Startup news and updates: Daily roundup (June 14, 2024)
YourStory presents the daily news roundup from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for Friday, June 14, 2024.
Funding
Bengaluru-based rampp.ai bags angel funding of $500,000
, a Bengaluru-based startup that helps enterprises with its Gen AI platform, has raised $500,000 from a group of seasoned executives and investors hailing from North America and India.
The funding will be used to build an innovative GenAI platform to accelerate enterprise growth and agility.
Rampp.ai’s RADI Navigator Platform provides organisations with real-time, contextual, and customised insights. This platform aims to facilitate agile adaptation and scalable pivoting.
rampp.ai is the brainchild of serial tech entrepreneurs Ajay Agrawal and Huzefa Saifee. This is their fourth startup together over a span of 25 years.
Other news
Blue Dart appoints Dipanjan Banerjee as Chief Commercial Officer
, an integrated transportation, and distribution logistics company, has appointed Dipanjan Banerjee as the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Blue Dart Express.
Banerjee has nearly two decades of experience in business development and market expansion within the express delivery and logistics industry. Before this, he was working as the Chief Business Officer at . Earlier he also worked at Express.
He has worked across areas such as marketing, sales, and product development across multiple industries.
Banerjee holds an MBA in sales and marketing from Amity University, and has completed the Management Development Programme at the Indian School of Business (ISB). He was also named one of India’s top 10 CBOs by prominent industry forums.
WeWork India debuts in Chennai
WeWork India, a flexible workspace provider, has entered Chennai, with the opening of Olympia Cyberspace in Guindy.
Located at the entry point to Central Chennai, between Guindy and Saidapet, the space spans 1.30 lakh sq ft and has 2,000 seats across two floors. This is WeWork's 55th building in the country.
Over the past seven years, India has built its presence across eight cities, with over 90,000 desks and over 70,000 members.
WeWork India has steadily built its presence across 8 cities
NODWIN Gaming appoints former TEC co-founder as VP of sales and partnerships
, the South Asian gaming and esports company, has appointed esports veteran Ishaan Arya, as the vice president of sales and partnerships.
Arya, who has over a decade of experience, has spearheaded some of the country’s largest gaming and esports events, including The Arena, India's premier consumer gaming event.
In his new role, Arya will focus on enhancing the value of the company’s existing IPs, such as BGMS, DreamHack India, NODWIN India Premiership, Valorant Challengers South Asia, and Comic Con India. He will work on new brand partnerships, initiatives, and innovating IPs.
He has experience working with Comic Con India as well as industry giants such as NVIDIA, Intel, LG, Lenovo, Dell, JBL, and Amazon.
Edited by Swetha Kannan
