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Some wealthy people lost millions in the FTX collapse. But others say they've lost their entire life savings.

Business InsiderBusiness Insider · 1y ago
Some wealthy people lost millions in the FTX collapse. But others say they've lost their entire life savings.
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The FTX collapse in 2022 affected not only wealthy investors like Tom Brady, who reportedly lost $30 million, but also thousands of regular people who lost their life savings. Prosecutors in the case have described FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried as having victimized tens of thousands of individuals and companies across multiple continents. Many of these victims have shared their stories of financial devastation, highlighting the significant impact on their lives and families. FTX's bankruptcy filings indicate a $9.5 billion shortfall owed to approximately one million creditors, but lawyers have stated that customers and creditors can expect full restitution.

EMO Energy raises $6.2 Mn in Series A round

EntrackrEntrackr · 6m ago
EMO Energy raises $6.2 Mn in Series A round
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Snippets EMO Energy raises $6.2 Mn in Series A round Energy-tech startup EMO Energy has raised $6.2 million in its Series A funding round, led by Subhkam Ventures along with participation from the existing investor, Transition VC. The Bengaluru-based company had previously raised $1.43 million from Sat Industries and others. The proceeds will be utilized to scale its 2 and 3 wheeler energy solution to over 1 lakh vehicles over the next two years, strengthen its R&D capabilities, and expand the team to meet growing operational demands, EMO Energy said in a press release. Co-founded in 2022 by Sheetanshu Tyagi and Rahul Patel, EMO Energy is a deep energy-tech startup focused on enabling mass EV adoption and decarbonizing urban energy. Its proprietary technology stack, ZEN, provides ultra-fast 20-minute charging, fireproof designs, and over 3000 charging cycles, making it a benchmark in safety, efficiency, and performance. The company’s battery systems are designed for electric two- and three-wheelers, commercial vehicles, and large-scale energy storage, with applications across multiple industries. According to EMO Energy, it aims to empower the urban energy landscape through its advanced battery software and hardware. Its patented technology, ZEN, comprises an AI battery management system, active thermal management, and machine learning battery life extension algorithms, which can cater to mobility and energy storage, unlocking a multi-billion-dollar addressable market across electric two-wheelers, light commercial vehicles, and industrial green energy storage systems. Over the last 12 months, EMO states that it has forged critical high-volume partnerships across major OEMs and is now well-equipped to scale from 2 to 2000 kWh. It is creating an ecosystem where dark stores and commercial establishments will have EMO-enabled delivery vehicles powered by its fast chargers and energy storage systems, all managed by an integrated energy management software. EMO Energy claims that it has already deployed over 2,000 battery packs in the mobility segment and is executing production-ready pilots for ESS aimed at providing peak shaving/backup and replacing diesel generators in industrial and commercial settings. Some of the startup’s clients include Kinetic Green, BigBasket, Domino’s, and Blinkit.

