2020
Feb | Accelerator / Incubator Program
Entrepreneur First Bangalore Cohort. World’s leading talent investor, UK based. 3% acceptance rate. Backed by Founders Fund and Greylock Partners with Reid Hoffman (Founder, LinkedIn) and Demis Hassabis (Founder, Deep Mind) on the board.
Jun | Company Incorporation
Incorporated Retail Pulse under the name Nsight Technologies Pte. Ltd in Singapore, and opened our commercial bank account.
Jun | Raised Funding
$55,000. Pre-seed funding from Entrepreneur First after 3 months of the program and pitching to their global investment committee. After this we continued for another 3 months in preparation for seed round. Received funds after incorporation.
Sep | Raised Funding
$600K. Entrepreneur First is leading seed rounds for the first time in their history, for up to $500K. They were going to back 3 out of the 16 companies from Bangalore and Singapore cohorts. We are one of the 3.
Oct | Key Customer Milestone
Engaged with 8 of the largest consumer packaged goods companies. Negotiations in place right now to close our first commercial deal with Pepsico India after successful POC..