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Exclusive: Mitron TV, TrainMan co-founders set to launch AI startup Callmatic

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Exclusive: Mitron TV, TrainMan co-founders set to launch AI startup Callmatic
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Shivank Agarwal, co-founder and former chief executive of short video app Mitron TV, and Mohd Amir, co-founder of online train ticket booking and information platform — TrainMan, have teamed up to launch a conversation AI startup Callmatic, sources told Entrackr. Agarwal and Amir’s new startup Callmatic is a conversational AI startup which automates management of inbound and outbound calls to provide lead qualification and scalable customer outreach. As per the company’s website, it offers solutions for recruitment, sales, healthcare and customer support leveraging generative AI technology. Before incorporating Callmatic, Amir was senior engineering manager at Microsoft while he was associated with TrainMan as co-founder between October 2013 and March 2019. Last year, Goodwater Capital-backed TrainMan was acquired by Adani Digital Labs. Callmatic has also roped in more than a dozen angel investors who put in $100,000 (Rs 83.8 lakh) in the company. Abhishek Agarwal, Nilesh Ukey, Sumit Gupta, Abhishek Jain, Karan Attri, Kush Mishra, Manasi Jain, Naresh Kumar, Naveen Bansal, Rahul Kumar Sahu, Vineet Chirania, Gaurav Nemade, Gunjan Sharma have invested the aforementioned sum in the Bengaluru-based startup, as per its data sourced from the RoC. It’s worth noting that Mitron TV was in talks with vernacular microblogging platform Koo for acquisition. Koo, which recently shut down its operations, also invested Rs 28.17 crore in Mitron TV through share swap deal. Entrackr exclusively reported this in June 2022. It appears that Mitron TV silently shut down its operations in mid-2022 after the failed deal with Koo. The app was one of the handful of companies which capitalized the void created after a ban of TikTok in India. Agarwal’s LinkedIn profile also reflects that he continued with the company until September 2022. Mitron TV’s other co-founder Anish Khandelwal rejoined MakeMyTrip in April 2022.

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Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round
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Sourjyendu Medda, co-founder of social commerce platform DealShare, has ventured into the sportstech space with his new startup, Sports For Life, which aims to invest in and support the sports ecosystem in India, focusing on providing athletes with the necessary resources to excel. While Sports For Life has yet to announce its official launch, the Bengaluru-based startup has raised seed funding from individual investors and early-stage venture capital firm Roots Ventures. The board of Sports For Life’s parent company, Jambavan Academy, has passed a special resolution to issue 3,000 Seed CCPS to raise Rs 9.5 crore, according to its regulatory filings accessed by Entrackr. Roots Ventures invested Rs 5 crore, while ML Tondon and Sons HUF and Blume Ventures pumped in Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore, respectively. The rest of the amount was poured in by Kunal Shah’s QED Innovation and Himanshu Arora. According to TheKredible, the company is valued at Rs 36.65 crore ($4.3 million) following this seed round. Following the fresh funding, Roots Ventures has become the largest external stakeholder with a 12.08% stake, followed by ML Tandon HUF and Blume Ventures. Co-founders Sourjyendu Medda and Armaan Tandon collectively hold 66.83% of the company. See TheKredible for the detailed shareholding pattern. According to the firm’s website, Sports For Life is investing in sports academies across India, with the goal of creating a sports ecosystem that elevates the overall standard of sports in the country. Medda, who was one of the co-founders and a board member of DealShare before leaving in January, has also roped in Armaan Tandon, a former data and operations analyst at Cartesian, as a co-founder of Sports For Life. In 2024, several prominent startup founders have launched new ventures, many of which have already secured initial funding. Notable launches include ZeroPe by BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, OppDoor by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, Unikon by Bella Vita founder Aakash Anand, Gabit by Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta, Callmatic by Mitron TV co-founder Shivank Agarwal, and Lyskraft and Nurix AI by Cult.fit co-founder Mukesh Bansal.

Google’s AI Futures Fund backs Mukund Jha’s Emergent

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Google’s AI Futures Fund backs Mukund Jha’s Emergent
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Snippets Google’s AI Futures Fund backs Mukund Jha’s Emergent AI-led software creation startup Emergent has raised a strategic investment from Google AI Futures Fund. The funding is part of Google’s AI Futures Fund, launched in May 2025 to support early-stage AI companies with capital. The development comes soon after Emergent’s $23 million in Series A funding led by Lightspeed, with participation from Together Fund and others. The new funding will be used to speed up hiring, product development, and global expansion, Emergent said in a press release. It also plans to use Google’s AI infrastructure and models to improve agent performance, product reliability, and platform scale as demand grows across global markets. Emergent said that it is expanding its presence among freelancers, startups, and side-hustle founders who need fast software deployment without engineering teams. Founded in 2025 by Mukund Jha (former co-founder of Dunzo) and his brother Madhav Jha, Emergent allows users to convert ideas into production-grade applications using autonomous AI agents, removing the need for developers or technical co-founders. The platform targets entrepreneurs, small businesses, creators, and solo founders who want to build software without coding skills. The startup claims it has crossed 2.5 million users globally within five months of launch and has surpassed a $25 million annual recurring revenue (ARR) run rate.

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