Kstart Capital, the seed program of Venture Capital firm Kalaari Capital, has invested an undisclosed amount in Vernacular.ai, a multilingual artificial intelligence platform for businesses. The start-up, which was founded by three IIT Roorkee graduates- Sourabh Gupta, Akshay Deshraj and Manoj Sa…
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Industrial IoT start-up IoTrek raises $154K in seed investment
Delhi-based IoTrek Technology Pvt. Ltd, which provides industrial Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for telecommunications, energy and solar grid management, has secured $154,000 (Rs 1 crore) in seed funding from a consumer goods maker, a top company executive said. The startup will use the fund…
IITs fourth largest producer of unicorn start-ups in the world
Chennai: If you aspire to create a billion-dollar business in India, one of the IITs is your best bet. Sage, a UK-based accounting and payroll company, stated this in a research released on January 28. In a study that lists universities that have produced the most unicorn founders, the Indian Ins…
Facebook shortlists ed-tech start-up XPrep for FbStart programme
Tutor enablement platform XPrep, run by Epsilon Eduventures Pvt. Ltd, has been selected by Facebook Inc. for its FbStart programme. The programme, aimed at developers, is designed to help early-stage mobile-focused startups build and grow their apps. Under the programme, the company will receive …
Oxigen wallet founder Pramod Saxena launches startup accelerator with IIT-Roorke
Pramod Saxena, the founder of Oxigen Wallet has launched Aarambh Ventures, a startup accelerator in partnership with IIT-Roorkee, specifically focusing on fin-tech and clean-tech startups. Aarambh Ventures will also partner with several early-stage funds including Unitus Seed Fund, Ivy-Cap Ventur…