C-DOT and Ahmedabad-based Jumps Automation to Launch Gamified Cybersecurity Awareness Platform

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) has signed a landmark MoU with Jumps Automation to jointly develop a gamified cybersecurity awareness platform, combining indigenous telecom R&D with AI-driven automation to strengthen India’s cyber resilience.

Jumps Automation LLP is a young Indian technology solutions company, founded in 2024 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, specializing in AI, automation, and enterprise software development. It focuses on delivering innovative, data‑driven solutions to solve complex business and societal challenges.

The upcoming gamification platform will feature a gaming arena, leaderboards, learning management system, discussion forums, and realistic simulation-based scenarios for creating cyber awareness and enhance cybersecurity preparedness of organisations

Key Highlights of the Collaboration

• Date & Venue: MoU signed on 20 April 2026 at C-DOT facilities in New Delhi.
• Parties Involved: C-DOT (India’s premier telecom R&D centre) and Jumps Automation LLP (AI and automation solutions provider).
• Leaders Present: Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay (CEO, C-DOT), Mr. Rohan Chandak (Head of Technology, Jumps Automation), board members, and senior officials.

Objectives of the Partnership

• Enhancing cybersecurity awareness through interactive, gamified learning experiences.
• Strengthening preparedness and resilience against cyber threats.
• Supporting the vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat by leveraging indigenous technology.

Features of the Gamification Platform

• Gaming arena and leaderboards for engagement.
• Learning management system and discussion forums.
• Simulation-based scenarios covering phishing, social engineering, malware response, and crisis management.
• AI-driven behavioural analytics to evaluate performance and adjust challenge complexity.
• Reward and tracking system to monitor progress and drive behavioural change.

Strategic Significance

• C-DOT provides indigenous telecom and security technology expertise.
• Jumps Automation contributes AI and automation capabilities.
• Deployment planned as a commercial-grade SaaS solution with enterprise integration potential.
• Validation through end-to-end testing at C-DOT facilities in New Delhi.

Dr. Rajkumar Upadhyay (C-DOT CEO): Emphasized the platform’s role in advancing cybersecurity awareness, strengthening incident response, and aligning with global best practices.

Mr. Rohan Chandak (Jumps Automation): Highlighted the transformative potential of gamification in driving behavioural change and reducing human-related cyber risks.

About the Organizations

• C-DOT: Government of India’s premier telecom R&D centre, spearheading indigenous communication technologies and collaborative research under the CCRP framework.
• Jumps Automation LLP: Specializes in AI, automation, and enterprise AI software development, delivering innovative solutions for complex business and societal challenges.

This collaboration marks a pivotal step in India’s cybersecurity journey—blending gamification, AI, and indigenous telecom expertise to build a culture of cyber resilience across enterprises and individuals.

IAN-Led Round Injects ₹6.5 Cr into Lamark Biotech to Tackle Cold-Chain Gaps in BioPharma

• Lamark Biotech Raises ₹6.5 Crore in Pre-Series A Round Led by IAN Group, Powered by BioAngels

Lamark Biotech, an innovation-led biopharma startup, raised ₹6.5 crore in a Pre-Series A round led by IAN Group, including IAN Alpha Fund, powered by BioAngels, Dr. Vinayender Tulla, Dr. Nita Roy, and Mr. Venkataraman KNK, domain experts of IAN’s angel investors led the round.

Founded in 2018 by Dr. Vaibhav Bhatia, a entrepreneur and Biochemist by training, Lamark Biotech is reimagining drug delivery for chronic and life-altering diseases. Its proprietary ProteoStrong™ platform enables the stabilization of fragile protein-based drugs, such as insulin, monoclonal antibodies, and enzymes, without altering their molecular structure. Lamark addresses a critical gap in the biologics ecosystem: reducing the cold-chain dependency.

Vaibhav Bhatia, Founder and CEO of Lamark Biotech, said, “This funding round with IAN marks a turning point for Lamark, but also for the patients across the planet. We’re accelerating our thermostable insulin program and expanding ProteoStrong™ to more critical therapeutics using this resource. Our priority is clear- make safe and high-efficacy biologics for all. We believe, ‘if it is not accessible, it not a medicine”

Padmaja Ruparel, Co-founder, IAN Group, said, “Investment in Lamark represents IAN’s investment strategy to invest and grow innovations that solve real problems. The solution is critical in low-resource environments, with Lamark's thermostable biologics which can make critical treatments accessible at a low cost for millions of people, both in India and globally.”

The Ahmedabad-headquartered startup, leveraging R&D base of Venture Center, NCL-innovation park in Pune, is advancing a new class of temperature-resilient biologics that retain potency across extreme conditions, ideal for underserved regions where cold storage infrastructure is limited.

With its lead program, InsulinStrong, Lamark is targeting the ₹4,000 crore Indian insulin market and intends to expand across Southeast Asia and the UAE. expanding its platform into diabetic eye disease and cancer immunotherapy. In the next 24 months, it plans to file new international patents, begin early clinical trials, and build partnerships with pharma companies, CDMOs, and global health agencies.

Amid growing global efforts to enhance healthcare access and strengthen drug delivery infrastructure, Lamark Biotech is strategically positioned to lead the next generation of biopharmaceutical innovation through its robust, cold-chain-independent solutions.

About Lamark Biotech:

Lamark Biotech is an innovation-driven biopharmaceutical startup focused on developing proprietary formulations of biologics for chronic and life-altering diseases. The company’s core expertise lies in stabilizing complex therapeutic proteins and peptides to improve their shelf-life, efficacy, and patient convenience. With a strong emphasis on global healthcare, it addresses critical gaps in formulation technology, including ultra-stable, temperature-resilient drug delivery systems for indications such as diabetes, ophthalmic disorders, and cancer immunotherapy.

About IAN Group:

IAN Group is the country’s single largest platform for seed and early stage investment platform with IAN Angel Network, BioAngels and IAN Fund I and IAN Alpha Fund enabling entrepreneurs to raise from Rs. 50 lakhs to Rs. 50 crores. The platform brings money, mentoring from successful entrepreneurs and global market access. The platform is sector-agnostic and has funded innovative start-ups across 19 sectors in India and 7 other countries, thereby growing the global footprint of companies. IAN has been listed by Forbes as one of iconic business and economic events of Independent India, over 75 years along with LIC, NASSCOM, RBI, Naukri.com amongst others.

ISRO Transfers Optical Imaging System Technology to Optimized Electrotech, A Gujarat based Defence Tech Startup

Ahmedabad, Gujarat-based Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd (OEPL), a leading imaging surveillance technology company, is pleased to announce a significant milestone in its mission to advance surveillance capabilities with the successful technology transfer of the Optical Imaging System (OIS) from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), the commercial arm of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

The agreement was formalised in September and was facilitated under the distinguished guidance of Dr. Pawan Kr Goenka, Chairperson of IN-SPACe, Rajeev Jyoti, Director of IN-SPACe, and A. Arunachalam, Director of NewSpace India Limited (NSIL).

The Optical Imaging System (OIS) developed by ISRO represents a significant leap in technology. It empowers long-distance surveillance across visible and near-infrared spectra of the electromagnetic spectrum. Notably, it operates seamlessly during twilight and mid-day lighting conditions, employing a single sensor and a consistent setup. This revolutionary advancement holds immense potential, particularly in coastal and desert areas and various applications where precision surveillance is critical.

