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Private label, public impact: Startup Mamame outsources consumer education to retailers
While many brands view private label as a copy-cat competitor that steals market share and squeezes category margins by playing…
Fintech startup Sequence raises $7.5M to automate consumer and SMB finances | CTech
In a financial world defined by fragmentation, fintech startup Sequence wants to become the master switch. The company, founded just…
Flexbase Acquires Maza Financial for $40M, Expands Consumer Arm – FinTech Weekly
Flexbase Technologies acquires fintech startup Maza Financial for $40 million, rebranding it as Flex Consumer to expand its solopreneur offerings.…
CEO of Jeff Bezos-backed EV startup explains how it’ll make the affordable $25,000 pickup no one else can
With the average cost of a new car edging toward the $50,000 mark, affordable, basic transportation is becoming increasingly difficult…
Melbourne-based edtech startup Vivi raises $20M to accelerate overseas expansion in race to reach 1M classrooms | TechCrunch
Australian edtech startup Vivi has raised $20 million from education investor Quad Partners, funds that it intends to use to…
Kenyan edtech startup Craydel raises $1 million to grow its higher education platform | TechCrunch
Kenyan edtech startup Craydel, a platform for comparing colleges, course options and tuition fees, has secured $1 million in a…
Pakistan edtech startup Maqsad gets $2.1M pre-seed to make education more accessible | TechCrunch
Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in…
Edtech startup bina raises $1.4M to teach 4- to 12-year-olds, launch School-as-a-Service | TechCrunch
With the pandemic wreaking havoc amongst early years education amid school lockdowns, it’s no wonder edtech startups have piled into…
Actor Ayushmann Khurrana invests in lifestyle firm The Man Company
Ayushmann Khurrana | Credit: Reuters Helios Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd, a startup that sells grooming products under the brand The Man…
Virtual science lab startup Labster bags $10M to accelerate its ed tech play | TechCrunch
Ed tech startup Labster whose software platform enables virtual simulations of laboratories for teaching life science to students, has closed a…
Ed-tech startup BYJU raises $75M from Sequoia India and Sofina | TechCrunch
BYJU, an educational app for Indian schoolkids, plans to create new learning formats and products after raising $75 million from…