Education

Edtech startup HiCounselor raises $1.8 million in funding

San Francisco-based edtech startup HiCounselor has raised $1.8 million in the pre-seed financing round, led by Silicon Valley-based Heroic Ventures. The funding round saw participation from Tread’s CEO Dinesh Godara, and two angel groups, SuperMorpheus, and GoldenNivesh. Founded in 2020 by Aditya Sharma and Rani Haroune, HiCounselor is an edtech platform that helps students with upskilling…
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Business

Statement to Media from The Indian Direct Selling Association

New Delhi:– With 16 of its member companies providing a sizeable bulk of the livelihoods of close to 80 Lakh (8 million) people as direct sellers – including nearly 38 Lakhs (3.8 Million) women, the Indian Direct Selling Association (IDSA) reiterates that its member’s companies judiciously follow all provisions of the Consumer Protection (Direct Selling) Rules 2021, in its…
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Technology

Celebal Technologies, a Jaipur-based software company named Databricks Regional System Integrator Partner for 2nd Year in a Row

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India — April 19, 2022:- Celebal Technologies today announced it has won the 2022 Databricks Regional System Integrator Partner (India) and Top Consumption Partner (Asia Pacific and Japan) at the APJ Partner Awards 2022. Databricks’ Partner Awards recognize the outstanding performances and significant achievements of their APJ partners and highlight the standout work being…
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Education

India’s first Financial Literacy platform for school and college children, Finkeyz aims to nurture a financially-enabled world

Mumbai:- Most adults invariably regret one thing in life – starting late on their financial journeys. Mumbai-headquartered Finkeyz is a start-up that aims to stop just that and bring about a radical change in the lives of young Indians by filling in the critical gap of financial literacy. The company believes financial education is one of the keys to a better life. Founded by Pratik Shah, an…
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Event

Humanitarian Meera Gandhi supports the climate change campaign in Antartica

At a young age16, Meera Gandhi started as a volunteer at Asha Daan in Mumbai, India, under the guidance of Mother Teresa. Ms. Gandhi wears many hats, a nurturing mother to three children, a global philanthropist, supporting charities all over the world, and a television personality.  Over the past 13 years, her work has been recognized and supported by HRH Prince Edward, Bill & Hillary…
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Art&Entertainment

Platform for handmade & sustainable products e-commerce startup Peepul Tree to launch a first-of-its kind nationwide initiative to help people discover India’s famous arts on World’s Artisan Day

Peepul Tree, an e-commerce platform dedicated to handmade products from India enables the finest artisans & crafters to connect to the global marketplace. Peepul tree is launching a new initiative to get people to discover the famous arts, crafts, and artisans, who are carrying on these traditions and telling their stories. For over 2,000 years India was the center of the world luxury market.
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Business

Kofounderz Team launches The Great Unicorn Hunt - a unique discovery platform for Promising Startups to get discovered by VCs, Angels, Mentors and Corporates

With 50{c5773042cc2267ba318b7edac58457c48a69f5007a9f36fd44d1ffebbd8faec6} of the portfolio of most VCs being ripe for Co-investment or next rounds and more than 80{c5773042cc2267ba318b7edac58457c48a69f5007a9f36fd44d1ffebbd8faec6} of the portfolio companies of most VCs and Angel Investors not having secured a second round of funding in the last 24 months, the Startups are realizing that current…
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Art&Entertainment

"I Am I.C.O.N" the most anticipated album of Deep Jandu is now set to release on April 20th, 2022

One of the most anticipated albums is set to release on April 20th, 2022, called I.C.O.N featuring Bohemia and music by Deep Jandu. This duo has been behind the success of many hit singles such as Good Life and Pagol, and it’s no surprise the multi-talented Deep Jandu is going to be behind the keys of this blockbuster album. In 2018, Deep Jandu made a surprise appearance in New York City, when…
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Art&Entertainment

For the first time, Singing Cosplayer Hikari will perform at JAPAN EXPO in France this July!

Singing Cosplayer Hikari, an international singer who covers J-POP songs, especially anime songs and Vocaloid songs, will perform at JAPAN EXPO which will be held at the Parc des Expositions de Paris- Nord-Villepinte, France from Thursday, July 14 to Sunday, July 17, 2022. JAPAN EXPO is the world’s largest Japanese culture festival (expected to draw more than 200,000 people over four…
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Technology

Holograms powering the future trends across sectors in India

As the world emerges from the pandemic, there is a new set of technologies that are powering the world of experiences. Holograms suddenly seem to have caught on the interest of almost every sector – either for portraying as experiences or for more complicated business cases such as digital twins, R&D, simulation, or even architecture. India seems to be leading the trend in this area as we…
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