Pay-after-placement startup Masai School founder Prateek Shukla has announced that the company managed to clock in cash flow positivity in April. “Since the day Masai started, we kept saying that the pay-after-placement model is the only way to unlock the untapped potential of India and it is the future of…
How many of us have had heartbreaks when our favorite music bands split up? But not every band breakup story has a sad ending. What if we told you about a band that could not stay together for music, but went on to build a company that paved the path to…
Japanese HR tech firm Mynavi Corporation has secured a majority stake in Awign, a Bengaluru-based on-demand work fulfilment platform. This deal marks the first significant cross-border acquisition within the HR tech sector in the past two decades. Annanya Sarthak, co-founder and CEO of Awign, elaborated on the shared vision between…
New-age companies like WeWork, DriveU, InMobi, Simpl, and Bizongo are embracing pet-friendly policies and practices to accommodate employees with canine companions. These companies offer pet insurance plans, special leave for pet care, employee resource groups, adoption drives, and time off to mourn the loss of pets. Pets are considered a…
Investment in India is being driven by a confluence of factors, including educated young talent, cheap data availability, digital infrastructure such as the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) and Aadhar-based KYC, and increased financial and digital awareness. The Indian tech startup scene has experienced exponential development over the last ten years,…
Awign’s majority stake acquisition by Japan-based Mynavi Corporation demonstrates the global demand for quality operating businesses in India Capria Ventures has completed fundraising for its India Opportunity Fund at INR 153 crore (~USD 19M) From left to right: Praveen Kumar Sah (Chief Technology Officer), Annanya Sarthak (Chief Executive Officer) and…
A new video series in which portfolio founders from across the globe share their triumphs, challenges, and the secret behind building successful ventures. In this episode we feature Pravin Agarwala, Group CEO of BetterPlace, Asia’s largest human capital SaaS solution, and Dr. Emmanuel Okeleji, CEO of SeamlessHR, an HR technology…
In Short IIT Guwahati, NSDC, and Masai School launch India’s first outcome-driven micro-credit course The programme blends academic rigour with industry exposure to prepare students for the tech industry Esteemed professors conduct live and recorded sessions to maintain high educational standards A new initiative has been unveiled to address the…
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for frontline workforce management BetterPlace has shifted its strategy to focus on large traditional enterprises where low technology penetration presents a big market opportunity, away from new-age businesses earlier. The business contribution from new-age companies has shrunk from 100% in 2022 to about 35% this year, according…
If you’ve not been living under a rock, you’d be well aware of the crisis in Indian edtech. Once the poster boy of Indian edtech, BYJU’S is now struggling to pay operational costs, trying to raise money at valuations in the millions, fighting insolvency cases, and perhaps waiting for the…
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Unitus Ventures, a leading venture capital firm in India, is joining forces with its US affiliate Capria Ventures, a Global South specialist, to operate with a unified global strategy under a single brand, Capria Ventures.