The Optical Imaging System was developed by Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO with capabilities to image in visible and near-infrared regions of the EM Spectrum. The technology application is useful under twilight as well as mid-day lighting conditions. It has sampling resolution of 2 cm at 5000 meters altitude and FOV of –  0.46° X 0.46°.

The technology has been transferred through a Technology Transfer Agreement, facilitating the advancement, production, and commercialisation of an Optical Imaging System in both India and overseas. This initiative has garnered significant backing from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). Furthermore, ISRO’s expertise and innovation in space technology will be complemented by Optimized Electrotech’s cutting-edge imaging capabilities, creating a synergy that promises to revolutionise surveillance capabilities.

Sandeep Shah, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Optimized Electrotech, expressed saying, “We are extremely proud to be a part of this landmark technology transfer agreement with ISRO. With the surveillance systems market in India poised to reach $2.5 billion and annual growth rates of 25-30%, this collaboration is a game-changer. OIS promises to revolutionise security and surveillance in demanding environments, aligning perfectly with the current market demand. This landmark technology transfer agreement solidifies Optimized Electrotech’s position as an industry leader, and we eagerly anticipate the transformative impact it will have on their product offerings.”

About Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd (OEPL):

Optimized Electrotech Pvt Ltd is an imaging surveillance technology company, manufacturing indigenously designed and developed Electro- Optical Infra-Red based systems. Company is Headquartered at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and prototyping and R&D facility at Bengaluru, Karnataka.

The Company is winner of IDEX competitions twice, and has products approved by PR&D as well as RITES. The product portfolio is split across Long Range Automated Surveillance and civilian surveillance systems. “Vision” series of products are aimed at Border Security, Weapons Guidance, Critical Asset protection, and integration into C4ISR systems. Edge Analytics enabled products have capabilities for automatic discovery of threats thereby supporting the soldier with clear insights instead of only images. With proven DRI ranges upto 30 Kms, and future products for 50 Kms, the Vision series of products make the best fit for Situational awareness at borders. Applications such as Counter UAV, Anti-Aircraft systems, and passive surveillance can be easily satisfied using these products.

The Company is registered with Startup India, MSME and is a venture funded startup. The OEPL founding team has 32 patents and the company has filed for 4 patents of which 2 have been granted. 

Gensol Engineering Acquires Solar Trackers-specialist Scorpius Trackers for ₹1.35 Billion

Gensol Engineering Limited, a leading solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) company, has announced the acquisition of Scorpius Trackers Pvt Ltd., one of India’s largest providers of single-axis solar tracker solutions. This acquisition strengthens Gensol Engineering's position as a leading provider of end-to-end renewable energy solutions and is a part of its strategy to expand its portfolio by spreading wings across new geographies.

With the acquisition of Scorpius Trackers, Gensol, will be able to offer to its clients an end-to-end EPC solution that includes innovative solar tracking technology, thus, enabling its customer to reduce their levelized cost of energy.

Scorpius team brings with it 30 years of experience in delivering commercially successful products in image processing, machine vision, metallurgy, optics, 6-axis motion control, Internet of Things, embedded system design and multifarious software platform development. In order to cater to the dynamic needs of the IPPs and EPCs, Scorpius has developed its own patented tracker controller, software and innovative structure designs that will help deliver faster payback periods and result in higher overall returns on investment. It has a very strong R&D team and the technology has been approved by large utilities worldwide. With signed Letter Of Intents for 800 MW in hand, Scorpius is the only bankable tracker supplier from India with a track record of 600 MW capacity in operation across India, Japan, Africa and Middle East.

Due to the strong synergies between the two businesses, it is estimated that the combined revenue of Gensol Solar division will reach INR 23bn in FY24.

"We are thrilled to welcome Scorpius Trackers to the Gensol family. This acquisition is a significant step forward for us. By combining our expertise in solar EPC and Scorpius’s strong reputation and expertise in solar trackers, will help us offer a comprehensive EPC package. We see the global demand for trackers is growing faster than the overall demand for mounting systems as solar energy projects that use trackers generate significantly more ROI than projects that do not" said Mr. Anmol Singh Jaggi, MD Gensol Engineering. 

According to Wood Mackenzie, the global tracker market is expected to be a $71 billion cumulative opportunity from 2020 to 2030, representing approximately 682 GW of solar installed over that time period.

"We are excited to join forces with Gensol and bring our innovative solar tracking solutions to even more clients globally," said Mr. Shailesh Vaidya, CEO of Scorpius Trackers.

"Together, we will be able to create leading positions in major markets for solar in India and outside."

Following the acquisition, Scorpius Trackers Pvt. Ltd. will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gensol Engineering Limited.

About Gensol Engineering:

Incorporated in 2012, Gensol Engineering Limited is a part of Gensol group of companies, which offers EPC and solar advisory services. The company is engaged in providing technical due diligence, detailed engineering, quality control, construction supervision, and other consulting services for solar projects across many countries, including India. Being a one-stop solution for a value chain of the solar industry, it provides advisory services to leading project developers, leading institutions, solar EPC companies, and government policymaker. Under EPC business, the company manages turnkey engineering, construction, and procurement contracts, internationally, with a team of 250+ engineers. 

Collectively, Gensol has erected solar power plants of over 500 MW capacity on ground and rooftops so far. With international reach, it provides consulting services to Kenya, Ukraine, Oman, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Nepal, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Philippines, and Chad. 

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Biotech Company OmniBRx Raises INR 30 Cr in Series A Funding from SIDBI Venture Capital

OmniBRx (www.omnibrx.com ): A bioprocess engineering company announced a Series A equity raise of INR 30 crore from SIDBI Venture Capital Limited (www.sidbiventure.co.in).

Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Ravindra Patel, founder and CEO of OmniBRx Biotechnologies said “We are thankful to the team at SVCL for believing in our vision and backing us on our expansion plans”. He further added that "Scalable and Efficient bioprocessing technologies, specifically the Single-use bioreactor platforms are in high demand worldwide for the production of vaccines and other biologicals. Innovation based technology solutions from OmniBRx has potential to meet these exponentially growing market demands of biologics and vaccines.

The CellBRx Single- use Bioreactors from OmniBRx is the world’s largest and most efficient vaccine manufacturing platform for large scale vaccines and viral vector Production. OmniBRx is also the creator of world's first integrated seed train development platforms in close-loop sequentially programmed bioreactor systems” Ravindra added.

With infusion of series-A funds, OmniBRx is all set to expand their business in the overseas market. The company would also invest in adding to its capacity and build best in class manufacturing facilities to augment its production capabilities and meet growing market demands.

Sajit Kumar. Sr. VP at SIDBI Venture Capital Limited quoted “We are happy to partner with OmniBRx. We believe that their focus and deep domain knowledge will help them to penetrate the global markets. This is our third investment out of “Ubharte Sitaare Fund”, fund for MSME’s focused on scaling up in the export markets. Wishing them all the best".

Delhi based Indus Capital a boutique investment bank, founded by Mr. Santosh Patra was the exclusive financial advisor to OmniBRx for this transaction.

