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Skyroot Aerospace Inks Pact With Axiom Space To Advance Space Exploration
- Hyderabad-based Skyroot Aerospace partners with Texas-based Axiom Space to enhance space explorations, focusing on low earth orbit (LEO) access.
- The collaboration involves using Skyroot's capabilities for research payloads, orbital data centers, and missions to Axiom Station.
- Skyroot Aerospace is known for its modular space launch vehicles, having successfully launched Vikram-S and gearing up for Vikram-1.
- Axiom Space, a full stack spacetech company, recently launched Axiom Mission 4 with India's first astronaut conducting experiments aboard the ISS.
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Berlin-based Climatiq raises €10 million to put climate impact at the centre of business decision making
- Berlin-based startup Climatiq has raised €10 million in a Series A round to enhance its AI capabilities for delivering emissions calculations for activities, products, and suppliers.
- The funding was led by Alstin Capital, with participation from existing investors Singular and Cherry Ventures.
- Climatiq's mission is to embed carbon intelligence into daily business operations, offering a dataset of emission conversion factors and APIs that integrate with organizations' existing software.
- The company will focus on automating emissions calculations, especially scope 3 emissions, and expanding its scientific database with the new funding.
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Berlin-based Climatiq secures €10M to embed carbon intelligence into daily business operations
- Berlin-based Climatiq secures €10M in a Series A round led by Alstin Capital with participation from existing investors Singular and Cherry Ventures.
- The funds will be used to enhance AI tools for calculating emissions, particularly focusing on scope 3 emissions stemming from suppliers and transportation of goods, which account for approximately 90% of a company's total carbon footprint.
- Climatiq, founded in 2021, aims to embed carbon intelligence into daily business operations through its API-first platform, delivering over a billion carbon calculations via their APIs in the last 12 months to global businesses.
- The company plans to invest in building its partner network, expanding its database, and ensuring carbon visibility across all business functions to meet the demands of companies seeking carbon awareness in their daily decision-making processes.
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French electrification startup DejaBlue raises €6.8M; plans to double its headcount
- Paris-based electrification startup DejaBlue raises $8M (€6.84M) in seed funding to grow its platform for managing flexible energy loads like EV charging and solar.
- The funding round was led by Redalpine, with participation from Zeno Ventures and Bpifrance, to accelerate sustainable mobility solutions.
- DejaBlue’s platform integrates EV chargers, solar panels, and energy contracts to reduce energy costs and optimize energy consumption, founded by experts from tech giants like Google Fi, Uber, and Lyft.
- DejaBlue plans to double its headcount from 15 to 30, expand in European markets, develop AI tools, and introduce new energy contracts to enhance its integrated energy system.
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French electrification startup DejaBlue raises €7.2M; plans to double its headcount
- Paris-based electrification startup DejaBlue raises $8M (€7.2M) in seed funding to expand its energy optimization platform for managing EV charging and solar energy loads.
- The funding round was led by Redalpine with participation from Zeno Ventures and Bpifrance.
- DejaBlue's platform integrates EV chargers, solar panels, and energy contracts to help businesses transition to sustainable mobility, reduce energy costs, and optimize flexibility.
- The company plans to double its headcount, develop AI-driven tools, and expand in European markets to further enhance its integrated energy system.
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Clay’s GTM Superpower: How Systems Thinking Redefined SaaS Growth
- GTM redefined: from linear funnel to self-improving system by Clay.
- Features don't differentiate, systems do - Clay's insight in SaaS market.
- Clay's approach: GTM Workflow OS, system layer for orchestration, not tools.
- Clay's winning equation: (Workflow x Signal) + Feedback = Compounding GTM.
- Clay's differentiation through motion-based positioning, compounding distribution, and systems-driven GTM.
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How Konrad Sudyka Built a Telehealth Startup from Scratch
- Konrad Sudyka founded a telehealth startup, Elevated, to provide streamlined healthcare services comparable to popular consumer brands like Amazon.
- Elevated offers easy access to medications and treatments nationwide with a focus on speed, simplicity, and modern branding.
- Sudyka's personal experience with biohacking led him to create Elevated, aiming to make the healthcare experience effortless and user-centered.
- The startup's success was driven by a focus on empathy, efficient processes, a consumer-friendly experience, and strategic marketing approaches.
