Inzpira, a recognized IELTS, communicative English (Spoken English) & Soft-skills training company, has announced that it has bagged Rs 2.3 crore in its seed funding round. The funding round was co-led by Raj Nair, Chairman, Avalon Consulting, along with Gopinath Latpate, Executive Director, JLL. Investors including Country Head – Retail Lending, HDFC Bank – Arvind…
Defy, a Bengaluru-based platform, co-founded by Sriharsha Setty, Bhagaban Behera, and Nakul Kelkar, has announced that it has secured $5.5 million in its seed funding round for Y Combinator-backed Walrus, its parent company. The funding round saw participation from JAM Fund, Goat VC, as well as Goodwater Capital. Gemba Capital, GMO Venture Partners, Night Ventures,…
Matific, digital Maths learning platform for K-6 students, has bolstered its global leadership team by welcoming Amolakh S. Calais as the Global Lead for Sales, Customer Success & Partnerships. Amolakh is a member of the Industry Advisory Board at Kaplan Higher Education in Singapore. Coming with experience of more than two decades in the technology…
Mr. D V Manohar, Chairman of India’s PBS company SmartBike is elected as the First Vice President from India of Brussels based World Cycling Alliance (WCA) for a three year term. Alongside Mr. Manohar five other office bearers are likewise elected from across the world. Mr. Manohar is additionally the Chairman of Hyderabad Bicycling Club. “I thank…
Italy-based IQT Consulting has set its feet in the country and has registered in India. The global brand has a business presence and interest in areas in design engineering, project management, and asset management and shall be endeavoring to work in large developmental & national mission projects in municipal infrastructure, water resources, telecom infra and…
Bharat Fritz Werner and Meltio; a disruptive laser metal deposition technology manufacturer, has announced that BFW is going to play a key role in the development and support of the Meltio metal 3D printing and the BFW CNC brand hybrid manufacturing solutions in the Indian market, as an official value-added partner. “The world is changing…
IDFC FIRST Bank and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) has signed an agreement to facilitate fuel payments by motorists at HPCL’s retail outlets using the Bank’s FASTags. Further, IDFC FIRST Bank’s FASTags can now also be bought, recharged and replaced by passenger vehicle users at select HPCL retail outlets, according to the announcement. It added, “This…
TVS Next has announced that we have entered a strategic partnership with Digitate to provide Artificial Intelligence Solutions to continue to accelerate its services for high-growth companies, according to the announcement. Digitate is the developer of the ignioTM family of AI-based solutions that help drive business agility, autonomous IT and business operations, and fulfill digital…
Lacework, the data-driven security platform for the cloud, has announced it has raised $1.3 billion in growth funding at a valuation of $8.3 billion. Lacework will continue to invest in rapidly scaling its business globally, building on recent momentum of more than 3x year-over-year revenue growth, a 3.5x year-over-year increase in new customers, including LogicMonitor,…
QuEST Global, a global product engineering and lifecycle services company, has announced the appointment of Courtney Headley as the Global Head for Culture and Inclusion. Courtney will be responsible for strengthening QuEST’s culture, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices as the company expands and maximizes its brand. He will be based out of Connecticut and…
Stock investment platform Smallcase has announced an investment of $5 million in Tickertape. Tickertape is a content and information platform for stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds and other investment instruments, owned by Anchorage Technologies Private Limited. The Company is a private limited company, incorporated in the year 2021, having its registered office in Bangalore. The company…
Enterprise skilling platform Disprz has announced that it has secured $13 million in the series B funding round co-led by Dallas Venture Capital and Mars Growth Capital. Existing investors including Go1, KOIS’s Tara India Fund IV, Auctus Capital along with Kae Capital also participated in the round. Speaking on the investment, Kuljit Chadha, Co-Founder and…
Bugcrowd, a crowdsourced cybersecurity platform, has announced the appointment of Ravi Chopra as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. Chopra will lead Bugcrowd’s financial operations and steer the company’s financial strategy. Chopra brings over 25 years of diverse finance, strategy, and operations experience to Bugcrowd. He built a finance team from the ground up as the…
Heyday, a platform for brand building, pioneering a marketplace-first approach to creating the next-generation consumer products company, has announced the close of its $555 million Series C funding round. The round was co-led by technology investors The Raine Group and Premji Invest with participation from existing investors General Catalyst, Victory Park Capital, and Khosla Ventures.…
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), the principal financial institution engaged in the promotion, financing and development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), has entered into a collaboration with Google for having a social impact lending programme with financial assistance up to Rs.100 lakh at competitive interest rates targeted at micro enterprises. A company statement said, “This one-of-a-kind programme…