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Deepinder Goyal, Nithin Kamath invests $4 mn in Sparkl Edventure
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6m ago
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Aakash Institute founder Aakash Chaudhry's new venture Sparkl Edventure has reportedly raised $4 million in seed fundraise from Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath's Rainmatter Foundation and Zomato Founder Deepinder Goyal. The equity round was raised just months after Sparkl Edventure launched its platform in October. The company plans to close the round in January 2025.
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Sparkl Edventure bags $4 mn from Zomato, Zerodha founders
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6m ago
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Edtech entrepreneur Aakash Chaudhry's Sparkl Edventure has raised $4 million in seed fundraise from Nithin Kamath's Rainmatter Foundation and Zomato's Deepinder Goyal. The equity round was raised just months after Sparkl Edventure launched its platform in October, which offers one-on-one online tutoring classes to students from classes 6 to 12.
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Zomato and Zerodha founders back Aakash Chaudhryโs edtech comeback
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6m ago
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Aakash Chaudhry, the successful education entrepreneur, has secured backing from Deepinder Goyal and Nithin Kamath for his new venture, Sparkl Edventure. The $4 million seed round is expected to attract more investors and will be used to accelerate the rollout of Sparkl, which aims to provide personalized online tutoring for grades 6 to 12. The platform offers classes across various subjects, targeting students following International Baccalaureate and Cambridge curricula. Additionally, Sparkl plans to address mental health and overall growth by integrating monthly interactions with well-being coaches.
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Family offices of Nikhil Kamath, Zomatoโs Goyal, IIFL to invest in Bluestone
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1y ago
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Zerodha cofounder Nikhil Kamath is investing Rs 100 crore in Bluestone, a jewelry retailer, alongside other notable investors such as Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal and CarDekho CEO Amit Jain. The funding round also includes participation from financial service firm IIFL. Bluestone founder and CEO Gaurav Singh Kushwaha confirmed the investment.
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Our only 'we're dead' moment was when Swiggy raised $1 bn & we had $35 mn: Zomato CEO
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9m ago
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Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal opened up about the lowest moment for the company during an interview at ET Startup Awards 2024. "The only one moment (we felt) like 'oh shit, we're dead' was when Swiggy raised $1 billion and we had $35 million in bank," he said. Deepinder was referring to Swiggy's Series H fundraise in 2018 led by Naspers.
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Zerodhaโs Rainmatter invests Rs 275 crore in 2024 with major focus on climate, health
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6m ago
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Zerodha's Rainmatter invested Rs 275 crore in 47 startups last year, focusing primarily on climate and health sectors. While traditionally leading in fintech investments, the firm supported 15 climate and 16 health startups in 2024, signifying a shift towards these emerging trends. Co-founder Nithin Kamath emphasized climate and health as future megatrends, aiming to support initiatives enhancing Indian health and planetary livability. Since 2016, Rainmatter has invested approximately Rs 700 crore in over 100 startups.
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Zomato's Deepinder Goyal reveals why he had to fire company's top ranks post-IPO
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9m ago
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1. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal undertook a major organizational reboot after the company's IPO in 2021. 2. Goyal identified a complacency issue among some executives and took decisive action to address it. 3. The reboot involved clearing out executives to ensure a more dynamic and proactive leadership team. 4. Improving the company's performance and maintaining a competitive edge were key motivations for the organizational changes. 5. Goyal's actions aimed to create a more focused and agile organization post-IPO.
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BlueStone to get โน550cr funding, Kamath to infuse โน100cr: Report
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1y ago
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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath plans to invest Rs 100 crore into omnichannel jewellery retailer Bluestone as part of a funding round. Other notable participants in the funding round include Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal and CEO Amit Jain. Bluestone is in the final stages of securing a funding round of around Rs 550 crore ($65 million), which would value the company at approximately Rs 3,600 crore ($440 million). The investment will be used to expand the omnichannel presence and invest in technology.
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Gaming, e-sports to grow much bigger in 10 years: Nikhil Kamath
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1y ago
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Zerodha Co-founder Nikhil Kamath said the gaming and e-sports industry will grow much bigger in the next 10 years. "[It] will grow at a pace faster than the old-school content," Kamath stated. His remarks come as gaming company Nazara Technologies announced it'd issue shares worth โน100 crore to Zerodha's founders Nikhil and Nithin Kamath.
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Extremely sorry: Zerodha CEO on consecutive tech issues
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1y ago
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Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath said he is "extremely sorry" for the two consecutive technological issues in the last two months. "The issues...were triggered due to edge cases with our external dependencies," Kamath said, adding that it affected 5-20% of its active customers. On Monday, users faced issues logging into Zerodha's trading platform Kite's website.
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Death of currency derivative trading by retail traders: Kamath on RBI order
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1y ago
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Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath has commented on RBI's directive requiring traders to have exposure to the underlying currency to trade in currency derivatives on the stock exchange. "This means the death of currency derivative trading on stock exchanges by retail traders," Kamath said. "Regulatory risk is by far the biggest risk for stock brokers," he added.
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