BluSmart drivers face uncertainty amid company troubles, founder issues

EntrackrEntrackr · 2m ago
BluSmart drivers face uncertainty amid company troubles, founder issues
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BluSmart suspended its operations in April in Mumbai, Delhi-NCR, and Bengaluru, asking its 10,000 driver-partners to return their vehicles. The move has left several drivers scrambling to find new sources of income. Rajesh [name changed], a 35-year-old man in Gurugram, secured a driving job with a heavily VC-funded electric vehicle cab hailing company which once aimed to take on the duopoly of Ola Cabs and Uber in India. An average income of Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000 per month, Rajesh admits, was not much for his family but managed to pay bills. Though, Rajesh, who also is a father of two young children, put in 10 hours to 12 hours daily - to reach the estimated monthly income. With his company now pausing the services, Rajesh has no source of earning, and does not know how he will pay his kids’ education fees. "... Now, I don’t know how I’ll manage. I missed my kids' school fees this month. My family depends on me, and I’ve never felt so helpless,” a visibly stressed Rajesh told Entrackr. One of the things that is agonising Rajesh the most is the deceptive way his employer pushed them out. “On Wednesday (April 16th), we [drivers] received a message saying the car needed to be submitted to the hub for a breakdown. We thought it was just a minor technical issue. When we got there, they told us it was a failure and we’d be informed later. But there was no word from the company after that. We just had to go home. We were left in complete shock," says Rajesh as his voice strains, reliving the fateful moment. Rajesh says he was among the first lot of employees, when the company had just 50 cars. Like many others, he too bought the company’s promise of stability. “Now, it feels like we’ve been left out to dry,” he said. “I’m considering working with Uber or Ola… I’m looking for something else, maybe a different field altogether. But BluSmart was my livelihood, and I’d go back in a heartbeat if they reopened. It was my only source of income,” he added. Rajesh’s story resonates with another thousands of drivers who are now scrambling to find new sources of income after BluSmart’s sudden suspension of its services. Entrackr has reached out to BluSmart seeking responses on how they plan to compensate the affected drivers. In case they respond, we will incorporate their inputs. Staging the protest On May 4, a group of BluSmart drivers raised their grievances at Jantar Mantar, a historic site for protests. They pressed for demands for alternative income avenues as well as called for crucial policy reforms to prevent similar abrupt dismissals. Additionally, they also sought a government intervention. Tajinder Singh, president of Parivahan Morcha Athavale and also among those spearheading the protest, told Entrackr that women drivers of BluSmart were among those bearing the brunt the most as other taxi companies refused to recruit them. He further said that some drivers were working on a per day basis as and when required but asserted that this was not a long-term solution. “We are demanding compensation for affected BluSmart drivers. We have also sought government intervention so that the drivers can continue to earn their livelihood,” Singh said. Singh also claimed that hundreds of BluSmart employees working at charging hubs were affected by the company’s sudden suspension of its services. A business model that promised to be different than rivals Even as ‘sustainability’ remained the headline grabber, BluSmart also deployed a rather different business model compared to rivals Ola Cabs and Uber. The company used a full-stack B2C model wherein they owned and managed the vehicles whereas Ola and Uber work with independent drivers. The model allowed BluSmart to have a better control on the quality of cars, maintenance, and subsequently better customer service. For drivers, the company offered a fixed salary along with incentives. An assured income was a big factor why a lot of drivers showed interest in joining BluSmart. Ola and Uber, on the other hand, operated on a familiar commission-based system, also common with several gig working-reliant service providers. Singh also highlighted this stark difference between BluSmart and its rivals. He said that the job of driver was to pick and drop the passenger and earn a regular income (per day payout and incentives). They needed to work 10 hours to 12 hours a day. Other things like maintenance and documentation was taken care of by the company, giving drivers a more relaxed environment to operate. Blusmart has raised over $180 million to date, including its $50 million series B round in January this year. Though, it received only Rs 61 crore out of $50 million. That said, a heavily-funded BluSmart juggernaut appeared unstoppable, until it did. Earlier this year, reports emerged that BluSmart delayed salary payments to cash crunch. It had also shut down operations in Dubai and also saw an exodus of top management employees, including CEO, CBO, and CTO. A month later, SEBI published findings of its probe into Gensol Engineering, BluSmart’s partner and EV lessor. The SEBI order highlighted misuse of funds, and also barred promoters Anmol and Puneet Singh Jaggi from accessing the securities market and holding key positions in Gensol Engineering. What next for BluSmart drivers BluSmart drivers facing joblessness due to the shutdown can go for legal remedy and urgently demand clearance of any unpaid dues and better severance compensation, if not given already. The legal course, which may take a relatively long time, may also help them investigate if BluSmart violated the contract by sudden halting of their services and returning vehicles. Moreover, they can also seek intervention from regulatory boards. Singh, however, did not appear enthusiastic about taking the legal course. “Companies like these make such contracts that they keep them protected in such incidents and don’t have to own any responsibility towards people working so hard for them,” he said [loosely translated from Hindi]. As far as the future of the company goes, it’s hard to predict considering the massive VC money riding on the company. Despite the major dent in public image and also several legal troubles, it’s likely that the company may stay afloat with a rather new management and new board - a few known steps troubled companies often take to course correct. It’s worth noting that quality of drivers and cabs were the top highlight of the platform, and if it resumes, it should continue with that. With the ongoing protests and lack of communication between drivers and management, it seems unlikely that the company will enjoy the same level of trust from its network drivers.

