DOOgether, Indonesia based fitness and classes booking startup has raised an undisclosed amount in a seed funding round led by Gobi Agung which was joined by Everhaus, Prasetia Dwidharma, and Cana Asia. The fresh capital will be used to expand DOOgether’s merchant partner network, develop its mobile app further, and hire more professionals.
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FreshoKartz raises seed funding
FreshoKartz, an e-commerce platform connecting customers with farmers, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. The funding was raised from Chennai-based investor Sunil Kumar Singhvi, along with a group of angel investors and high net-worth individuals.
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Truck Lagbe gets $1 million
Truck Lagbe, an online platform connecting truck owners/drivers and shippers, has snagged $1 million investment in a pre-Series A funding round. With new funds, the company plans to launch new products, onboard more truck drivers and expand its operations to several new locations. Previously, the company also raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding three months ago.
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Pakistan’s Basic Debts Are Increasing to a Point Nearing Bankruptcy
Pakistan is currently trying to seek a loan for between $6 to $8 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help pull themselves out of debt. The Finance Minister has proposed that money should also be sought in the form of a one-off tax to Pakistanis, where it’s believed that up to $12 billion could
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Enovate Motors snags $298 million
Enovate Motors, Chinese electric vehicle startup, has closed $298 million investment in Series A funding round from different public companies and government funds. With the latest investment, Enovate has so far raised over RMB 6.5 billion ($760 million) in funding since it was founded in mid-2018. Enovate began construction on its first 5.1 billion yuan electric car factory in March 2019
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Increff bags $3 million from Binny Bansal
Increff, Bengaluru-based supply chain management startup founded by former Myntra executives, has raised around $3 million in Series A funding round led by Binny Bansal, Flipkart co-founder, and 021 Capital, a venture capital firm. Founded in 2016, the startup secured seed funding of $2 million from marquee venture capital firm Sequoia Capital in 2017.
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Bangladesh Bank at risk of cyber attack
Bangladesh Bank's central server seems to be at high risk of hacker intrusion and stealing money by placing fraudulent orders as hackers have reportedly installed malware there. The intrusion is not uncommon to us as hackers have penetrated the server before and stole $101 million of Bangladesh Bank that was deposited in New York Fed account in 2016. In March, the Bangladesh
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How To Build A More Successful Career Through Education
There’s no point in denying the significance of education in your future career advancements. Although there are some notable cases when people without a degree made a great success, such as Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, these are still rare exceptions. Having a solid education will open up a whole new world of opportunities that otherwise would not have been
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Kuvera gets backed by Eight Roads
Kuvera, a tech-based wealth management startup, receives investment of $4..5 million from strategic fintech investment team of Eight Roads, the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International. The company that makes venture capital investments across sectors, had set up a global team for strategic investments in the fintech space across India, China, the UK, Singapore, and Hong Kong to add strategic value to Fidelity’s
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TheLorry gets investment from Unilever
TheLorry, Southeast Asian logistics startup, got investment of undisclosed amount from global giant Unilever. The startup had just secured $5.85 million in Series B funding round about a month ago. The investment will see Unilever acquire equity in the form of convertible preference shares in TheLorry.
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Collateral free loan for women entrepreneurs
Recently, the idea of collateral free loan for women entrepreneurs was pushed by National Board of Revenue on grounds that the non-performing loan rate is the lowest among women. It was suggested that the idea should be taken up to Bangladesh Bank by Bangladesh Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry and some related trade bodies.
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Grab opens Accelerator Programme
Grab announced on Wednesday that it has opened a batch of two accelerator programmes for startups, targeting post-seed businesses focusing on agriculture. The accelerator programme, called Grab Ventures Velocity, aims to nurture 3 to 5 post-seed Southeast Asia-based startups that could empower farmers by creating a sustainable fresh food supply chain in the ecosystem.
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Four startups give birth to Mekari
As many as four Indonesian SaaS platform-based startups Talenta, Sleekr, Jurnal, and Klikpajak consolidated their operations to form one entity called ‘Mekari’. The consolidation of these startups would help the SMEs in adopting integrated technology for their businesses. According to the Association of Indonesia Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises data, there are at least 60 million small and medium enterprises
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Export earnings reach 1.12 billion from Canada
Bangladesh exported products worth $1.118 billion to Canada and imported $498.16 million from there in fiscal year 2017-18 (FY18). Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi made the disclosure while High Commissioner of Canada to Bangladesh Benoit Prefontaine called on him at the secretariat in the city on Monday. The minister laid emphasis on forming a forum to expand trade and investment and
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BalleBaazi secures $1 million
BalleBaazi, online cricket fantasy gaming platform, has sealed of deal of $ 1million from parent company Baazi games. BalleBaazi plans to use the funds to further expand its verticals and introduce various concepts to enhance the user experience.
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BookEventZ gets backed by Equanimity Ventures
Venture capital firm Equanimity Ventures backs BookEventZ, online event booking platform, in Series A funding round. BookEventZ plans to increase the number of venues to 100 from 30 using the fund by October this year which will be converted to 1000 by 2021.
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