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Tony Lloyd With over 40yrs of rich finance experience, Tony is associated with Venture Garage as Venture Partner Have over 40 years of global finance experience having worked in various senior finance and commercial roles in UK, US, Mexico and India. Since 2018 he has …
Founded by Delhi based Kush Aggarwal & Samarth Bhalwar, both of whom have been managing a healthcare institutes for the last 3+ years, Voiceoc has raised an angel round from United States based accelerator Expert Dojo & prolific angel Kishore Ganji from Astir Ventures. Voiceoc …
Edugorilla, an edtech firm based in Lucknow, has raised INR 16.5 crore in an angel round by VG-Angels(the angel network of Venture Garage), SucSEED Indovation Fund (which led the round), Lead Angels Fund, Mumbai Angels, TiE India, ah! Ventures, WeFounderCircle, and others. Ambrish Jain (ex-CEO of Vodafone), Vivek Chachra (Director Sales of Harvard Business Publishing), Vineet Singh (Director-Infant Nutrition at Nestle), and Rohit Sathe (VP Philips) were among the notable angels that took part in the current round. Many previous investors, including SucSEED Angels Network (SAN), TiE, and VG Angels, have returned in the current round.
EduGorilla will use the funds to expand its content into nine regional languages by April 2023, refine its AI and ML-based platform to enhance student success rates from 14X to 25X, grow coaching partners from 3,000 to 15,000, and publish 200 more video courses in diverse languages.
Edugorilla is a provider of online mock tests, mock interviews, live classes (in progress) and remedial services (launching soon) with an emphasis on State Competitive Exams in vernacular languages. It services a demand in a market that is highly unorganized and unpredictable via a comprehensive app and website. The company boasts of 14X higher success rates in job selection for students than competition.
“With this funding, we are expanding our content to 9 vernacular languages making it even easier for students who struggle with proficiency in English. We will be expanding to Bangladesh, Vietnam and Sri Lanka to replicate our results and give 14x higher chances of success to students.”
said, Rohit Manglik, Founder & CEO, Edugorilla
“We have been working with the founders for over 3 years now. The founders and the company have come a long way in the journey and enabled over 1 Lakh students to get selected for government jobs. Edugorilla is well positioned to disrupt the state level exam prep market.”
said, Vineet Sagar, Managing Partner, Venture Garage
Recently, at the Invest in UP GBC 3.0, the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Yogi Adityanath, praised EduGorilla for its work.
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Nazara Technologies, through its subsidiary Nodwin Gaming, has acquired 35 percent stake in Brandscale Innovations(Wings Lifestyle) for around Rs 10 crore. Wings Lifestyle is one of the portfolio companies of Venture Garage. By this investment Nodwin wants to expand and strengthen its retail presence while also speeding up its …
We are a global decentralised content network that enables publishers to intertwine audio visual experience at the point of consumption. We are headquartered in Singapore. Sector: CONTENT / MEDIA Our content as a service solution enables publishers to distribute and recommend premium content, based on …
We offer Personalized fashion for global women using a phygital approach.
The platform replaces boutique hopping & tailor follow-ups by offering a professional experience with guaranteed delivery timelines, responsive customer care and a disciplined order delivery.
Sector: CONSUMER TECH
We are a D2C “Online Tailoring Solutions App” for Personalized fashion operating in 3 formats: Fashion Fulfilment centers, Exclusive Branded Outlets and Multi-Brand SiS Outlets..
COMPETITION:
Regular single person tailor shops, Organized Outlets/Boutiques, Niche Boutiques, eShakti.com, Darzi on Call, Binks, eSilai, Tailor Junction.
TEAM:
FOUNDER: Software Engineer with 19+ years across companies such as Wipro, DELL, Quest Software and Quantum. MS in Computer Software Engineering from BITS Pilani. Executive MBA from IIM Calcutta.
CO-FOUNDER: Software Engineer and a seasoned entrepreneur with 19+ years across Wipro, Reliance, Aliens and COSYN: MS in Software Engineering from BITS Pilani. Executive MBA from IIM Calcutta.
CO-FOUNDER: An expert fashion marketeer and retail / e-comm entrepreneur with 18+ years. Earlier headed e-comm sales and marketing for fashion brands such as Jockey, Pantaloons, Spencer’s and was also with Reliance Entertainment.
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Edutinker is at the intersection of edtech in India and buy-now-pay-later in the world. We are headquartered in Singapore with an Indian subsidiary. Sector: SOFTWARE / EDTECH Edutinker’s LMS offers the schools necessary infrastructure to digitise their business. The data generated from the LMS supports …
Prov-V is a healthy snacking brand brings the finest dry fruit
snacks from around the world.
‘Pro’ in the name stands for Proteins in every bite + ‘V’ stands for loaded with multi vitamins + ‘leaf’ stands for Vegan, Natural & Healthy.
Sector: CONSUMER BRAND
We want India to consume dry fruits and have various ranges of products for various consumer segments and trade channels:
o ProV Select: Value for money packs for Pantry storage & consumption
o ProV Premium: Snaking products for daily consumption
o ProV Regal: Luxury products in premium packs for gifting
o ProV Snacks: Economical pouches for daily consumption
o ProV Minis: Pick & go, small snacking products for on-the-go consumption.
OPPORTUNITY:
Two significant trends in the Indian market are fueling a CARG of 30%, the branded market is estimated to be 17 K CR (~US$ 2.5 Bn).
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE:
-> Strong Global Sourcing Channels
-> Best Pricing
-> A very strong GT presence
-> Deep domain experience
TEAM:
CEO: 15+ years in industry. Pivotal role in moving balance sheet of Edelweiss from 100 Cr to 12000 Cr. Chartered Accountant.
CMO: Developing various inter & intra-company marketing and messaging campaigns.15+ years in industry. Deployed core MIS systems handling transactions of 25,000 cr peak. Mumbai University – BMS.
CBO: Exploring new avenues for trading. 15+ years in industry. Responsible for management and growth of $20M proprietary fund, focusing on Commodities at Edelweiss.
CBO: Assessing and proposing new strategic options. 15+ years in industry. Managed a proprietary fund of over 200 Cr at Edelweiss. CFA and MBA.
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New Delhi, 11 March 2022: Founded by Delhi based Kush Aggarwal & Samarth Bhalwar, both of whom have been managing a healthcare institutes for the last 3+ years, Voiceoc has raised an angel round from United States based accelerator Expert Dojo & prolific angel Kishore …
