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Protecto Secures $4M Seed Funding Round to Empower Enterprises with Trusted AI

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

Protecto , a leading data privacy solution enabling safer AI, today announced the close of a $4 million seed funding round.

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Protecto , a leading data privacy solution enabling safer AI, today announced the close of a $4 million seed funding round.
Together Fund led the round with participation from Better Capital, FortyTwo VC, Arali Ventures and Speciale Invest.
The latest round brings the total raised to $5 million after Protecto raised initial angel investment capital from Google and Microsoft executives in 2021.
We share a similar vision with Protecto to safeguard data while unleashing the power of data to drive global progress.”
To learn more about Protecto, visit protecto.ai .

Virtualness Secures Additional Funding from Global Investor Base, and Leverages Generative AI and Blockchain to Launch Gratitude OnChain

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Thursday, September 21, 2023

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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform powered by generative AI and blockchain, announced today the launch of Gratitude OnChain. This program invites the community to express their gratitude on blockchain in a permanent, immutable way that lasts the test of time. As part of this program, top creators are coming together to create, gift, and sell their own digital goods using Virtualness' easy-to-use, end-to-end platform. The activation begins on World Gratitude Day, September 21, 2023, and will be live for 21 days through October 12. Virtualness' global push is amplified by recent funding by global technology investors, Shorooq Partners and Ankurit Capital, which pushes their total funding to eight figures.

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The activation begins on World Gratitude Day, September 21, 2023, and will be live for 21 days through October 12.
Virtualness' global push is amplified by recent funding by global technology investors, Shorooq Partners and Ankurit Capital, which pushes their total funding to eight figures.
Virtualness' platform embodies a remarkable stride towards making generative AI and blockchain accessible to a wide demographic of users.
"The Gratitude OnChain program represents what Virtualness is all about," Kelly Graziadei, Co-Founder & GP, f7 Ventures.

Impact Venture Capital Invests In $8m Seed Round for Web3 Startup Virtualness

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Venture Capital announced today its investment in Virtualness' oversubscribed $8M seed round. Virtualness is a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures and joined by Polygon Ventures, F7 Ventures, Micron Ventures, Better Capital, FalconX, Impact Venture Capital, Neythri Futures Fund, Oceans Ventures, Perot Jain, VC3 DAO, Carolyn Everson, Randi Zuckerberg, Nusier Yassin (Nas Daily), Nikki Farb, Stacy Brown-Philpot, and other thought-leaders.

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Impact Venture Capital announced today its investment in Virtualness' oversubscribed $8M seed round.
Virtualness is a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3.
"We are excited about our early investment alongside Micron and others into Virtualness," said Jack Crawford, Founding General Partner at Impact Venture Capital.
Impact Venture Capital is a Silicon Valley-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests alongside corporate venture groups and top-tier investors in early-stage technology startups with a focus on artificial intelligence applied to security, finance, digital health, and other fast-growing industry sectors.

Glip: Web3 game discovery & wallet app Glip hits 7M downloads, raises $2.5M

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Glip: Web3 game discovery & wallet app Glip hits 7M downloads, raises $2.5M

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Glip: Web3 game discovery & wallet app Glip hits 7M downloads, raises $2.5M
Web3 game discovery & wallet app Glip hits 7M downloads, raises $2.5M
India-based startup with global web3 game discovery & wallet app, Glip secured $2.5 million in a funding round led by Hashed Emergent with participation from Beenext and existing investor Prime Venture Partners with the goal of bringing millions of gamers to web3.
"At Hashed Emergent, we believe that the gaming industry will play a key role in onboarding the next billion users to Web3.
Web3 technology is designed to connect people worldwide through decentralization, and Glip's super app for Web3 gaming attests to that vision.
With an organically growing gaming community and partnerships with web3 games, Glip is poised to be a category leader.

Glip raises $3M pre-series A, onboards 1M gamers in 3 months

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Monday, April 11, 2022

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"Our focus is on making gamers earn on top of existing distribution platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook," said Parth Choudhary, Co-founder and CEO of Glip.

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"Our focus is on making gamers earn on top of existing distribution platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Facebook," said Parth Choudhary, Co-founder and CEO of Glip.
The capital from the current round has already helped Glip's monthly active users grow 400X to 2 million users in 3 months.
"We are setting the groundwork to onboard 10 million gamers by the end of the year," said Ishan Shrivastava, Co-founder of Glip.
With Twitch taking a 50% platform cut and YouTube Live taking 30%, alternate monetisation opportunities generate immense interest from creators.

