Influential Marketing: Brands with their Revolutionary Advertisement hooks
Over the years, multiple companies have been highlighted for their creative and out-of-the-box ways of marketing their products on many occasions. Here are a few brands that not only managed to catch the public's eye with their brilliant strategies but also revolutionized the industries throughout decades of advertisement. Dumb Ways To Die- Metro Trains https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJNR2EpS0jw The forever issue of people not listening...
US-based startup OwnBackup secures US$ 240M in Series E funding
OwnBackup, a New Jersey headquartered startup offering cloud data protection and recovery solutions to its clients, has secured US$ 240M in a Series E funding round co-led by Alkeon Capital and B Capital Group on 10 August 2021. Investors: The latest round featured Alkeon Capital and B Capital Group as the lead investor with participation from existing investors Sapphire Ventures, Vertex...
London-based Aforza secures USD 22 Million in Series A round
12.August.2021 - The London-based, Aforza announced that it raised USD 22 Million in a Series A round that was led by DN Capital. The participants in this round were Next47, Bonefire Ventures, and Daher Capital. Aforza raised an undisclosed amount in 2019 by Bonfire Ventures, Daher Capital, DN Capital, Next47 and Salesforce Ventures. The CEO of the company states that the raised...
IT startup Nirmata bags US$ 4 Million in Pre-series A funding
Nirmata, a unified management platform for Kubernetes clusters and workloads based in San Jose and Bengaluru, has raised US$ 4 million in a Pre-series A funding round on August 11 2021. Led by Z5 Capital, the financing round also saw the participation of Uncorrelated Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures (BGV), Samsung Next, and angel investors BV Jagadeesh and Saqib Syed. Fund...
San Francisco-based Talkdesk raises USD 230 Million in Series D
12.August.2021 - San Francisco-based Talkdesk, a startup that provides contact centre software that is based on cloud, announced that it raised USD 230 Million in a Series D funding round. After this funding round the valuation of the company propels to 3x times to USD 10 Billion, as stated by the co-founder and CEO of Talkdesk. The investors in this massive...
US-based AI startup People.ai raises US$ 100 Million with valuation reaching upto US$ 1.1 Billion
San Francisco, California, headquartered AI platform- People.ai has touched a US$ 1.1 Billion post-money valuation with its latest fundraise of US$ 100 Million, co-led by Mike Dinsdale of Akkadian Ventures and Abdulla AlBanna of Mubadala Capital in Series D. The financing bout held on August 11 2021, also witnessed the participation of existing backers of the startup including ICONIQ...
Singaporean global VC firm Antler launches in South Korea
Antler, a Singapore-based global VC firm envisaging bringing positive change globally by financially supporting and investing in the most talented people globally, has declared its launch in Seoul on 11 August 2021, led by Jiho Kang, Co-Founder of Soomgo. About the Launch The firm plans to take advantage of the opportunities available in South Korea and assist entrepreneurs in raising funds...
Grip Invest raises USD 3 Million in a Series A round
11.August.2021 - Fintech startup, Grip Invest announced that it raised USD 3 Million in a Series A funding. This round was led by Endiya Partners and Venture Highway, as said by the startup. The other participants in this round were AdvantEdge, Gemba Capital, Anicut Angel Fund. Some of the angel investors also took part in this round like Gaurav Gupta,...
High-Stakes: India Quotient
India Quotient (IQ) is a venture capital firm that specialises in very early-stage investments. The Mumbai, India-based firm has 14 years of experience in this field and backs startups in consumer business areas such as fintech, edtech, social networking, logistics and healthcare.
Pickrr raises USD 12 Million in a Series B funding round
11.August.2021 - Gurugram-based Pickrr, a SaaS startup for logistics, announced that it raised 12 Million (INR 85 crore) in a Series B funding round. This funding was led by Amicus Capital, Ananta Capital, IIFL. The funding round was participated by Guild Capital and Omidyar Network. The company intends to utilize the capital raised to develop R&D, drive product development, and...