About OmniBRx (www.omnibrx.com):

OmniBRx is an Ahmedabad based Bioprocess engineering company focused on design and development of novel single-use bioreactors (SUB's) for cell culture based bioprocessing applications i.e. Vaccines, Gene therapies and biologics production. The Company was incorporated in 2016 and successfully launched their innovative products like CellBRx and MiniBRx single-use Bioreactor platforms.

About SIDBI Ventures:(www.sidbiventure.co.in) 

SIDBI Venture Capital Limited (SVCL), incorporated in 1999, is a wholly owned subsidiary of SIDBI (www.sidbi.in), the Apex Financial Institution in India for the MSME sector. Over the years SVCL has set-up and managed several Venture Capital Funds / AIFs, “Ubharte Sitaare Fund” is the eighth Fund set-up and managed by SVCL.

Ahmedabad-based EV Charger Manufacturer Tirex Transmission Secures 2 Mn in Funding from an HNI

TIREX TRANSMISSION, an EV charger manufacturing company announced the infusion of $2million from an ultra HNI investor.

Tirex Transmission Private Limited, a leading EV charger manufacturer based out of Ahmedabad secured a growth funding of 2 Million USD. Tirex, a pioneer in the EV Charger Industry for DC fast chargers, is today a supplier of choice not only for the private EV sector but also the government.

This $2 million funding will fuel Tirex Transmisson Private Limited's Growth and R&D efforts for international markets where USA is the first country of focus.

Founded by Mr Sanskar Patel, Tirex Transmisson Private Limited started its journey in the EV Charger domain in 2017 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The company is one of the pioneers in the EV Charger Industry for DC fast chargers. With its skilled team of Engineers, cloud-based CMS (charger management system), and a fully equipped R&D facility, Tirex Transmission Private Limited today is a supplier of choice for DC chargers for Govt, Private & MNC companies. The company offers global standard EV Chargers (AC and DC chargers) and EV Charging management solutions to meet India's focus on controlling carbon emissions and air pollutants.

Given the exponential growth the EV segment is experiencing in the domestic market, and across the world, Tirex Transmission Private Limited needed funds to scale up operations to make the best of the growth curve. Hence they approached GetFive Corporate Advisors LLP, an Ahmedabad-based boutique Investment Banking and M&A Transaction Advisory firm, for funds raise.

The quick turnaround ensures that the company can now embark on its growth trajectory, estimated to be a minimum 6-7 times the topline growth of the previous financial year.

An elated Sankar Patel, Founder and MD, Tirex Transmission Private Limited, said, "It was in 2017, on seeing the direction EV was taking, that we embarked on our journey. Now that we have established ourselves well in the industry, it is time to take the leap. That is why we approached GetFive to help us raise funds. Working with them has been a joyride. Not only we could secure the funds within the stipulated timelines, but working as an extended team, they also guided us on various financial aspects of our business."

Shrikant Goyal Founding Member and Managing Partne - GetFive

"It was exciting to work with Mr Sanskar Patel and his team. Given the explosion that the EV segment is experiencing, the value they are creating in the EV charger market is commendable. Sanskar Bhai's passion and clarity in vision on what he wanted to achieve fuelled our efforts to close the deal in under four months", said Shrikant Goyal, Co-Founding Member and Managing Partner GetFive Corporate Advisors LLP.

About Tirex Transmisson Private Limited

Tirex Chargers- Simple, Qualityand non-stop EV charging for everyone

Tirex Transmission Private Limited is an EV charger manufacturing company based out of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Tirex offers a complete range of Fast & slow Electric Vehicle Chargers forFour Wheelers, Commercial & Passengers Buses, Trucks and more with a wide voltage range from 3.3kw to 360kw and all different connectors. Tirex Chargers are sleek, fast, and reliable.

Tirex products are as per Bharat (Government of India) & International Standard Protocols. All of companies products are verified and certified by ARAI (Automotive Research Authority Of India) and CE.

Backed by a highly educated team of researchers & managers they have created a strong business model around their products and services, which maximizes customer’s value and minimizes the cost.

About GetFive Corporate Advisors LLP

GetFive Corporate Advisors LLP, is a boutique Investment Banking and M&A Transaction Advisory firm based out in Ahmedabad. GetFive prides itself on being an agile and dynamic financial firm that believes in customer delight. GetFive, with the mission to unlock the business potential of its clients, offers financial consultancy in Fundraising, Merger & Acquisition, Transactional Advisory, IPO Readiness assessment, and Start-up advisory services. Headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat has offices in USA, Australia, Canada, Norway& New Zealand.

Ahmedabad-based EdTech Startup Orphicy Raises 2.5 Crores at a Valuation of Rs. 25 Crores From NRI Tech Enthusiasts

Ahmedabad-based EdTech startup Orphicy successfully obtained 1st round of funding. It has raised 2.5 Crores at a valuation of Rs. 25 Crores. The round saw participation from NRI tech enthusiasts presently working in leadership positions at Facebook, McKinsey. Reputed education company IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd. also picked up a 1 percent stake in the company.

Orphicy was started with an initial fund of Rs.2 crores pooled by the founders. It was a bootstrapped company incorporated on 28th September 2020 and the vast experience of its founders in the realm of education has helped the company to raise funds in less than a year of its incorporation.

The first round of funding will be utilised to strengthen their marketing initiatives, adding innovative technology-enabled interfaces and include newer modules to the curriculum.

Team Orphicy

“Apart from providing live online coaching for school curriculum (Classes 5-10) the start-up also helps students prepare for NTSE/ Olympiads and other competitive exams. Our modules are designed with a holistic approach focusing on extracurricular activities along with academics. The first round of funding will be strategically used to strengthen the brand, introduce innovative learning modules and make learning interactive and engaging,” shared Vipul Tyagi, CEO, Orphicy.

The start-up will also be expanding its team and will be hiring young to senior-level talent to build a resilient and trusted brand that makes education engaging and empowering.

What sets Orphicy apart from other edtech startups is their unique Flipped Learning Approach with three distinctive steps:

• PREPARE – pre-lecture capsules to stimulate interest in a topic
• PROCESS – continuous improvement in exam readiness index
• PARTICIPATE – superior learning with hands-on activities and active discussions

The EdTech startup is of the firm opinion that pre-recorded content is not the ideal solution for the young curious minds and thus offers its courses via its app in the form of live online classes. They believe that planned teacher intervention and highly engaging lectures are the pillars for online education to show positive learning outcomes.

The startup aims to connect with the vast student community across the country and help them gain a competitive edge with its pocket-friendly courses.

About Orphicy

Orphicy (Orphic Learning Private Limited) is an Ahmedabad-based Education Startup led by seasoned academicians with over a decade of experience. After having helped thousands of students in their undergraduate and post-graduate competitive and entrance exams journey, the team wanted to add more value by being able to connect with young students in their formative years. The result of this quest was Orphicy.

The startup offers education modules empowered using visualisation methods, live interactions, analytics, and psychometric analysis to achieve the desired results. They also provide dedicated career guidance to each student.