Crypto investing platform Mudrex introduces industry’s first tool to automate recurring investments

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

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BENGALURU, India and SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global crypto asset management platform Mudrex today introduced the crypto industrys first Recurring Investments tool to automate and simplify investments in Mudrex Coin Sets.

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BENGALURU, India and SAN FRANCISCO, March 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global crypto asset management platform Mudrex today introduced the crypto industrys first Recurring Investments tool to automate and simplify investments in Mudrex Coin Sets.
Using Mudrex Recurring Investments, investors can now spread out their capital investment a form of dollar cost averaging that can reduce the total risk on their crypto investment.
Recurring Investments incur no extra fees, so users can continue investing in Coin Sets (with or without Recurring Investments) with zero fees and fixed amounts as low as $10.
Launched in 2018, Mudrex is a global platform that makes self-directed investing in crypto easy and accessible for all.

AI-Powered Digital Skills Assessment Start-up iMocha Raises $14 Million in Series A Funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

PUNE, India, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AI-powered digital skills assessment platform, iMocha , today announced a $14 million Series A investment round led by Eight Roads Ventures, with participation from existing investors Upekkha and Better Capital.

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PUNE, India, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AI-powered digital skills assessment platform, iMocha , today announced a $14 million Series A investment round led by Eight Roads Ventures, with participation from existing investors Upekkha and Better Capital.
At iMocha, we've built the broadest and deepest technology skills library in the world with measurable outcomes.
Leveraging powerful AI simulators, interviewing tools, and talent analytics, iMocha is the most comprehensive skills assessment platform serving fast growing global organizations.
iMocha is the world's largest AI-powered digital skills assessment platform that helps organizations build winning teams.

Sahicoin, a social platform for crypto users, raises $1.75 million in seed funding from Alameda Ventures (FTX), Better Capital, and other investors

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

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NEW YORK and MONTREAL, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Founded by IIT Kanpur-India alumni, Amit Nayak, Ankush Rajput, and Melbin Thomas, Sahicoin aims to empower the next billion crypto enthusiasts to make faster and better investing decisions. Sahicoin brings together crypto experts and new investors to share crypto updates, trends, knowledge, and intelligent signals.

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Sahicoin aims to empower the next billion crypto users to make faster and better investing decisions by providing simple and actionable information from a global community of trusted friends and experts.
Sahicoin brings together crypto experts and new investors to share crypto updates, trends, knowledge, and intelligent signals.
"Millions of users who start their Crypto & Web3 journey struggle to understand the underlying assets to make the correct investment decisions.
We are excited to partner with the Sahicoin team as they unlock their full vision", saidVaibhav Domkundwar, Better Capital.

M2P Fintech raises $56 Million led by Insight Partners

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

M2P Fintech,an API infrastructure company that enables businesses of any scale to embed financial products in their customer journeys, is the platform of choice for the burgeoning fintech ecosystem.

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M2P Fintech,an API infrastructure company that enables businesses of any scale to embed financial products in their customer journeys, is the platform of choice for the burgeoning fintech ecosystem.
Over 500 fintech companies dozens of Banks and other financial institutions leverage M2P's API infrastructure to embed financial products.
Madhusudanan R, Co-Founder and CEO of M2P Fintech, commented, "The consequence of COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift from in-person to digital consumption.
M2P Fintech, previously known as YAP, is an APIinfrastructurecompany that enables businesses of any scale toembedfinancial products in their customer journeys.

Cradlewise Secures $7M Funding to Help New Parents With Baby Sleep

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Tuesday, November 9, 2021

The self-learning crib spots the first signs of wakeup of the baby and starts rocking automatically along with soothing music to safeguard sleep.

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The self-learning crib spots the first signs of wakeup of the baby and starts rocking automatically along with soothing music to safeguard sleep.
Co-founders Radhika and Bharath Patil invented Cradlewise to solve the sleep challenges they faced when their first child was born.
Cradlewise is the only baby product in the market that uses deep tech and AI to learn the babys sleep patterns and growth trends.
Cradlewise is on a mission to help sleep deprived parents so that they can spend more quality wake time with babies.