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Your Story [Funding alert] Fintech startup Signzy raises $5.4M led by Arkam Ventures and Mastercard
Bengaluru-based 'no code AI platform' Signzy on Tuesday announced that it had raised fresh round of $5.4 million from Arkam Ventures and Mastercard. Its existing investors — Kalaari Capital and Stellaris Venture Partners — also participated in the current round.According to the company statement, Signzy will use the fresh funds to...
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Home [Funding alert] Ex-Tesla CIO founded Tekion enters the unicorn club with $150M Series C round
Tekion, an automotive industry-focused technology startup founded by Jay Vijayan, the former CIO of Tesla, has entered the unicorn club with its latest Series C funding round.Headquartered in the US with development centres in India, Tekion received a funding of $150 million led by Advent International, at a valuation in excess of $1 billion, according...
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Home Looking to create a tech startup but don't know where to begin? Here's how Entrepreneur First can help
India is home to the second-largest startup ecosystem in the world and recent data shows that it has raised as much as $63 billion in growth capital between 2016 and 2020. This data by the Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and Praxis Global Alliance also highlighted that with 27 new unicorns, the country is also home to the...
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corona2020 Evolution of customer service in the new world
In a short period, COVID-19 has altered lives and daily routines all around the globe. Companies had to rethink their customer-care strategies and redefine their approach to enhance customer experience. Particularly in unprecedented times like these, a company’s interaction with a customer can have a lasting impact on the relationship. Regardless of the state of the world, exceeding customer...
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Your Story Indian Bank partners with IIT-Madras to fund startups
State-owned Indian Bank in collaboration with IIT-Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) on Tuesday launched an initiative for funding startups.Under the initiative — IND Spring Board — IITMIC will refer startups with proven technology and established cash flows to the bank and also extend advisory to the bank on the business model.The lender will extend loans of up to Rs 50 crore to...
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Your Story Jio Platforms, Qualcomm successfully test 5G solutions, clock over 1 Gbps speed in trials
Qualcomm and Reliance Jio on Tuesday announced that they have aligned efforts on 5G in order to fast-track development and rollout of indigenous 5G network infrastructure and services in India.Leveraging Qualcomm's technology, Jio has indigenously developed a 5G RAN (Radio Access Network) product that has achieved ultra-high throughputs, and the product is...
- 6 hrs ago
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Your Story [Funding alert] Supply chain automation platform Supplynote raises $600K from SOSV, others
Supplynote, a Noida-based supply chain automation platform, has raised $600,000 in a bridge round led by the US-based multi-stage venture capital firm SOSV and Australia-based global VC firm Artesian Ventures. Existing investors SucD Ventures, CIO Angel Network, Venture Catalysts, and angel investors Arjun Soni, Angad Soni and Sunny Vohra also...
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Your Story Art of business-bending: All it takes is passion and strategy to go global
Credited as one of the fastest emerging economies in the world, yet Indian startups and companies due to a host of reasons continue to lag in the list of leading world companies. A list of the top 100 global brands compiled by Interbrand reveals that every single one of them belongs to developed economies like the USA, Europe, and China. For most Indian brands overseas...
- 7 hrs ago
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Your Story [Funding alert] SUGAR Cosmetics raises $2M debt, Stride Ventures leads the round
Leading venture debt fund Stride Ventures announced on Wednesday that it led the recent funding round in Mumbai-based SUGAR Cosmetics. The Mumbai-based cosmetics startup has raised $2 million in debt in the first tranche of the Series C funding round. Ishpreet Gandhi, Founder and Managing Partner at Stride Ventures, said:“In a fiercely competitive landscape,...
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Your Story 'AI should bring improvements in the lives of the marginalised and underprivileged' - 20 quotes of the week on digital transformation
Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of quotes focuses on the increasing impact of digital media in India and around the world (see the previous post here). Share these 25 gems and insights with your...
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