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JSW Ventures Looking To Float Third Fund Worth INR 450 Cr
- JSW Ventures, the VC arm of JSW Group, plans to launch its third fund to raise between INR 400 Cr to INR 450 Cr from domestic investors.
- The second fund of INR 300 Cr has been fully deployed, with participation from family offices and institutions like SIDBI, NABARD, and Ranjan Pai's family office.
- JSW Ventures, founded in 2016, focuses on early-stage investments in Indian founders building technology-led solutions in various sectors.
- The Indian startup ecosystem is witnessing increased funding activities, with JSW Ventures making previous investments in startups like Purplle and leading funding rounds like StayVista's Series B last month.
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Medium
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How to Launch an AI Product in 21 Days!
- The journey of launching an AI product in 21 days began with the 100x Buildathon, starting with 3,497 participants for the preliminaries and 217 making it to the semifinals.
- Despite not winning the overall Buildathon, the team found success in a partner problem statement and valued the intense learning experience over monetary rewards.
- The team's tech powerhouse of Vignesh and Madhu focused on product development while others handled user validation and outreach, utilizing social media tactics to attract consumers.
- Through conducting user interviews, securing Letters of Intent (LoIs), and learning lessons in rapid product development, the team showcased the value of teamwork, strategy, and execution in achieving ambitious goals within tight timelines.
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Hackernoon
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How We Turned the iPhone into a Laboratory Microscope with AI and BLE
- Developing an iOS app for robotic microscope with AI-based blood cell recognition shared.
- Challenges, pitfalls, and using iPhone as a laboratory tool detailed in the article.
- Mobile app processes camera images, controls hardware, and interacts with web portal.
- Utilizing iPhone's GPU, NPU, CPU for real-time blood cell analysis explained.
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Startup Pedia
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Starting With ₹25 Lakh Initial Investment, Husband-Wife Duo Builds A D2C Pickles & Superfoods Brand; Served Over 8K Customers In Just 1 Year
- From surviving hardships to a bold entrepreneurial leap, a couple creates a successful D2C brand.
- The Pickls, founded with ₹25 lakh, offers Andhra homemade pickles, millets, and superfoods.
- Empowering local women, supporting farmers, The Pickls focuses on community impact and quality products.
- Serving over 8,000 customers in just a year, the startup plans for sustainable growth.
- With eyes on expansion and social impact, The Pickls transforms culinary dreams into reality.
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Inc42
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Belong Bags $5 Mn To Provide Fintech Solutions For NRIs Via GIFT City
- NRI-focused fintech startup Belong raises $5 Mn in seed funding round led by Elevation Capital.
- Funding round includes participation from Relentless Ventures and angel investors like Urban Company and Zomato executives.
- Belong aims to provide retail investment products to NRIs via GIFT City, offering services through PSP and broker dealer licenses.
- Startup offers USD fixed deposit product, NRI-specific digital tools, like NRI FD rates explorer, to assist NRIs in making financial decisions.
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Gritdaily
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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint: Personal vs. Professional Approaches
- Reducing carbon footprints spans personal and professional realms, with strategies for minimizing impact.
- From daily habits to systemic changes, individuals and businesses can contribute to a greener future.
- Approaches include personal habits, designing sustainable systems, and aligning green options with incentives.
- Control home details, institute broader work shifts, leverage business decisions, and implement large-scale changes.
- Take individual actions, influence systems professionally, and focus on mindful habits and sustainable strategies.
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Gritdaily
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Marketing on a Shoestring Budget: Tips from First-Time Entrepreneurs
- Discover practical marketing strategies from first-time entrepreneurs without breaking the bank.
- Tips include leveraging local press, building brand on LinkedIn, sponsoring niche events.
- Other strategies involve turning cold outreach into storytelling assets and engaging in Reddit communities.
- These cost-effective tactics offer valuable guidance for startups aiming impactful marketing with limited resources.
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Medium
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"Why Taking Control of Your Life Starts with Saying 'No'"
- Success often starts with saying 'No' to distractions, such as pointless group chats and excessive screen time.
- Learn to say 'No' to people-pleasing and protect your time as a valuable asset by setting boundaries.
- Reject your own excuses and start taking action towards your goals instead of waiting for the perfect moment.
- In conclusion, focusing on what truly matters and saying 'No' to what doesn't is key to success.
