Insight

Taapsee Pannu, a Bollywood actress, started a non-fungible token portal for her fans called taapseeclub.com in an effort to foster a supportive community and distinguish loyal followers from trolls.

Ati Motors, a startup in industrial robotics, has raised $10.85 million in a Series A fundraising round that was overseen by Silicon Valley venture capital firm True Ventures.

Palmonas, India’s first demi-fine jewellery brand has appointed Pallavi Mohadikar as the Co-Founder and CEO. Pallavi brings in depth experience in the D2C landscape as a successful entrepreneur with a track record of building KARAGIRI, India’s largest digital first saree brand acquired by Mensa Brands. She is an IIM Lucknow alumnus with engineering background in Electronics and Telecommunication. 

Gushwork.ai, a B2B technology that simplifies marketing and sales management procedures, secure $2.1 million in pre-seed fundraising round led by Lightspeed.

Louis Stitch, a men's fashion company, receives INR 5 crore in a pre-Series A fundraising round from Space World Group, a conglomerate with interests in industries like manufacturing, infrastructure, telecom, and chemicals, among others.

Enterprise AI software platform o9 Solutions has secured a $116 million investment from its existing investors, led by General Atlantic. The round additionally saw involvement of investors such as KKR and Generation Investment Management.

Vodex, an AI platform, received $320k in a pre-seed round of funding that was managed by 100X.VC. Ram Kumar, Devansh Alijar, and Yash Kotak all participated in the round and made additional investments in the business.

EvolveX accelerator, a business accelerator led by globally renowned entrepreneurs and significant angels, has invested an undisclosed sum in Metabook XR as part of a Seed funding round.

PingSafe, a security platform, has raised $3.3 million in seed funding to support businesses in defending themselves against cyberattacks.

SuperBottoms, the nation's top sustainable baby and mum care company, has named Alia Bhatt as an investor and brand ambassador.