Robotic Startup Ishitva Raises Over $1 Mn in Pre-series a Led by Inflection Point Ventures

Jitesh Dadlani, Founder of Ishitva

Ahmedabad-based robotic startup, Ishitva has raised a Pre-Series A round of over $1mn led by Inflection Point Ventures, one of India’s largest angel investment platforms. The funds raised will be utilised in growing sales and expanding the R&D team.

Ishitva uses AI, ML, IoT Industry 4.0 to build efficient solutions which help in sorting complex waste. Effective sorting of waste is currently the weakest link in creating a circular value chain. Therefore, to avoid dumping and burning of dry waste, which leads to serious environmental hazards, the company focuses on leveraging industry 4.0 tools to systematically sort out waste and assess the quality of recyclable waste.

Mitesh Shah, Co-founder, Inflection Point Ventures says, “According to MoHUA, as of January 2020, India generated 1,47,613 MT of solid waste. This is a serious situation that our country is headed to and we are seeing startups taking on this challenge to address the waste generated in the country. Ishitva’s model is particularly innovative as they are leveraging cutting-edge technology to sort out the waste which is already being generated. Sorting the waste is the first step to a meaningful recycling ecosystem. Ishitva’s business vision and our ESG goals are a seamless synergy which prompted us to invest in the company.”

Ishitva currently offers a range of solutions including SUKA (AI-powered air sorting), YUTA, (AI-powered robotic sorting) and Netra AI Vision system which help in identifying waste and smart bins. The AI-powered Netra identifies the waste, learns about its contents by capturing images, and then scans for recyclable material.

Ishitva’s AI-powered sorting solutions are already installed in commercial material recovery facilities and the company is advanced stage of talks with multiple MRF facilities as well as recyclers in the plastic value chain.

Many of waste management and plastic value chain players and veterans also participated including Kamaljyot Investments Ltd (a subsidiary of Excel Industries Ltd), Gandhi Family from GRP Ltd., AVI Global Plast Private Limited, Anup Gulati COO at Quality Maritime Provider Lda., Harinder Arya President & Div CEO - Major Capex & Pressure Control at Joulon, Sanjay Kamlani Serial Investor and Founder of Pangea3 and Mohan Ayyangar: Operations Lead – GDS EY India.

Jitesh Dadlani, Founder of Ishitva, have spent more than 5 years working closely with waste management companies to understand their challenges and to explore how to mitigate these using industry 4.0 tools says, “Indian waste management industry is a riddle and our unlimited dream is to eliminate the manual sorting of waste which often involves humans to work unhygienic conditions. Our vision is to install industry 4.0 solutions in 4000+ towns of the country picked up by Swachh Bharat mission and we are thrilled to have IPV as a part of this journey.”

Sandip Singh, CEO of Ishitva, with 16 years of experience as venture building and private equity investments, says: “We are excited that many of the waste industry stalwarts are joining early in our journey. With IPV, we now have access to a large pool of professionals and experts which is immensely useful at this stage for us.”

Waste sorting in India is currently mostly done by humans. The process is not only unhygienic and tedious, but also dangerous for human beings. Using the powerful ishitvAI algorithm, the startup has built one of the most advanced Air Sorting Solutions SUKA 1.3, with the capability to sort up to 6 tons of plastic waste/ hour. This system is an answer to various sorting challenges faced by the industry including Black Plastic, Multilayer packaging (including MLP flexibles), Objects with sleeves, Objects with dirt layer on top, Brand identification and quantification etc. In addition, their next industry-changing concept is a fully automated material recovery facility which provides last level of segregation without any human intervention.

Only 10% of waste is recycled in the World and the balance goes for dumping in land, water bodies, oceans, and incineration. About 66% of global waste is generated in low-income countries, therefore, we need solutions that can be adopted by these economies to solve this global problem. With the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Vision, Ishitva has been able to make material recovery efficient for low-income countries, even for the decentralized and smaller size operations.

About Ishitva

Ishitva was founded in 2018 by Jitesh, coming from more than 15 years of experience in building software solutions for various Fortune 500 businesses, with a tall ambition to revolutionize the waste management industry with the power of industry 4.0 tools. With Sandip joining in 2020, both Jitesh and Sandip are in a unique position with deep knowledge about challenges faced by the industry and how industry 4.0 tools can be utilized to solve the same.

About IPV

Inflection Point Ventures is an angel investing platform with over 4800 CXOs, HNIs and Professionals to together invest in startups. The firm supports new-age entrepreneurs by providing them monetary & experiential capital and connecting them with a diverse group of investors. IPV started in 2018 believes that ‘Everyone can Grow with Startups’ as it plans to invest INR 155 Cr in 2021 across 60 startups.

Startup Chaupal supported TheBabyBo Launched in Pandemic; Raises Initial Funding of USD 75K

TheBabyBo, an Ahmedabad-based startup for quality products and parenting care for babies and motherhood, started the business during the tough times of pandemic and became successful by the hard work and dedication. It was founded by Parth Sharma, Umang Seth, and Siddhi Samel, in 2020.

 

TheBabyBo Founders

In a statement, TheBabyBo said that the funding will be utilized for enhancement of the platform, Team expansion and Digital Marketing Plans to cater to the larger market size.

The idea of TheBabyBo rose in 2020 when parents were scared to go out of the house, lesser for their health, more for the safety of the child. Though shopping online was the solution, due to higher demand, the prices were all-time high and most of the time out of stock.

After surveying over 1000 people who had recently become parents, 200+ doctors, the picture of the severity of the problem was clear. And thus, TheBabyBo came into existence.

As the name suggests, TheBabyBo caters to all baby care products and services required for babies and their mothers. They have created boxes with all necessary products of baby care and named it "Bundle of Joy".

Parth Sharma, the Founder of TheBabyBo, said that the business aims at growing at a pace of 100% Year on Year, scaling up the online retail segment of baby care and parenthood products, and being the market leader in the online segment for baby products and parenting care for motherhood.

Founders thanked Startup Chaupal for its support in their entrepreneurial journey in shaping up their startup idea and provide them with proper mentoring support and direction.

Sumit Srivastawa, Founder & CEO, Startup Chupal said that the team worked closely with the Mentors & Advisors at Startup Chaupal and successfully launched the business during the pandemic. They came up with an Idea, Validated it quickly and After initial testing of the market, they increase the scale of business and deliver the products PAN-India within 8 to 9 months they raised initial funding. 

Ahmedabad based Edtech Platform LearnVern Raises $1 Mn + in Funding from International Investors

Team LearnVern 

• The funds will be used to upgrade the technology with stronger web & mobile Platforms
• Also for creating more courses in different languages and onboarding More students
• LearnVern has tied up AICTE and NSDC SkillIndia Partner
• Currently working with 500+ large & medium employers to enable direct recruitment

Ahmedabad, April 12, 2021: LearnVern, the Ahmedabad based Edtech platform, has raised over USD 1 million funding from undisclosed international investors. The fund invests in strong teams that build solutions for Career and Skill Development. 

Launched in January 2020 by an entrepreneurial couple having 12+ Years of experience in the Training Business, LearnVern is an Online Learning platform that offers Job Oriented Courses in Vernacular Languages. Currently over 5.5 Lakh students are registered on LearnVern platforms to learn from 37+ different courses in Software Development, IT, Graphic Design, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Digital Marketing etc taught in languages like Hindi and Bangla. LearnVern has tied up with AICTE and NSDC SkillIndia Training Partner for offering the learning courses to all their students and creating employability for them.



