Start-Ups

BasicFirst Learning, a Jharkhand Innvoation Lab-selected edtech startup, today announced its exclusive partnership with Riiid Labs, a global leader in AI for education (AIEd) solutions to deliver AI-powered personalized test prep solutions for JEE and NEET exams.

Homeville, a fintech start-up that facilitates housing credit, including down payment assistance, has raised $7 million from a clutch of investors including 9Unicorns, Varanium NexGen Fund, JITO Angel Network, CREDAI Members Network, Blacksoil and Earlsfield Capital.

Edtech Trailblazer, Creative Galileo, has entered into a partnership with the Indian history and mythological comic book giant Amar Chitra Katha. Under this partnership Creative Galileo will have the license to use a wide selected range of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle’s iconic stories and characters to create highly engaging content for games and videos for children between the ages of 3 to 10.

In order to promote technology innovation, start-ups and creation of intellectual property, MeitY Start-up Hub (MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY), has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Infineon Technologies India. The collaboration aims to foster the development of incubation centres, Centres of Excellences (CoEs) and start-ups in India particularly in the field of Electronics and IT.

LenDenClub, India’s leading Peer-to-Peer(P2P) lending company, today announced its induction into ‘Microsoft for Startups’, a global program dedicated to accelerating the growth trajectory of high-potential start-ups.

Goa continues to be an ideal place to work and live in according to the country’s top investors. The beautiful sunny state has much to offer for professionals and startups.

GTM Buddy, a sales-tech SaaS startup, has announced that it has raised $2 million in its seedround, led by Stellaris Venture Partners. Founded by Sreedhar Peddineni, a serial entrepreneur, along with co-founders Santa Thounaojam, Sundar Vellaichamy, and Chandramani Tiwary, GTM Buddy is reimagining the sales enablement category and intends to be a category disruptor

India’s leading real estate company Housing.com has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Proptech start-up Homzhub. Under this partnership, Housing.com will offer an end-to-end, remote property management solutions to its users.

HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurance companies, and IvyCamp, an initiative of IvyCap Ventures Advisors Pvt. Ltd., have jointly launched the fourth phase of Futurance.

Bikayi, one of the fastest-growing mobile-commerce enablers, has raised $10.8 million in Series-A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India. Earlier in August 2020, the company had raised $2 million as a part of its seed round of funding led by Y Combinator.