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Indian connected healthcare platform, Eka Care, has secured $15 million in a funding round. The startup will use the money for product development and hiring new talents. Hummingbird Ventures led a $15 million Series A fundraising round for Eka Care, an Indian healthcare IT business. 3one4Capital, Mirae Assets, Verlinvest, and Aditya Birla Ventures were among the other investors in the round. This raises the company's total investment to roughly $20 million, including $4.5 million in seed money raised in August of last year. The firm, which was founded in late 2020, offers Indian consumers a linked healthcare platform where they may develop their health profile. Users can keep medical documents such as prescriptions, laboratory and scan reports, vaccination records, heart rate trends, blood sugar readings, and more on its mobile patient app. Furthermore, the software supports Gmail integration for storing medical records from emails. The Eka Care app...

A new "metaverse strategy," according to Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, would contribute $4 billion to the city's GDP in five years and generate 40,000 new virtual employment. In order to serve developers, content producers, and consumers of digital platforms in the metaverse community, the strategy places a strong emphasis on developing talent and investing in future capabilities. The idea of the metaverse is not new and attempts to create one have been ongoing for years. For instance, the San Francisco-based company Linden Lab introduced Second Life in 2003. This online multimedia platform allows users to create avatars and to establish a "second life" in an online setting. Additionally, science fiction frequently anticipates and predates reality. The dystopian novel Snow Crash by author Neal Stephenson was released in 1992. It takes place in a "Metaverse" metropolitan setting with virtual homes that users may e...

Every day, the wellness business gains traction. Find out the top five startups that provide health and fitness solutions for the wellness-conscious. With the outbreak of the pandemic, people, particularly millennials and Generation Z, are becoming more aware of the significance of living a healthy lifestyle. As a result, many businesses have emerged, offering a wide range of products and services such as nutritional meals, workout equipment, wellness supplements, coaching, and consultancy. The worldwide wellness business is predicted to reach $372 billion by 2022, according to IBEF. The Indian wellness market is expected to grow from $110 billion in 2016 to $10.6 billion by 2025. Here is a list of five startups attempting to meet the exercise and nutrition requirements of wellness aficionados. 1. wellOwise Wellowise was launched in 2018 by Saher Mehdi and Manish Kumar with the goal of preventing lifestyle disorders and giving precise diagnostics. To assi...

Apart from the disproportionate attention and money given to cricket, India, which will soon surpass China as the world's most populous country, is so hungry of sporting achievement that any victory in any other sport is met with unmatched excitement. Neeraj Chopra most recently won a silver medal in the javelin event at the world championships in Oregon, US. Chopra's accomplishment is admirable. After Anju Bobby George's bronze medal in the long jump at the 2003 Paris Olympics, he is the only Indian to earn a medal in the competition. Indian athletes have a difficult time competing on the international track and field circuit. All eyes were on Chopra to see whether he would win a gold in Oregon after winning the gold in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, especially when he hit an 89 m-plus throw in the qualifications. With 88.13m, he fell short in the finals and had to settle for silver. The winner of the gold has been hurling 90 million and more like he's hurling sto...

Niyo got the biggest amount of cash this week, while the startup environment faced another fundraising freeze. The fintech startup secured $30 million from Multiples Alternate Asset Management Fintech startup Niyo got the biggest amount of cash this week, while the funding winter still looms. Eka Care and Fitterfly raised the second and third largest funding amounts respectively. Niyo, a consumer-focused fintech platform, received $30 million in funding from private equity company Multiples Alternate Asset Management. Niyo has funded around $180 million, including a $100 million Series C investment led by Accel in February. Vinay Bagri and Virender Bisht founded it in 2015, and it offers digital savings accounts and other financial services in collaboration with institutions. The monies will be used to develop its product capabilities and increase its customer base. Hummingbird Ventures led a $15 million fundraising round for healthtech firm Eka Care. The round was a...

1.Abhijeet Rane Category – Trade Union Leader Abhijeet Rane is a rising star in Marathi journalism and a pioneer in grievance redressal for blue collar workers. He founded Dhadak Kamgar Union, which represents 7 lakh blue-collar employees at 300 reputable enterprises. He's a pioneer in social projects like Dhadak Kamgar Union Abhijeet Rane Youth Fund and The Great Maratha Educational Trust DHADAK KAMGAR UNION has a powerful presence and demanding commanding position in & around MMRDA area spread across Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts plus remarkable existence in Kolhapur, Sangli, Nasik, Pune, Aurangabad, Ratnagiri, Jalna, Bhusawal industrial hubs. ABHIJEET RANE himself is a fighter , warrior and achiever with a difference because though a powerful and popular union leader he has proved himself as successful businessman, media network's performer and social educational cultural sports activist. 2. VIPUL B. VARSHNEY – Sthapati Associates...