Speaking on the development, Mr Niral Modi (Founder & CEO, Learnvern) said, “At LearnVern we are excited about the funding– it comes at a time when we are looking to scale and reach out to over 4 Crore students studying in colleges across India. India’s newly launched National Education Policy 2020 talks about Vocational Education and Vernacular as the 2 most important transformational changes, which we had envisioned as the requirement of India’s students and launched our solutions to meet that need." 

Founding Team - Niral Modi & Aditi Modi, LearnVern

"We believe today, as platform-based online learning increasingly gains traction, skill-based education in their native language is emerging as the choice for students and employers. Learnvern’s vision is to offer a vernacular learning platform where students can learn for free - at their pace, and in their preferred language. Our new technology enhancements will enable video conferencing, peer-reviews & forums and many other features that will deliver a thoroughly immersive experience. Furthermore the AI based tool will ensure students get matched to local and national level employer’s Job requirements. The funding will be used to upgrade the technology with stronger web and mobile platforms, while also creating more courses in different languages to engage more students,” said Modi.


Reinforcing the view, the Investors remarked: “We are proud to have invested into Learnvern – we strongly believe it is the wave of the future. It impacts the collective & core concerns of everyone concerned: students, professionals, parents and employers. Being the catalyst and medium to transform students into skilled, employable professionals is LearnVern’s vision and we are fully in tune with it. Their technology driven engagement tools & support for both students and employers is a great enabler, as is the wide array of courses. Employable young professionals to propel the economy forward can be a game-changer towards AatmaNirbhar India and LearnVern is making significant progress in this regard. Their unique blend of immense team experience with a razor sharp focus on the education & skilling issues would definitely help them capture a sizeable market going forward. We wish them the best.”

Learnvern is currently working with 500+ large and medium employers to enable direct recruitment.


About Learnvern

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Ahmedabad-based Nav Wireless Betting Big on the use of LiFi Technology for Covid-19 Treatment

• Ahmedabad based Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is the only company in Asia to receive and execute commercial projects in LiFi sector for the healthcare sector


• Nav Wireless Technologies has set up LiFi based Made in India units at three government hospitals in Gujarat; exploring more tie-ups with other government and private hospitals within a state and neighbouring states like Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan


• With LiFi technology-based solutions, Doctors and Hospital staff are minimized to the risk of spreading Coronavirus infection & at the same time provide a live health data monitoring system


• Patients and medical staff in isolation wards are benefited with a radiation-free communication network

Three government-run hospitals in Gujarat have adopted the latest LiFi (Light Fidelity) technology to treat COVID-19 patients and the results have been very impressive. Ahmedabad based LiFi technology inventor, Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has set up LiFi based communication facilities at Civil Hospital (Ahmedabad), Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education & Research (SMIMER) (Surat) and Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society (GMERS) Hospital, (Vadodara). Buoyed by the tremendous positive response from the hospital management, medical staff, and patients, the company is exploring more tie-ups other government and private hospitals in Gujarat and neighbouring states like Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. The company has come forward to provide speedy, accurate and safer light-based communication for patients and all the medical professionals in this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic.



"Considering the rising cases of COVID-19, the hospitals need faster and safer communications to speed up the patients' treatment and that's why the isolation wards at three government hospitals in Gujarat have been equipped with the latest LiFi technology. We have set up LiFi based units there which are completely Made in India. LiFi based Centralised Patient Monitoring System without the Internet at COVID-19 wards is helpful to safeguard doctors & the paramedical team at the hospital. We are in talks with other hospitals for installation of such systems to further speed up the treatment of COVID-19 patients," said Mr. Hardik Soni Co-Founder & CTO, Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Elaborating details, Mr. Pratik Parikh, Head-Global Business Development, Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd. said, "LiFi is a mobile wireless technology that uses light rather than radio frequencies to transmit data. In India, Nav Wireless is the only registered player working on LiFi technology. Also, we are the only company in Asia in the LiFi sector to receive and execute commercial LiFi projects for the healthcare sector. We have successfully installed such a LiFi technology-based communication facility for various government institutions and private premises."

Sharing the technical aspects of the technology, Mr. Vardhan Suthar, Head-Network Architect, Nav Wireless Technologies Pvt. Ltd. said, "In critical care, monitoring is essential to the daily care of ICU patients, as the optimization of a patients hemodynamic, ventilation, temperature, nutrition, and metabolism is the key to improve patients survival. With this, all the patients and medical staff at isolation wards are able to use a radiation-free communication network without the internet data, connected to hospital instruments such as ventilators, multipara monitors and desktop pulse oxymeter etc. Furthermore, patients can access video calling facility with the doctors without an internet facility. With LiFi technology-based solutions, Doctors and Hospital Staff are minimized to the risk of spreading Coronavirus infection & at the same time provide a live health data monitoring system."

"GMERS has adopted LiFi technology advantages to protect and live tracking of patients' data for the best treatment. Constant monitoring of the patients health condition in hospital is either manual or wireless fidelity (WiFi)-based system. The WiFi-based system becomes slow in speed due to exponentially increased scalability. In this scenario, light fidelity (LiFi) finds the places wherever WiFi is applicable to additional features of a high-speed data network. Apart from the speed factor, LiFi is a more suitable in-hospital application for monitoring the patients conditions without frequency interference with the human body," said Dr. Vijay Shah, Executive Member of GMERS Hospital, Vadodara.

"NavTech LiFi Transceivers network in the hospital for monitoring the patients conditions such as temperature, pressure, heartbeat, glucose level, and respiratory conditions using respective sensors integrated with our LiFi Transceivers. NavTech LiFi Transceiver developed to increase data security, high capacity, and high speed, eco friendly, and with the patient safety," said Mr. Hardik Raval, Sr. Hardware Engineer of the company.

Accenture Acquires Ahmedabad-based Byte Prophecy, An Automated Insights & Big Data Analytics Firm

Accenture has acquired Byte Prophecy, an automated insights and big data analytics company based in Ahmedabad, India, to meet the growing demand for enterprise-scale AI and digital analytics solutions across the region.

The acquisition will add nearly 50 data science and data engineering experts, with a particular focus on insight automation, to Accenture Applied Intelligence. The move will deepen existing consulting and technology capabilities that help clients in areas such as data foundations and advanced analytics.

“Across industries, decision making has become more complex, and businesses are increasingly relying on advanced analytics and AI to ensure insight driven, rapid decision making,” said Piyush N. Singh, Accenture’s market unit lead for India and sales lead for Growth Markets. “Beyond advanced technology capabilities, Accenture brings our clients a co-innovation mindset, and in Byte Prophecy we found a partner with the right mix of technology and consulting skills, and a client-centric innovation culture.”

Founded in 2011, Byte Prophecy has worked closely with Accenture Ventures since 2018 on open innovation efforts, collaborating and co-innovating with Accenture and its clients in Asia Pacific on advanced data and analytics projects.

