (pronounced rock-ad), the leading GDPR/CCPA-compliant, probabilistic, multi-device identity resolution provider serving Europe and North America, has just announced Series A funding from DNX Ventures, OCA Ventures, and AperiamVentures for $7 million. “We wanted investors that could really bring value to our business; teams that understand both the obvious need for a future-proof identity graph as well as the … Read more
Vieroots Wellness Solutions, a Bengaluru-based new-age wellness firm, is set to invest Rs.100 to open 50 Vieroots Experiential Centres across metro and tier – 1 cities in India by 2025. As a part of the expansion plan, the firm backed by Bollywood actor Suniel Shetty will open six first-of-its-kind interactive and immersive tech-driven Experiential Centres … Read more
Milaap.org, India’s largest crowdfunding platform announces a major milestone achieved by its community of donors collectively raising INR 2040 cr on the platform through more than 85 lakh donations since its inception. Of the total contributions on the platform, the generosity of over 1 Lakh India’s salaried professionals form a sizable contribution of around INR … Read more
Gurgaon based Intents Mobi, a geospatial intelligence startup, today announced that it has raised $1 Million in a funding round led by DevX Venture Fund. The round also saw participation from other investors like Unnati Labs and multiple marquee strategic angels from Logistics & Mobility sector whose ventures are backed by Tier1 VCs. The company … Read more
Pepper Content, a content marketplace, revealed on June 9 that it has raised $14.3 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, as the company wants to expand its position in the US and branch out into additional categories. Pepper Content, founded in 2017 by Anirudh Singla and Rishabh Shekhar, enables … Read more
Vybe Network, the premier data infrastructure solution, today announced the close of a $10.5 million USD Series A investment. Vybe Network enables the Solana community to query, index and exchange on-chain data to build Web3 dApps and analytics. The round is led by FTX with additional participation from Sino Global, Staking Facilities, Serum, Panony, Tess Ventures, Contango, … Read more
SBI Foundation introduced UpSchool, a digital learning program for students from class 1-10 in partnership with Khan Academy, an educational nonprofit in India. This program will be available in English, Hindi and Kannada languages aiming to reduce learning gaps and build a solid foundation in math and reading for their current academic year. Students or … Read more
The Global eCommerce Market is Segmented by Type (Buyer-oriented E-commerce, Supplier-oriented E-commerce, Intermediary-oriented E-commerce), by Application (SMEs, Large Enterprises). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global E-Commerce market size is estimated to be worth USD 7750530 Million in 2022 and is forecast to a readjusted size of USD 20313450 Million by 2028 with a CAGR … Read more
