Figure Technologies, a nearly two-year-old, San Francisco-based fintech cofounded by Mike Cagney, the founder of the more established fintech company SoFi, is raising a whole lot of money — again. By February of this year, Figure had already raised $120 million in equity funding from a gaggle of investors, including…
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Indore-based Edtech startup, Digital Gurukul, has partnered with German tech networking company Certif-ID to roll out blockchain-powered certificates, which will allow employers to access the diplomas of applicants from any geographical locations. By integrating blockchain with certificates and diplomas, Digital Gurukul is eliminating the need to send or physically present…
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Indonesian consumer insights platform Populix has closed a $1 million seed funding round led by Intudo Ventures that also received participation from Gobi Agung and Pegasus Tech Ventures. Founded in January 2018, Populix provides real-time consumer feedback to help clients make better business decisions. Its products range from intensive research…
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Here are the top names from the enablers community in the state, who are helping it in the journey of being a startup hub Gujarat has more than 33 incubation centres with over 200 startups with them at a given point in time “Gujarat has a high entrepreneurial spirit and…
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Cody Bainbridge, sophomore in Engineering, buys coffee from the Robot x Coffee Machine outside of Grainger on Apr. 14. The robot serves between 100 to 200 cups a day. The entrepreneurship community at Illinois has plenty of resources but lacks connective tissue. According to entrepreneurship figures on campus, students stagnate…
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Movers and makers at Hardware Park for the Purilan launch Nov. 20, 2019. Photo via Facebook Anyone who’s been paying attention to Birmingham over the past few years knows that the city is fast becoming a hub of startup activity. Even Forbes weighed in, wondering whether Birmingham will be the…
Comments closedFlipkart co-founder Binny Bansal infuses $20 million in latest funding round of fintech startup Acko
Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal infuses $20 million in latest funding round of fintech startup Acko
Acko, an insurance technology startup, has raised $20 million (approx INR 143 crore) in its latest round of funding from Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, reported ET, citing closed sources. As per the sources, post transaction, Bansal’s total investment into the fintech startup Acko, will go up to $45 million, making…
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Google this week hosted its first Google Startup Week in Lagos, which saw its Launchpad Accelerator Africa graduates pitch for funding from some of Africa and the UK’s top venture capitalists (VCs). The event, which also served as the graduation ceremony for the fourth class of the Launchpad Accelerator Africa…
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Gurugram-based automobile repair and service solution startup GoMechanic has received $5 Mn (INR 35.69 Cr) in Series B from its existing investor Sequoia Capital. The company had raised this $5 Mn funding from Sequoia in January 2019. According to the ministry of corporate affairs filings, GoMechanic has alloted 3246 shares…
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The thumb rule of the job game is to work hard and get paid. Nobody considered sleeping as a part of it. That said, an India-based startup is looking for true-blue sleep lovers who can contribute to the company’s process by sleeping nine hours a day. In lieu, the startup…
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