Tag: Shashank Murali

Unacademy acquires majority stake in Bengaluru-based TapChief

Edtech unicorn Unacademy announced that it is acquiring a majority stake in TapChief, a professional networking startup. The deal valued TapChief at ₹100 crore. This is the seventh acquisition by Unacademy in the last one year. Post acquisition, TapChief’s investors that include Paytm’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma, CRED’s Kunal Shah, Blume Ventures among others, will be…

Flexiwork start-up TapChief raises a pre-series A funding of $1.5 mn

TapChief, an online platform connecting professionals, freelancers and businesses, has raised a pre-series A round of $1.5 million led by Blume Ventures. The company was founded by Shashank Murali, Binay Krishna and Arjun Krishna in 2016. The platform allows professionals to network with others in their domain, sign up for freelance assignments. The platform also…