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SafeHouse Tech has launched their flagship mobile security product BodyGuard on major digital platforms today. BodyGuard 4.0 is the result of a breakthrough in SafeHouse’s R&D Lab in Israel and it comes with major performance upgrades. This new version comes with enhanced AI-based security capabilities, uses a higher level of encryption & hence bolsters the privacy, and makes BodyGuard the world’s fastest VPN. India’s rapidly evolving digital landscape has accelerated at an even faster rate this last quarter making smartphone use a necessity now more than ever, and still they are being left vulnerable to hackers. Most smartphone users do not know the cyber threats their devices, data, and lives are prone to. SafeHouse Tech has launched BodyGuard 4.0 that enables anybody to secure his or her device and digital identity in one click. Aditya Narang, Co-founder & Managing Director, SafeHouse Technologies BodyGuard can be downloaded from the Apple AppStore and Google Play. The p

Board Infinity, an edtech start-up announced that the company has clocked a revenue growth of 400% in FY 2020 over FY 2019. Lockdown months (April, May) have recorded highest growth in terms of monthly revenue where it grew around 30% over March numbers. The edtech start-up witnessed a significant s urge in traffic of 350% with the announcement of campaign – Learn Safe Online. Since then, it has grown exponentially thus clocking 650% growth in paid learner base compared to start of lockdown. Sumesh Nair & Abhay Gupta; Co-founder Board Infinity During lockdown, the platform has been able to garner 80%+ attendance rates for its live learning programs aimed at skilling and employability. Board Infinity is also known for the largest number of industry experts available in India to solve employability related needs for job seekers in the 0-5 years of work experience range. It solves these career needs with industry experts from IIT, IIMs & other reputed educational institutions wor

There is no doubt that the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) are today the precursors of India’s economic growth. They are major contributors to the tax base of India. The government has run several developmental avenues for the empowerment and expansion of the MSME sector. It is beyond any doubt that the key for Startup founders to access all such avenues is to obtain the Udyog Aadhaar MSME Registration in India.   “ I see merit in Startups especially early stage and growth stage to avail the benefit of MSME registration. We welcome and support the Government’s initiative to make liquidity available to all businesses and this will help the economy to bounce back sooner, ” said Atul Nishar, President, TiE Mumbai .       Sanjay Mehta, Founder & Partner 100X.VC and Board Member, TiE Mumbai “ With the Atmanirbhar package, MSME registration for startups is a necessity as there are good benefits which early stage companies can avail of besides the loan package which

There is no doubt that the MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) are today the precursors of India’s economic growth. They are major contributors to the tax base of India. The government has run several developmental avenues for the empowerment and expansion of the MSME sector. It is beyond any doubt that the key for Startup founders to access all such avenues is to obtain the Udyog Aadhaar MSME Registration in India. “I see merit in Startups especially early stage and growth stage to avail the benefit of MSME registration. We welcome and support the Government’s initiative to make liquidity available to all businesses and this will help the economy to bounce back sooner,” said Atul Nishar, President, TiE Mumbai. Sanjay Mehta, Founder & Partner 100X.VC and Board Member, TiE Mumbai “With the Atmanirbhar package, MSME registration for startups is a necessity as there are good benefits which early stage companies can avail of besides the loan package which is still getting rolle

Following the success of StartupManthan and StartupMilaap, RaiseMyStartup came up with their very first online Live startup pitching competition (PITCH8) to help founders raise money during this pandemic.   PITCH8 is an online fundraising event, that was held on 9th May 2020.   This initiative designed only for B2B SaaS Startups where they got a chance to pitch their innovative ideas/startup to Investors virtually across India.   PITCH8 – Online Pitching Competition   More than 60 startups have applied for the PITCH8. All the applications were evaluated by the investors panel. Out of 60, only 10 curated B2B SaaS-based startups got chance to pitch and woo the investors with their innovative ideas.    There was 8 investment funds who participated included Bhavish Sood, Modular Capital ; Saurabh Lahoti, Pentathlon Ventures ; Rohit Goyal, Windrose Capital ; Charles Owen, EV2 Ventures ; Akshay Kothari, Fluid Ventures ; Neeraj Tyagi, Venture Catalysts ; Vineet Khurana, Chandi

