Today’s Tech Check- “Hot Off the Press: Fresh Faces in Coffee, Bhavish Aggarwal’s AI Breakthrough, Bengaluru’s CyRo Unveiled, Indian Startup Fundraising Skyrockets!”
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1. “SLN Coffee Welcomes Sahib Singh as New CEO: Brewing Fresh Leadership in the Coffee Industry”
- SLN Coffee names Sahib Singh as CEO: SLN Coffee has appointed Sahib Singh, former executive at Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and Unilever, as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
- Strategic Growth for Levista: Singh’s appointment aims to elevate SLN Coffee’s flagship brand, Levista, into a new growth phase, capitalizing on his industry knowledge and strategic vision.
- Leadership’s Confidence: The company’s directors, SLN Sathappan and SLN Vishwanath, praise Singh’s extensive industry experience and leadership qualities, aligning with their vision for future expansion.
- Singh’s Vision for SLN Coffee: Singh expresses eagerness to build on Levista’s market success and aspirations for SLN Coffee Group to become a leading multinational corporation.
- Company’s Evolution and Market Presence: SLN Coffee, with a 60-year history in the coffee sector, is a significant player in South India and is extending its reach globally. Starting from a single coffee plantation, it has grown into a major instant coffee manufacturer in India, boasting a production capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year and serving clients in over 50 countries.
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2. “Breaking News: Bhavish Aggarwal’s Krutrim AI Unveils Revolutionary Android App — A New Era Begins!”
- Bhavish Aggarwal of Ola fame launches Krutrim AI’s Android app, now available on the Play Store since May 2.
- Krutrim AI aims to boost productivity with features like writing assistance and multilingual support, tailored for India.
- Aggarwal reveals plans to offer a public stack and AI cloud infrastructure for startups, plus a maps API for hyperlocal businesses.
- This move aligns with Ola’s strategy to compete with Google Maps, integrating Ola Maps into its services.
- Competing with domestic AI initiatives like Bharat GPT and Project Indus, Krutrim AI also focuses on developing data centres and AI-optimized silicon chips.
- Krutrim became India’s first AI unicorn in January, following a $50 million funding round.
- The Indian GenAI market is expected to grow to $17 Bn by 2030, from $1.1 Bn in 2023, at a 48% CAGR.
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3. “CynLr’s Latest Innovation: Meet ‘CyRo’, the Semi-Humanoid from Bengaluru — Full Details Inside!”
- Bengaluru’s CynLr reveals semi-humanoid ‘CyRo’: A deep tech robotics startup specializing in visual object intelligence and cybernetics.
- Showcased at Boston’s Robotics Summit & Expo: CyRo is marketed as a versatile, reusable visual robot platform.
- CyRo’s Capabilities: A multi-arm, vision-guided robot that can identify and manipulate objects intuitively in varied lighting, mimicking human-eye vision without needing pre-training.
- Founders’ Vision: Gokul NA and Nikhil Ramaswamy emphasized overcoming the bottleneck of environmental engineering for robotic interaction and enhancing perception in robotic arms.
- International Expansion: CynLr has opened a hardware design facility in Switzerland, aiming to revolutionize industrial automation with ‘Universal Factories’.
- Practical Applications: CyRo is suitable for warehousing, manufacturing, lab automation, and industrial kitchens, capable of tasks like sorting, packing, and assembly.
- Future Prospects: Piloting with giants like General Motors and Denso, CynLr’s CyRo aims to lead towards product-agnostic factories with a technology stack built from global partnerships.
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4. “PharmEasy to Portea: Stellar Week for Indian Startups with $316 Million Fundraise”
- Indian startups raised $316.4 Mn from April 29 to May 4, marking an 83.3% increase compared to the previous week’s $172.6 Mn.
- Key Funding: PharmEasy led the funding spree with $216.2 Mn on April 30, despite a 90% valuation cut from its peak of $5.6 Bn in October 2021.
- Kinara Capital, a fintech startup, garnered $24.4 Mn through debt financing on May 3.
- Portea Medical in the healthtech sector raised $20 Mn in a pre-IPO round on April 29.
- The healthtech sector outperformed fintech this week, securing $236.2 Mn across three deals.
- Z21 Ventures and JITO Incubation and Innovation Foundation were the most active investors, supporting two startups each.
- Despite overall funding growth, seed funding saw a 64% decrease to $12.3 Mn.
- Mergers and Acquisitions:
- Momspresso’s founders invested in adtech gaming platform StreamO.
- UGRO Capital initiated the acquisition of MyShubhLife.
- Freshworks acquired Device42 for $230 Mn.
- Eternal Capital, a new VC fund by BharatPe’s former COO, targets a $14.3 Mn corpus to support startups.
- Stride Ventures and IvyCap Ventures announced significant fund closures at $165 Mn and $251 Mn respectively.
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5. “April 2024 Sees a 15% Surge in Indian Startup Funding: On the Upswing!”
- April 2024 Indian startup funding increases to $868 Mn, up 15% from March.
- Deal count rose to 90 in April from 63 in the previous month.
- Year-over-year (YoY), funding slightly declined by 2% from April 2023.
- First quarter of 2024 witnessed a 33% YoY funding slump, the lowest in seven years.
- Seed stage startups raised $178 Mn, a 286% increase YoY, partly due to a $26 Mn funding for Lyskraft by ex-Zomato and Myntra executives.
- Growth stage startups saw a 78% YoY increase, with iBUS raising $200 Mn from NIIF.
- Late stage funding dropped by 50%, totaling $314 Mn.
- Enterprise tech sector led in funding, followed by fintech and cleantech sectors.
- Bengaluru remains top for startup funding, followed by Delhi NCR, with Chennai overtaking Mumbai for the third spot.
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