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Karnataka HC’s Bike Taxi Ban Challenged, Aggregators Say ‘They Are Necessity’
- Ride-hailing platforms and individual bike taxi owners are challenging Karnataka High Court's ban on bike taxis.
- Advocates argued that bike taxis are essential for urban mobility and should be allowed under existing legal provisions.
- The Bike Taxi Welfare Association emphasized the importance of bike taxis in easing traffic congestion and providing last-mile connectivity.
- Recent developments include bike taxi drivers protesting the ban and urging the government to lift it and establish a regulatory framework for bike taxi services.
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Climatiq uses AI to automate carbon emission data. See the pitch deck it used to raise $11.6 million.
- Berlin startup Climatiq, cofounded by Hessam Lavi, Isis T Baulig, and Phillip von Bierberstein, raised $11.6 million in a Series A funding led by Alstin Capital.
- Climatiq's AI platform automates the collection of carbon emission data, specifically focusing on scope 3 emissions, which make up around 90% of a company's carbon footprint.
- The startup charges clients based on their usage to integrate carbon metrics into companies' emissions reports, serving clients like Celonis and Siemens.
- With the funding, Climatiq plans to expand its engineering team and further develop its AI product for automating carbon emission data collection.
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BigBasket’s Secret Moat, Amicus Closes $214 Mn Fund & More
- BigBasket has successfully built a private label business generating over INR 4,000 Cr in sales, giving it an edge over its quick commerce rivals.
- The platform's private label strategy includes in-house brands like Fresho and BB Royal, managed as independent consumer goods businesses for deep customer retention.
- Despite facing challenges in the quick commerce era, such as managing dark store operations and increased competition, BigBasket's moat from private labels remains a key asset.
- In other news, Amicus has closed a $214 Mn fund, NPCI saw a 42% profit increase in FY25, and Easemytrip's bid for Rollins International has fallen through.
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Goldenboy Technologies: The Startup Building a Thought-Controlled Digital World (Yes, Really)
- Goldenboy Technologies is aiming to create a thought-controlled digital world using non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCI) and quantum computing.
- They are developing the 'Infiniverse,' a user-responsive digital universe where brainwaves are translated into actions, allowing for emotionally responsive environments, object manipulation via intent, and personalized avatars.
- The company uses quantum computing for fast pattern recognition and parallel input parsing to enhance real-time signal interpretation from EEG data.
- The Infiniverse is being designed with a focus on neurodivergent users, amplifying strengths like pattern recognition and abstract logic, and allowing unique in-world abilities based on those traits.
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Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr raises $100M as military UAV demand soars
- Indian drone startup Raphe mPhibr secures $100 million in Series B funding.
- Raphe mPhibr aims to enhance R&D and production capabilities due to growing drone demand.
- Startup offers various drones to Indian government agencies and plans global expansion.
- Company produces flight controllers and components domestically, focusing on AI for drone capabilities.
- Raphe mPhibr profitable, eyes IPO in 2-5 years, has around 600 employees.
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Can Flipkart’s super.money Outrun Rivals With Its Power User Bet?
- Flipkart's super.money surpasses rivals with targeted strategy, aiming at power users.
- Focusing on young, affluent Gen Z and millennials for scan-and-pay UPI app.
- Differentiates by emotionally connecting with users, offering rewards and cross-selling financial products.
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It’s Not a Job Title. It’s a Way of Operating.
- The role of a Product Operator involves orchestrating between product, delivery, and customer experience to reduce friction and ensure successful idea implementation.
- Product Operators focus on bringing clarity and structure without adding bureaucracy, through well-defined processes and agile practices in alignment with user feedback.
- They emphasize empathy, collaboration, and adaptive leadership, aiming to operationalize momentum and empower teams to follow through on shared goals.
- The article emphasizes the importance of operational efficiency and team empowerment over job titles, advocating for a strategic shift towards effective systems and a culture of clarity and consistent delivery.
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Envestnet to Sell Open Finance Subsidiary Yodlee to STG
- Envestnet plans to sell its open finance and data analytics subsidiary, Yodlee, to private equity firm STG.
- The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter, subject to customary closing conditions.
- STG is focused on investing in software, data, and analytics firms, aiming to accelerate Yodlee's investment in product innovation and customer success.
- Envestnet's CEO stated that the transaction will allow the company to focus on its core offerings, including its wealth management platform.
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