Following the success of StartupManthan and StartupMilaap, RaiseMyStartup came up with their very first online Live startup pitching competition (PITCH8) to help founders raise money during this pandemic. PITCH8 is an online fundraising event, that was held on 9th May 2020. This initiative designed only for B2B SaaS Startups where they got a chance to pitch their innovative ideas/startup to Investors virtually across India. PITCH8 – Online Pitching Competition More than 60 startups have applied for the PITCH8. All the applications were evaluated by the investors panel. Out of 60, only 10 curated B2B SaaS-based startups got chance to pitch and woo the investors with their innovative ideas. There was 8 investment funds who participated included Bhavish Sood, Modular Capital; Saurabh Lahoti, Pentathlon Ventures; Rohit Goyal, Windrose Capital; Charles Owen, EV2 Ventures; Akshay Kothari, Fluid Ventures; Neeraj Tyagi, Venture Catalysts; Vineet Khurana, Chandigarh Angel Network; Sandro Stephe

In an attempt to ensure that there is no hiatus in student education during the ongoing lockdown, Govt of India’s All India Council of Technical Education – NEAT announced partnership with Chennai based Edtech startup Skill-Lync . The global startup Skill-Lync is first-of-its-kind engineering technical education platform that provides job leading courses for Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering students in India and across the world.   During COVID19 outbreak, under this partnership, Skill-Lync has opened up its Rs. 50,000. worth Mechanical Engineers Essentials program  to students from AICTE. Interestingly, they’ve had over 15000 subscribers to their free online coursework  in the last two weeks itself and the number is growing by the day.   Given the extended at-home learning requirements that the industry is catering to, this partnership is aimed at accelerating the online learning process for mechanical, electrical & civil engineering students. Until now most co

In an attempt to ensure that there is no hiatus in student education during the ongoing lockdown, Govt of India’s All India Council of Technical Education – NEAT announced partnership with Chennai based Edtech startup Skill-Lync. The global startup Skill-Lync is first-of-its-kind engineering technical education platform that provides job leading courses for Mechanical, Electrical and Civil Engineering students in India and across the world. During COVID19 outbreak, under this partnership, Skill-Lync has opened up its Rs. 50,000. worth Mechanical Engineers Essentials program to students from AICTE. Interestingly, they’ve had over 15000 subscribers to their free online coursework in the last two weeks itself and the number is growing by the day. Given the extended at-home learning requirements that the industry is catering to, this partnership is aimed at accelerating the online learning process for mechanical, electrical & civil engineering students. Until now most computer science

TiE Mumbai has recently organized a series of webinars enabling Startups to remotely connect with mentors and experts. From aiding innovators with answers to their ecosystem-related queries, to addressing concerns regarding the accessibility of funds, attracting the right investor, or devising an effective business plan to overcome all odds, these webinars are helping Startups and Founders thrive through during this unprecedented pandemic.   Atul Nishar- President, TiE Mumbai   “ Entrepreneurs and Startups will hugely benefit from the experience and expertise of the mentors comprising of top industry stakeholders. Surviving this crisis is extremely crucial and with the help of these webinars and online sessions TiE Mumbai is helping Startups navigate through the situation, ” said Atul Nishar, President, TiE Mumbai .   Some of the webinars organized by TiE Mumbai were – An outlook of India and the world post COVID-19 with Mohandas Pai – Eminent Industry veteran and investor

TiE Mumbai has recently organized a series of webinars enabling Startups to remotely connect with mentors and experts. From aiding innovators with answers to their ecosystem-related queries, to addressing concerns regarding the accessibility of funds, attracting the right investor, or devising an effective business plan to overcome all odds, these webinars are helping Startups and Founders thrive through during this unprecedented pandemic. Atul Nishar- President, TiE Mumbai “Entrepreneurs and Startups will hugely benefit from the experience and expertise of the mentors comprising of top industry stakeholders. Surviving this crisis is extremely crucial and with the help of these webinars and online sessions TiE Mumbai is helping Startups navigate through the situation,” said Atul Nishar, President, TiE Mumbai. Some of the webinars organized by TiE Mumbai were – An outlook of India and the world post COVID-19 with Mohandas Pai – Eminent Industry veteran and investor, Mohandas Pai shared

On April 30 th , Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas announced the successful conclusion of Cohort I of Prarambh, India’s first LegalTech incubator. Started in October 2019, and housed in the Firm’s Delhi office, Prarambh had mentored 3 LegalTech startups namely JRTC Intern , Leegality , and LegalMind for developing meaningful LegalTech solutions that have already started finding widespread acceptance amongst legal professionals.   Talking about first term’s success, Mr. Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “ In keeping with our spirit of being Ahead of the Curve, we set up Prarambh in line with our passion for innovation, as also to help equip the Indian legal professionals with technology solutions that meet India’s unique requirements. The keen interest in LegalTech solutions developed at Prarambh is really heartening and speaks volumes about the potential impact Prarambh is set to make on the Indian legal sector. I really wish to congratulate all our Par

