Startup Funding Alert: Artha Venture Fund Announces New Investment Of Rs 3.50 Crore In Piggy Ride

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Artha Venture Fund (AVF), India's first early-stage micro-VC fund, has invested Rs 3.50 crore in a Pre-Series A funding round in PiggyRide, an easy to use hassle-free service for the parents of kids between 2-18 years of age. PiggyRide, co-founded by Manish Tewari and Rohan Kaushal in 2019, leverages technology and AI/ML tool to provide mobility solutions for schools and children. It offers tuition fee financing, which allows parents to pay school fees through easy EMIs. They are also building a discovery platform for kids, developing after school activities and hobbies.

Apart from PiggyRide’s 16-point certification process, there are varied safety features in all the vehicles such as GPS trackers, cameras to provide live video surveillance to parents, panic buttons, and car immobilizers to alert the PiggyRide team, and much more. Each driver is assigned a "PiggyRide Score", which serves as a performance benchmark, and a deduction of 50 points on each policy violation. A driver is removed from the platform if the score falls below 600.

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Artha Venture Fund Announces New Investment Of Rs 3.50 Crore In Piggy Ride

Artha Venture Fund (AVF), India's first early-stage micro-VC fund, has invested Rs 3.50 crore in a Pre-Series A funding round in Piggy Ride, an easy to use hassle-free service for the parents of kids between 2-18 years of age. Piggy Ride leverages technology and AI/ML tool to provide mobility solutions for schools and children.

Startup Funding Alert: Flinto Raises 7.2 Million In Pre Series B Funding

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Flinto Learning Solutions, the market leader in Early Childhood Education in India, has raised $7.2 million in Pre-Series B funding, led by Lightbox Ventures. Flinto will be using this fresh flow of capital to support its rapid growth in the early learning space and to expand its newly-launched preschool solution during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Flintoclass@HOME.

This preschool model is set to become a game-changer amid the turbulent COVID-19 environment as it delivers hybrid preschool education to the doorstep, allowing children to learn from the safety of their homes. Founded in September 2013 by 3 fathers - Arunprasad Durairaj, Vijay Babu Gandhi and Shreenidhi Srirangam, Flinto is built on a mission to change the way children across the world learn and play.

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Flinto Raises 7.2 Million In Pre Series B Funding

Flinto will be using this fresh flow of capital to support its rapid growth in the early learning space and to expand its newly-launched preschool solution during the COVID-19 pandemic -- Flintoclass@HOME. Flinto Learning Solutions, the market leader in Early Childhood Education in India, has raised $7.2 million in Pre-Series B funding, led by Lightbox Ventures.

Startup News: How this serial entrepreneur started up during COVID-19 lockdown and raised funding too

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As I said earlier, most of the edtech startups looking at teachers or trainers as a commodity. But, only a few startups like BitClass are giving value to teachers and their teaching proficiency.

Bengaluru-based BitClass, co-founded by Gunjan Kejriwal and Utsav Tiwary enables independent teachers and coaches to schedule and conduct live classes in less than five minutes. Started in April this year, the platform has already delivered 35,000 minutes of live classes.

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How this serial entrepreneur started up during COVID-19 lockdown and raised funding too

Bengaluru-based BitClass enables independent teachers and coaches to schedule and conduct live classes in less than five minutes. Started in April this year, the platform has already delivered 35,000 minutes of live classes.

Startup News: Edtech startup Bada Business aims to train 10M entrepreneurs in 6 months

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Education technology startup Bada Business on Friday said it aims to train 10 million entrepreneurs over the next six months as part of its 'India Revival Mission' for micro, small, and medium enterprises.

Addressing a virtual press conference, Bada Business founder and CEO Vivek Bindra also said it plans to double its presence to 150 offices in the country by the year-end, from 75 offices at present.

The 'India Revival Mission' offers hand-holding solutions to MSMEs and skill training for digital transformation to lakhs of such businesses.

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Edtech startup Bada Business aims to train 10M entrepreneurs in 6 months

Education technology startup Bada Business on Friday said it aims to train 10 million entrepreneurs over the next six months as part of its 'India Revival Mission' for micro, small, and medium enterprises. Addressing a virtual press conference, Bada Business founder and CEO Vivek Bindra also said it plans to double its presence to 150 offices in the country by the year-end, from 75 offices at present.