“Our team has already been working with Byte Prophecy over the past two years, and together we’ve helped clients build the strong data foundations that are the cornerstone for successful AI adoption,” said Athina Kanioura, Accenture’s chief analytics officer and global lead for Applied Intelligence. “Officially making Byte Prophecy’s people and capabilities part of Accenture is a testament to the shared vision of shared success we’ve seen in our joint efforts.”

“Our experience working with Accenture has helped us better understand customer pain points and fine-tune our solution to respond with greater agility to clients’ needs,” said Mrugank Parikh, co-founder, Byte Prophecy. “The opportunity to become part of Accenture Applied Intelligence will enable us to jointly build stronger assets and expand our services to more clients in the emerging markets. We are excited about our journey ahead and are looking forward to exploring the wide opportunities this union will bring to our people and clients.”

Accenture’s acquisition strategy involves delivering on existing, as well as emerging client needs with speed and scale. Over the past year the company has made Applied Intelligence acquisitions in Australia, Spain, North America and the U.K. to enhance its portfolio of technologies and help clients across those markets scale AI.

Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

Applied Intelligence is Accenture’s approach to scaling AI for our clients. We embed AI-powered data, analytics and automation capabilities into business workflows to accelerate time to value. Our expertise in defining end-to-end strategy, combined with deep data infrastructure capabilities, cognitive services and industrialized accelerators help smooth clients’ path to AI adoption, extending human capabilities and supporting clients in scaling AI responsibly. Recognized as a leader by industry analysts, we collaborate with a powerful global alliance, innovation and delivery network to help clients deploy and scale AI within any market and industry.

Source - newsroom.accenture.com

Ahmedabad based Hyperlocal Delivery marketplace MyToolBag achieves Milestone of Delivering 10,000+ Orders Covering 50k+ Kms

Envisioning 50,000+ orders in next 3 months and successfully delivering them, MyToolBag is the first ever hyperlocal delivery marketplace for stationery stores nearby. It enables 24x7 eco-friendly deliveries with scheduled time-slots by customers which eases them with no need of timely order tracking.

Founded in the year 2016 by Saurabh Chavda and Prashant Dodiya during their graduation, MyToolBag started by taking orders through WhatsApp and delivering in just the campus of L.D College of Engineering, Ahmedabad. Seeing the growth in sales, it soon transformed into an e-Commerce website www.mytoolbag.in. Realising the problems and the declining sales of local stores operating in Ahmedabad due to online operations of MyToolBag, they decided to join hands with the stores by onboarding them all and help them fight other online giants offering huge discounts and promises. In January, 2019, launched the Application called MyToolBag which empowers local stationery stores with free technology infrastructure and eco-friendly delivery mechanism by partnering with them and bringing them back into the competition with other online giants. With huge positive response from both customers and partner stores, it plans to launch in 4 new cities within first 5 months of 2020.

MyToolBag App not only connects customers to their favourite local stores directly and enables them to shop anything from anywhere with superfast deliveries, but it also helps them compare prices at different stores and explore an enormous variety of stationery products at their fingertips. The best part is, a customer can choose at what time he/she wants his/her order to be delivered i.e. you can schedule your order as per your convenience. 

Currently MyToolBag operates with 80+ partner stores selling 11,000+ products of various range and brands. It also employs corporate tie-ups, school tie-ups, Govt. dept. tie-up and other facilities having collaborated with various sectors for easy purchasing and eco-friendly deliveries. It also provides customized products be it T-shirts, caps, bags, key chains, mugs, corporate gifts etc. You name it, they customize it. 

With continuous feedbacks and working day and night to make the customers lazy in a much productive way, MTBians (that’s what they call themselves in team) are regularly updating their App with new cool features to shop seamlessly by implementing Machine Learning Algos for smart purchases and AI for eco-friendly deliveries.

It aims to provide this best ever digital but local shopping experience to each and every individual of India and also considers the role of local vendors in the economy by empowering them. With the potential of being a crucial part in making India digital from the very grassroot level, MyToolBag strives super hard with the tagline “SHOP LOCALLY BUT DIGITALLY”.

Vernacular Content Startup Matrubharti Raises Funding in Excess of Rs. 3 Crores

Matrubharti, a vernacular content start-up from Ahmedabad has today announced that it has closed a round of angel funding from US-based Gujarati NRI angel investors to the tune of Rs. 3.24 crores.

The funding comes on the back of Matrubharti launching its OTT video streaming platform Matrubharti Vishesh in July this year, after being selected for Gray Matters Capital’s Digital Accelerator Program – GMC Calibrator in March 2019.

One of the angel investors in this funding round are Darshan Jani, a serial entrepreneur turned investor with over 20 years of experience in the tech industry evenly distributed between US and India. He was VP of Engineering, Products and Operations at Automation Anywhere - a $2.6billion company and a global leader in Robotic Process Automation.

The other 2 investors are NRIs from USA, they have invested through their companies called Surya Holdings LLC and Ferrana LLC.

Matrubharti is an Indian content community platform helping writers publish their content and to reach out to their target readers. The content is in the form of stories and episodic novels that is written in vernacular languages like Hindi, Gujarati and Marathi.

Matrubharti has also launched its OTT video streaming platform called Matrubharti Vishesh which curates videos of Theatrical Plays, Short films, Web series, Elite Author speeches, Stand-up comedy, Poetry Shows and a host of User Generated Content.

Speaking about the funding, Mahendra Sharma, Founder and CEO, Matrubharti said, “It is their love for India and her languages that has magnetized the interest of our investors, and validated by the growth potential seen from the macros of the next 500 million internet users in India will be from semi urban and rural ‘Bharat’ who’d prefer to consume their informational and entertainment content in vernacular. We at Matrubharti aspire to be the Netflix of Bharat and a platform of choice for such internet consumers.”

Matrubharti has now over 1 Million registered users and over 250,000 Monthly Active Users (MAUs).

With this funding, it aims to add content in 3 South Indian languages soon on its platform and build stronger technology and data intelligence to engage users better. The money would also help it boost its sales efforts besides expanding into geographies with a strong presence of Indian diaspora.

“We are aiming to grow 3 fold with this funding round,” added Sharma.

Surmounting the OTT Monetization Challenge

Matrubharti is partnering with content production houses, theatre schools and event organizers to help them monetize their visual content on its community platform. It is also testing monetization with advertisements from hyper local businesses.

“While monetization is a challenge faced by competing OTT platforms; we are overcoming this challenge through better user engagement. Users of Matrubharti spend as much as 25 minutes per session per day on the vernacular books and videos, which is above the industry standard. We believe that longer the screen time, higher the possibility to monetize via advertisements,” said Sharma. “Given the uniqueness of offline event content, content licensing is another revenue stream that we’ve been exploring”.

Unique selling proposition 

Matrubharti’s content from over 100 offline events conducted across 30 cities over the last 3 years under its banner differentiates it from competition

User generated content (UGC) is one of the prime features of Matrubharti where over 2.5 lakh pieces of textual content and over 10,000 videos are uploaded by its community members. Such videos are mostly from offline community events like Open Mic, Poetry reciting, Storytelling and Performances which are curated by Matrubharti.

With the launch of its OTT Video streaming platform – Matrubharti Vishesh, its content library also boasts of 150+ high quality videos of Video stories, Web series, Short Films, Stand-up comedies and Theatrical plays which are in Gujarati and Hindi language, with a run time of 30 - 90 minutes.

