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Google-backed edtech startup Adda247 saw strong growth in FY24, with revenue nearly doubling to Rs 243.39 crore from Rs 129.65 crore in the previous year. They also made significant progress on profitability, slashing their net loss by two-thirds to Rs 101 crore, down from Rs 296 crore in FY23.
New Delhi-based investment firm Sauce VC, which has backed new-age luggage brand Mokobara, healthy foods startup The Whole Truth and petcare firm Supertails, aims to raise Rs 250 crore for its third fund. This comes as D2C firms see growing interest from risk capital investors. The firm looks to back 15-16 consumer brands in their early stages.
Project Gameface, is an open source, hands-free, on-device, AI-powered ‘mouse developed by Google that allows phones, computers to be controlled with facial expressions.
Online consumption lagged in the March quarter across segments like electronics, wearables and beauty. Delhivery said ecommerce delivery volumes declined 13% sequentially in the March quarter to 176 million, while on a year-on-year basis they were down 2%. Cofounder and CEO Sahil Barua indicated this slowdown comes after a strong December quarter.
V Srivatsa, Fund Manager and Executive V-P at UTI AMC, sees opportunities in private banks, healthcare, and FMCG sectors amidst market volatility and election outcome uncertainties. Srivatsa also says that he is quite positive on is commodities because that has seen a very sharp run-up in the prices which will start reflecting in the coming quarters.