Ex-Google Cloud India MD Sashikumar Sreedharan joins Sarvam as President and CBO
Sarvam has appointed Sashikumar Sreedharan as President and Chief Business Officer, and as a member of its board of directors.
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Saudi AI lead-generation platform Mawsool closes pre-seed round led by angel investors
Indian startups raised over $248 Mn last week, led by Giva and EloElo Group
Daksham Growth Ventures Raises Rs 125 Cr in First Close
Venomics AI raises $2.7 million pre-seed round
altM raises $10.3 Mn Series A led by Rainmatter, Mela Ventures
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All rounds →Explore all funding rounds →- EloElo GroupRead →$80MSeries C · Consumer AI · India
- Peppermint RoboticsRead →₹100 CrPre-Series B · Robotics · India≈ $11.1M
- Cosmoserve SpaceRead →$6MSeed · Spacetech · India
- OttonomyRead →₹40.6 CrPost-seed · Robotics · India≈ $4.5M
- mamunRead →$3MSeed · Fintech · Gulf≈ $3M
Bar length scales with √ of the amount, so smaller rounds stay visible.
Source: Newzchain’s funding database. Rounds as disclosed in our coverage; rupee and Gulf amounts at fixed rates; rounds still in talks are not counted. Updated 10 Nov, 20:33 IST. How we count
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