Ahmedabad-based Techcronus Launches Blockchain-based Cryptocurrency Mobile Wallet App

Ahmedabad, Gujarat-based Techcronus Business Solutions, a Blockchain app development company, has launched a Blockchain based secure cryptocurrency Mobile Wallet Application.

Developed using Swift for Native iOS platform and Java for Native Android platform, the cryptocurrency wallet app allows users to send and receive cryptocurrencies in a secure and easy way.

Currently, the app supports Ethereum and Bitcoin currencies with more currencies being added in upcoming releases.Users can also buy Cryptocurrencies directly from the exchange by making payment in fiat currency.


Doing a transaction in this mobile wallet app is very easy. You just need to scan QR code or enter wallet address and enter the amount of coins to send/receive. You can checkthe transaction fees applicable for a transaction. All transaction details incl. address, amount, confirmations and block explorer link can be found in transaction history. Dashboard feature gives you a quick insight about your coin portfolio.

The wallet app has incorporated various security measures. For example, it is a multi-address HD wallet meaning that the user’s wallet address gets changed after every transaction for higher security. The application also offers a secure backup and restore functionality via 12-24 words seeds mechanism. For additional security, you can also use a PIN authentication, face or fingerprint unlock features of your phone.This app also supports multiple languages.

This app has been designed by following best practices of Blockchain application development and considering best user experience in mind. That is why it is considered as one of the Best Cryptocurrency Wallet App in the market. There is no doubt that this Cryptocurrency Mobile Wallet app will increase the stature of Techcronus as a cryptocurrency wallet development company all over the world.

Founded in 2010 by Shalin Shah, Techcronus is a global provider of Business Solutions and Custom Software Development services.

Source - Open PR

Online Apparel Startup Enakshi Closes First Round of Seed Fund of ₹80 Lakhs

Ahmedabad-based Enakshi, an online apparel brand for women has closed their first round of seed fund of 80 lakhs from an undisclosed private investor. The brand is also in talks with a clutch of other investors to secure a total funding of $1 million over the next two years to build on its distribution network.

Founded in March 2018, by young founders in their early 20s, Maharsh Shah and Namya Patel, launched Enakshi, a virtual boutique for modern women that offers only exclusive pieces of garments with no two pieces alike. The brand plans to utilize the funding amount to increase the brand’s visibility, improve their existing logistics & technology and to empanel more designers from across the nation. Enakshi also plans to expand their business into brick and mortar stores as a next step to giving its customers a first-hand experience of their favorite Enakshi garments.

Enakshi was launched to address two primary concerns of modern women -- 1) Their everyday worry of ‘what to wear tomorrow’ & 2) Their need for exclusivity and novel-ness in their wardrobe.

The virtual boutique helps women explore and discover fashion that is as unique as their individuality. With efficient logistics in place, the brand promises a quick turnaround time by ensuring dispatch on the very same day so that the customers get the garment of their choice sooner than anticipated. Enakshi ensures novelty by launching a new collection every 21 days, where each collection is designed by a different pool of designers, empanelled by the brand from across the nation. Through this unique approach, the brand also aims at disrupting the fashion industry by providing a platform to many talented yet underappreciated designers from across the nation, to collaboratively showcase their creativity befitting the theme of the collection.

Adds Maharsh Shah, co-founder Enakshi, “With the largest social media savvy youth population in the world, India as a market is becoming increasingly fashion conscious. With decades of experience in the women apparel industry through our parent brand Deepkala in Ahmedabad, we noticed that increasing number of women have now started seeking novelty in their every buy and aspire to create a wardrobe that showcases their own individuality. This catapulted the launch of brand Enakshi.”

Namya Patel, co-founder, Enakshi further adds, “At Enakshi, we brief our empanelled designers to create designs to suit the modern women’s preferences. Our primary target audience is women in the age group of 18-48 yr, that don many hats in their daily lives and pride over their individuality. Our designs, therefore, are fluid, to adorn the multiple roles of these women and our philosophy of ‘One Woman, One Design, One Garment’ ensures that there is only one distinctive piece per design. Our efficient backend team and tech ensure that every design ordered is altered in the requested size and dispatched for delivery the same day to keep up with the paced life of a modern woman.”

[ Top Featured Image - Enakshi Founders - Maharsh Shah & Namya Patil ]

Freelance Marketplace Fixpocket Raises $250,000 Seed Funding

Ammedabad-based internet-based startup Fixpocket secured USD 250,000 seed funding from La Gajjar Group, a private investment group based in Ahmedabad. Following the venture, the two companies together formed Kasova Ventues Private Limited, which currently owns and operates Fixpocket.

The capital has been utilised for setting up the initial team, design & development of technology and early stage marketing activities. Fixpocket launched the first version of its web portal in April 2017. It consists of more than a hundred categories identified to serve different micro services in the market. With a constant effort to make the portal reach its targeted audience, the marketing professionals at Fixpocket are working on a number of ground level and digital strategies. Fixpocket also launched its iOS and Android apps in July-end to make it easier for the buyers to access these services.

So far, around 17,000 people have enrolled as members of Fixpocket for providing one or more of its 3,500 services. The freelance marketplace has also been able to establish tie-ups with more than 200 corporate enterprises and fulfilled over 2,000 orders since the launch of its website.

Soham Thacker, Co-Founder, Fixpocket said, “Fixpocket was conceptualized by identifying the gap of micro services in the freelancing market. People in India possess a variety of skills but the market lacks a platform for these skills to be publicized and monetized. We have established a special Corporate Management team that reaches out to large and mid-sized companies, educating them about the beneficial use of Fixpocket and how it can help them reduce fixed overheads by outsourcing their work. Fixpocket also has the vision to create an international marketplace for the workforce of over 15 million freelancers that India has to offer.

“Fixpocket’s vision is to create an Online Market place where Digital Micro services are offered by Working Professionals & Freelancers at a reasonable & fixed price. These services then can be purchased by Individuals, SME’s & Start-ups who are looking for freelancers or project based content providers. We have a mission to establish Fixpocket as a brand which is known for its quality services offered at highly competitive prices. We want to develop valued trust amongst all the buyers by ensuring on time delivery. The idea is to set Fixpocket as a benchmark for any requirement in the field of digital services such as Graphics, Social Media Content, SEO, Content Writers and various other categories.” added Kaivan Shah, Co-Founder, Fixpocket .

[Top Image - (L-R) Kaivan Shah & Soham Thacker , Co-Founders, Fixpocket]

Two Indian Startups Selected by World Economic Forum for Tech Pioneers 2018 Cohort

International Organization World Economic Forum (WEF) has today announced its selection of the world’s 61 most promising Technology Pioneers 2018, which consists of early-stage companies from around the world that are involved in the design, development and deployment of new technologies and innovations, and are poised to have a significant impact on business and society.

Among its 61 selected organizations, two are India-based startups -- Delhi-based SocialCops and Ahmedabad-based My Crop Technologies. While SocialCop is a Data Intelligence startup, My Crop Technologies is a machine learning-based collaborative platform to support farmers.