On April 30th, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas announced the successful conclusion of Cohort I of Prarambh, India’s first LegalTech incubator. Started in October 2019, and housed in the Firm’s Delhi office, Prarambh had mentored 3 LegalTech startups namely JRTC Intern, Leegality, and LegalMind for developing meaningful LegalTech solutions that have already started finding widespread acceptance amongst legal professionals. Talking about first term’s success, Mr. Cyril Shroff, Managing Partner, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas said, “In keeping with our spirit of being Ahead of the Curve, we set up Prarambh in line with our passion for innovation, as also to help equip the Indian legal professionals with technology solutions that meet India’s unique requirements. The keen interest in LegalTech solutions developed at Prarambh is really heartening and speaks volumes about the potential impact Prarambh is set to make on the Indian legal sector. I really wish to congratulate all our Partners and teams in

Cross-industry Coalition Advances Digital Trust Standards Governments, nonprofits and private sectors across finance, health care, enterprise software, and more team up with Linux Foundation to enhance universal security and privacy protocols for consumers and businesses in the digital era   Dhiway , India’s first Verifiable Data Exchange Platform joined the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation as a Founding Steering Committee member, to help enable trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two parties on the Internet. The ToIP Foundation is hosted at the Linux Foundation with the goal of creating a robust common standard that gives people and businesses the confidence that data is coming from a trusted source, allowing them to connect, interact and innovate at a speed and scale not possible today.     Dhiway is a startup out of Bengaluru, India. Founded by technologists with extensive experience in building open source projects which scale, Dhiway is committed to wo

Start-up India along with the Department of Animal Husbandry announced the Animal Husbandry Start-up Grand challenge on Sep 2019. The challenge, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Mathura  on 11th Sep last year,  saw India’s most promising dairy start-ups participating in the challenge. A total of 157 entries were received and were scrutinized by Start-up India experts, AH Department experts and shortlisted finalists then presented to a jury of Senior Officials.   Co-founder Aashna Singh, Founder Param Singh – MoooFarm   The winners were congratulated by the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy, Shri Giriraj Singh through a Video Conferencing Ceremony on Friday, May 8 th 2020 evening.   MoS (Fisheries & AHD) Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and Secretary (AHD) Shri Atul Chaturvedi were also present on the occasion.   The Challenge categorized the animal husbandry ecosystem issues into 6 categories. MoooFarm, an innovative agri-tech start-u

Start-up India along with the Department of Animal Husbandry announced the Animal Husbandry Start-up Grand challenge on Sep 2019. The challenge, launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in Mathura on 11th Sep last year, saw India’s most promising dairy start-ups participating in the challenge. A total of 157 entries were received and were scrutinized by Start-up India experts, AH Department experts and shortlisted finalists then presented to a jury of Senior Officials. Co-founder Aashna Singh, Founder Param Singh – MoooFarm The winners were congratulated by the Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairy, Shri Giriraj Singh through a Video Conferencing Ceremony on Friday, May 8th 2020 evening. MoS (Fisheries & AHD) Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan and Secretary (AHD) Shri Atul Chaturvedi were also present on the occasion. The Challenge categorized the animal husbandry ecosystem issues into 6 categories. MoooFarm, an innovative agri-tech start-up bagged 1st prize for sol

Cross-industry Coalition Advances Digital Trust Standards Governments, nonprofits and private sectors across finance, health care, enterprise software, and more team up with Linux Foundation to enhance universal security and privacy protocols for consumers and businesses in the digital era Dhiway, India’s first Verifiable Data Exchange Platform joined the Trust over IP (ToIP) Foundation as a Founding Steering Committee member, to help enable trustworthy exchange and verification of data between any two parties on the Internet. The ToIP Foundation is hosted at the Linux Foundation with the goal of creating a robust common standard that gives people and businesses the confidence that data is coming from a trusted source, allowing them to connect, interact and innovate at a speed and scale not possible today. Dhiway is a startup out of Bengaluru, India. Founded by technologists with extensive experience in building open source projects which scale, Dhiway is committed to working with open