Trupeer bags $3 Mn seed round led by RTP Global

EntrackrEntrackr · 1d ago
Trupeer bags $3 Mn seed round led by RTP Global
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Trupeer, the AI video platform, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round led by RTP Global, along with participation from Salesforce Ventures and a consortium of over 20 CIO and CTO angel investors. The proceeds will be used to support its aim of reinventing how teams create product videos, tutorials, and walkthroughs, Trupeer said in a press release. Co-founded in 2023 by Shivali Goyal and Pritish Gupta, Trupeer eliminates the hassles of hours of editing, painful handoffs, and bloated video tools. With a single raw screen recording, its AI engine can now produce a clean, professional video in seconds, complete with AI voiceovers, avatars, highlights, and translations in over 30 languages. Trupeer’s multi-modal AI pipeline removes filler words, generates studio-quality voiceovers, adds intelligent zooms and subtitles, tracks cursor actions, and inserts a humanlike AI avatar for more engaging delivery. Alongside the video, it automatically generates step-by-step documentation with screenshots and summaries, giving users everything they need to explain a product clearly, instantly, and at scale. The Bengaluru-based startup creates multiple versions of a single video, tailored by audience, language, or tone, and lets teams share them instantly through public links or embedded formats. Once something is recorded, it’s already usable. “Software should be easy to explain. But until now, making good product videos meant spending hours editing or thousands of dollars on production,” said Shivali Goyal, CEO and co-founder of Trupeer. “We built Trupeer so anyone—from IT leads to customer success reps—can turn a quick demo into a polished video that’s useful, searchable, and scalable.” Trupeer plans to expand beyond screen recordings. It is building new ways to generate video from documents, personalize content at scale, and integrate natively with the tools where teams already work, from CRMs to learning platforms. The platform claims that it is used by 10,000 teams globally across customer success, L&D, IT, sales, and product functions. It competes with other players in this space such as Loom, Arcade, Guidde, and Scribe.

X to withhold certain accounts, posts in India following govt orders

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X to withhold certain accounts, posts in India following govt orders
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X, formerly known as Twitter, disclosed on Thursday that it will withhold certain accounts and posts in India following executive orders from the Indian government. “The Indian government has issued executive orders requiring X to act on specific accounts and posts, subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment,” Global Government Affairs, an affiliate of X, said in a post on the social networking site. The company added that it will block these accounts and posts in India, but it disagrees with the actions and maintains that “freedom of expression should extend to these posts.” Moreover, affected users have been informed about the actions taken by the company. “Due to legal restrictions, we are unable to publish the executive orders, but we believe that making them public is essential for transparency. This lack of disclosure can lead to a lack of accountability and arbitrary decision-making,” it said. It further said that a writ appeal challenging the Indian government’s blocking order is pending. It may be recalled that the Karnataka High Court had dismissed X’s plea challenging the Indian government’s orders to block accounts and posts. It is likely the first time X and the Indian government are at loggerheads since Elon Musk took over the micro-blogging platform. Last year, Musk had hinted at a more cooperative arrangement with local governments, especially in India. “The rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict and we can’t go beyond the laws of the country… If we have a choice of either our people go to prison or we comply with the laws, we will comply with the laws…,” Musk told BBC during an interview when asked about the country banning a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. Before Musk came in, Twitter and the Indian government went head-to-head multiple times over the blocking of content. In some cases, Twitter did not comply with the government directives to blocking accounts and posts. The public spat reached its peak during the farmer protests a few years ago. Police raided the offices of Twitter India in Delhi and Gurgaon after the social networking platform labelled “manipulated media” to one of tweets by a BJP leader. Jack Dorsey claimed that India had threatened to shut down the platform if the company did not comply with the government requests. “It manifested in ways such as: ‘We will shut Twitter down in India’, which is a very large market for us; ‘We will raid the homes of your employees’, which they did; and this is India, a democratic country,” Dorsey said in an interview. That said, X’s latest disclosure on government requests to block certain posts and accounts comes at a time when farmer protests have resumed in certain parts of the country. The government has not responded to X’s revelations yet.

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