India’s largest free learning platform Studeasy has been launched for 50 million school students in 10 State Boards
ConnectEd Technologies, a Mumbai-based EdTech social company, has created Studeasy, India’s largest learning platform for regional-language State Boards. The platform, which is available as a free website and Android phone app, provides the most comprehensive collection of high-quality instructional movies and examinations for the country’s ten regional-language State Boards. Initially, movies on the Studeasy platform […]
SaaS-led B2B Retail Commerce Platform Soptle raises angel funding led by Soonicorn LLP
Soptle, a retail commerce platform that focuses on software as a service (or SaaS), has raised an undisclosed angel funding round that was headed by Soonicorn LLP. A number of logistics investors, including Vaishnav Shetty (Executive Director and CDO of All-cargo Group), Pirojshaw Sarkari (CEO of Gati Ltd), and Saurabh Agarwal (Ex-Founder Fitso (Acquired by […]
Ooma Acquires OnSIP, For $9.75M in Cash
Ooma, Inc. (NYSE: OOMA), a Sunnyvale, CA-based smart communications platform for businesses and consumers, acquired Junction Networks Inc., which does business as OnSIP, a provider of cloud-based phone and unified communications services for small and mid-sized businesses, for approximately $9.75m in cash, subject to customary working capital adjustments. The seller in the deal, which was […]
Falkon Raises $16M in Funding
Falkon, a Seattle, WA-based sales analytics platform provider, raised $16m in funding. The round, which brought total funding raised to date to $20m, was led by Omers Ventures with participation from Greylock Partners, Trilogy Financial, Flying Fish Partners and Madera Partners. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations, development efforts and its […]
Meesho develops a logistics SaaS platform to expand its network
According to people familiar with the situation, e-commerce business Meesho is developing a logistics-focused enterprise software solution that can be utilized by small and medium-sized industrial participants. While the product is still being developed internally, Meesho’s reliance on significant third-party logistics firms such as Ecom Express, Xpressbees, and Delhivery will be reduced over time. Meesho […]
Cantos Venture Raises $50M for Third Fund
Cantos Venture, a San Francisco, CA-based venture capital firm, raised $50M for their third fund. The vehicle is focused on pre-seed and seed-stage investments in deeply technical climate, TechBio, aerospace, and next-gen computing startups. Led by Ian Rountree, Founder & GP, Cantos Ventures invests in what they call “near frontier” startups, which have the potential […]
Ecommerce Startup Zeew Raises $630K In Seed Funding
Zeew, an Egypt-based SaaS firm in e-commerce, has raised $630,000 in a Seed round from Plug and Play, Poland Prize, and a collection of angel investors, bringing its total funding raised over the past two years to $1 million. At present, Zeew has merchants in 100 different countries who operate in a variety of verticals, […]
COMPLIANT PAYMENT SYSTEM SECURES SEED ROUND LED BY SFC CAPITAL, BRINGING TOTAL FUNDING TO £1.2M
Ryft, the revolutionary PSD2 compliant payments system, has raised a large seed round, led by SFC Capital, the UK’s most active seed-stage investor. Additional investors include the ex-founder of Shutterstock and the founder of LoveFilm. Ryft enables automated next-day payouts for marketplace businesses and their merchants, for a single flat fee per transaction. The Ryft […]
Boopos raises $58M in Funding
Boopos, a Miami, FL-based acquisition financing platform, raised $58m in Series A and debt funding. This new equity raise was led by Bonsai Partners with participation from Fasanara, Actyus, and K Fund, as well as previous investors. The company will use the proceeds to scale its marketplace of pre-approved businesses for sale, in partnership with […]
Singapore’s Starboard raises $3.5M pre-series A funding led by Monk’s Hill Ventures
Starboard, a Singapore-based platform for founders to start and run their companies globally, announced Thursday its $3.5 million Pre-Series A funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures. Other investors for the round include Actium Partners, Iterative Capital, Bruno Poh (General Counsel, Lyte Ventures), Lelaina Lim (CFO, Eu Yang Sang International Limited), Michael Tor (Executive Director, […]