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Kinara Capital’s Fall From Profits, Infra.Market Goes Shopping & More
- Kinara Capital, a Bengaluru-based NBFC, incurred a loss in FY25 with concerns over financial stability.
- Mounting bad loans, higher credit costs, and declining AUM led to a loss of INR 351 Cr.
- Creditors have concerns as financial covenants are breached, posing liquidity risks for Kinara.
- Infra.Market acquires Metro Group, WeWork India's IPO resumes, and other startup updates.
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Getfullyfunded
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5 Strategies to 10× Your Giving Tuesday Campaign
- Giving Tuesday is crucial and needs early promotion to succeed.
- Peer-to-peer fundraising with clear goals engages donors effectively.
- Utilize matching funds, DAFs, and easy checkout for success.
- Optimize donation forms for mobile, leading to higher conversion rates.
- Maintain donor engagement post-campaign for long-term relationships and success.
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Medium
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My Experience as a Flow Scholar at Permissionless NYC
- The author recounts their experience as a Flow Scholar at Permissionless NYC, highlighting engaging with the Flow team, receiving feedback, and attending side events, with a special mention of a VIP dinner in Chelsea.
- The author emphasized the sense of community and team spirit that developed during the conference, particularly enjoying connecting with other like-minded founders and potential future business partners.
- Participating in a hackathon, the author collaborated with a top figure in the Top Shot ecosystem to create a casino-style baseball game with real rewards, showcasing their expertise in building on Flow and delivering great UX in web3.
- Despite initial doubts while working alongside younger participants, the author and their team ultimately succeeded at the hackathon, reinforcing their confidence in their skills and the decisions made in utilizing Flow's capabilities efficiently.
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TechCrunch
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Rivian spinoff Also raises another $200M to build e-bikes and more
- Also Inc., a micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has raised $200 million from Greenoaks Capital, bringing its post-money valuation to $1 billion.
- The startup was previously known as Project Inder, a skunkworks team inside Rivian in 2022, focusing on e-bikes and working with renowned designer Jony Ive’s firm LoveFrom.
- Established as its own company, Also plans to create micro-EVs of various types, with the first designs expected to be unveiled later this year.
- Rivian and Also were unreachable for comment at the time of reporting. TechCrunch will update if they respond.
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TechCrunch
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LangChain is about to become a unicorn, sources say
- LangChain, an AI infrastructure startup providing tools for LLM-powered applications, is reportedly raising a new round of funding at a $1 billion valuation led by IVP.
- Founded by Harrison Chase in late 2022, LangChain started as an open-source project and secured previous funding rounds, with LangSmith, a product for monitoring LLM applications, contributing to its success.
- LangSmith, introduced last year, has helped LangChain achieve an ARR between $12-16 million, attracting companies like Klarna, Rippling, and Replit as customers.
- Although LangSmith dominates the LLM operations market, it faces competition from smaller players like Langfuse and Helicone, with IVP declining to comment on the funding round.
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Pymnts
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VC-Backed Firms Choose Mergers and Buyouts Amid Uncertainty Around IPOs
- Venture capital-backed companies are opting for mergers, acquisitions, and buyouts over initial public offerings (IPOs), with a decline in the number of IPOs due to market uncertainties.
- In the first half of the year, only 27 VC-backed companies went public, the lowest in at least a decade.
- Some sectors such as artificial intelligence, national security, defense, and crypto are still interested in going public.
- PE firms are also adjusting their exit strategies amid the IPO drought, prioritizing methods like selling businesses in parts or using 'continuation funds'.
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Gritdaily
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How One Platform Is Helping Financial Advisors Estimate Retirement Health Insurance Costs
- Move Health, founded by healthcare veteran Drew Shockley, helps financial advisors estimate retirement health insurance costs with confidence, bringing healthcare into the financial planning conversation more effectively.
- The platform, HealthPlanner, allows advisors to estimate healthcare costs quickly using age, income, and zip code data points, providing insights on coverage options, costs, subsidy eligibility, and strategies for clients' goals.
- Move Health supports the full process from projection to plan to enrollment with a licensed team that aids clients and advisors in exploring options, understanding trade-offs, and making informed decisions without commission-driven recommendations.
- The platform stands out by covering various healthcare options beyond Medicare, such as ACA Marketplace plans, private coverage, supplemental plans, and more, offering holistic planning solutions for financial advisors and their clients.
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