With this selection, both the startups have now join an elite community of companies from around the world that are poised to have a significant impact on business and society. Past winners include Airbnb, Google, Kickstarter, Mozilla, Palantir Technologies, Spotify, Twitter and Wikimedia.

New Delhi-based SocialCops was founded in 2013 by Prukalpa Sankar and Varun Banka to enable leaders to use data intelligence to confront critical global challenges. Since then, their technology platform has been used in scenarios as diverse as driving rapid village development, tracking national welfare schemes, and optimizing marketing campaign locations. Their work spans different sectors with partners such as the United Nations, Government of India and Unilever.

[caption id="attachment_124838" align="aligncenter" width="995"] Team of SocialCops[/caption]

In 2017 alone, SocialCops data intelligence platform processed 11 billion data points and touched the lives of 1 of 25 people in India through their projects and partners. The startup was also the part of Google Launchpad Accelerator 2017 batch.

My Crop Technologies was founded in 2016 by Deepak Pareek. It is s a technology enabled platform that uses Artificial Intelligence to empower farmers by delivering them insights, expertise and resources at their doorsteps to increase their Productivity & Profitability hence improving their standard of living.

Using machine learning for real-time farmer decision support and recommendations across the crop life cycle, My Crop Technologies helps farmers reduce the costs of cultivation by using good agricultural practices and information customized for each farmer. The platform also brings different stakeholders in the agriculture ecosystem together to further enhance the industry.

[caption id="attachment_124837" align="aligncenter" width="955"] MyCrop Founder& CEO Deepak Pareek (extreme left) interacting with a farmer[/caption]

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The World Economic Forum’s Technology Pioneers community are early-stage companies from around the world that are involved in the design, development and deployment of new technologies and innovations. “We welcome SocialCops in this diverse group of technology pioneers,” says Fulvia Montresor, Head of Technology Pioneers at the World Economic Forum. “SocialCops and its fellow pioneers are front and centre in shaping the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution and we believe they will be transforming society and industry in a positive way in the years to come.”

Following its selection as Technology Pioneer, Prukalpa Sankar, co-founder of SocialCops, will be participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions. This meeting, also dubbed “Summer Davos”, will be held in Tianjin, China, from September 18-20. Many Pioneers will also attend the Annual Meeting in Davos, in January 2019, and continue to contribute to Forum initiatives in the course of the next two years.

“We are honoured to be acknowledged as a Pioneer by the World Economic Forum and join a cohort of global game changers like Palantir & Airbnb”, said SocialCops Co-Founder, Prukalpa Sankar. “When we founded SocialCops, we wanted to democratize data and make it possible for millions of organizations in the world to derive the kind of value from data that only financial institutions and Silicon Valley giants are capable of deriving today. Organizations at different stages of their data journey can use our platform to drive decisions both big and small. We want to use this award as an opportunity to keep engaging with global stakeholders in government and society, as well as in business, to help adopt data-driven systems and increase their impact.”

The Technology Pioneers were selected by a selection committee of more than 60 academics, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and corporate executives. The committee based its decisions on criteria including innovation, potential impact and leadership.

This year’s cohort is the most diverse ever, both geographically and in terms of gender. Of the 61 early-stage companies recognized for their design, development and deployment of potentially world-changing innovations and technologies, a majority (54%) come from outside the United States, including many from emerging markets, and a quarter (25%) is female-led.

There is also a wide variety in the technologies the pioneers focus on — the focus technologies include artificial intelligence, big data and internet of things (IoT), biotechnology, blockchain, autonomous vehicles, cyber security, vertical farming and other agricultural advances, decentralised microgrids and robotics. The full list of Technology Pioneers can be found here.

Reference - WEFforum.org

Introducing 'DevX', Gujarat's Largest Startup Accelerator Coming Up In Ahmedabad

As PM Narendra Modi's ambitious plan 'Start-up India' is about to celebrate its two-year anniversary, this year in August, a new milestone in the start-up field is to be achieved in PM's home state Gujarat creating co-working spaces for tech startups to incubate and get nurtured.

An Ahmedabad-based end-to-end IT services provider, Dev Information Technology Ltd, has announced setting up a massive Accelerator Center for startups in Gujarat, making it a one-stop solution for entrepreneurs to conceive, develop, test and commercially rollout their ideas.

Called as DevX, the startup accelerator will be Gujarat's largest accelerator which will also have co-working space of about 15,000-18,000 square feet at single location with seating capacity for over 250 people.

DevX will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IOT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Financial technology areas.

The first phase of DevX will get ready by May 2018 with about 10,000 sqft area. The full commissioning will happen by December 2018.

An individual startup can hire upto 1-100 seats for a duration of one month to one year at DevX. The Common business center will also help them use the common utilities. The charges will start from Rs. 7,500 per month per seat which includes mentorship, assistance on Intellectual Property rights as well as using the common infrastructure besides the working space.

The above development was first reported in Business Line.

Jaimin Shah, Managing Director and CEO of Dev IT told the business daily, "India has already leap-frogged in the start-up space, while Gujarat is matching the footsteps. Currently, the challenges that we face is the angel investment, mentor-ship, quality of ideas and an accelerator space for tech startups."

Earlier this week, Ratan Tata, in his ₹900 million plan, has also announced that Tata Trusts will be setting up lab-style startup incubators across the country.

Additionally, in this month, Haryana state government has also announced the plan to set up an startup incubator called 'Global Start-up Village', which will be India's biggest startup hub and will be located in Gurugram in next couple of years.

Introducing 'DevX', Gujarat's Largest Startup Accelerator Coming Up In Ahmedabad

As PM Narendra Modi's ambitious plan 'Start-up India' is about to celebrate its two-year anniversary, this year in August, a new milestone in the start-up field is to be achieved in PM's home state Gujarat creating co-working spaces for tech startups to incubate and get nurtured.

An Ahmedabad-based end-to-end IT services provider, Dev Information Technology Ltd, has announced setting up a massive Accelerator Center for startups in Gujarat, making it a one-stop solution for entrepreneurs to conceive, develop, test and commercially rollout their ideas.

Called as DevX, the startup accelerator will be Gujarat's largest accelerator which will also have co-working space of about 15,000-18,000 square feet at single location with seating capacity for over 250 people.

DevX will focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IOT), Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) and Financial technology areas.

The first phase of DevX will get ready by May 2018 with about 10,000 sqft area. The full commissioning will happen by December 2018.

An individual startup can hire upto 1-100 seats for a duration of one month to one year at DevX. The Common business center will also help them use the common utilities. The charges will start from Rs. 7,500 per month per seat which includes mentorship, assistance on Intellectual Property rights as well as using the common infrastructure besides the working space.

The above development was first reported in Business Line.

Jaimin Shah, Managing Director and CEO of Dev IT told the business daily, "India has already leap-frogged in the start-up space, while Gujarat is matching the footsteps. Currently, the challenges that we face is the angel investment, mentor-ship, quality of ideas and an accelerator space for tech startups."

Earlier this week, Ratan Tata, in his ₹900 million plan, has also announced that Tata Trusts will be setting up lab-style startup incubators across the country.

Additionally, in this month, Haryana state government has also announced the plan to set up an startup incubator called 'Global Start-up Village', which will be India's biggest startup hub and will be located in Gurugram in next couple of years.