Plastic recycling startup, Banyan Nation, 1st Indian firm to win Circular Economy Award at WEF

Hyderabad-based plastic recycling startup, Banyan Nation, won the Dell People’s Choice Award for Circular Economy Entrepreneur at the Circular Economy Awards held earlier this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. It is the first Indian firm to be shortlisted for and win a Circular Economy Award. The startup won the laurels for […]

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Detroit-based furniture startup, Floyd, raises $5.6 million

Floyd, a furniture making startup hoping to improve the entire experience surrounding the purchase of new furniture, has raised its Series A funding round. Founded in 2013 by Kyle Hoff and Alex O’Dell, Lloyd has a presence in 50 countries, according to the company’s website. “It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, the […]

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TiE announces launch of Nizamabad Chapter

The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) announced plans to launch a chapter in Telengana’s Nizamabad district in order to boost entrepreneurship in the region. In addition to this, the organization plans to have a corpus of Rs. 20 lakh for building and nurturing the startup ecosystem. The Nizamabad chapter will foster startups in areas like agri-tech and […]

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Axio Biosolutions raises $7.4 million in Series B funding

Medtech startup, Axio Biosolutions announced that it has raised $7.4 million (approximately Rs 47 crore) in a Series B funding round led by Ratan Tata’s RNT Capital. The round also saw participation from existing investors Accel Partners and IDG Ventures India. In addition to this, the round also gave an exit to the startup’s first […]

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Construction technology startup, Katerra, raises new funding round led by SoftBank

A California-based construction startup, Katerra, which simplifies the construction process for a variety of projects, has raised $856 million in its latest round. The company works to simplify the experience by giving users one place to find answers to their needs in the different aspects of a construction project including architectural design, construction, obtaining of […]

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