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  • Priyanka Gill is elevated to chairperson of Good Media Co

    Priyanka Gill is elevated to chairperson of Good Media Co

    Mumbai: The Good Glamm Group announced the elevation of group co-founder Priyanka Gill to the board. Priyanka Gill is also elevated to chairperson of Good Media Co. This important announcement marks Priyanka’s transition to a more strategic position within the Good GlammGroup.

    Remaining an integral part of the Good Glamm Groups, group co-founder Priyanka will continue to advice on strategic and investment matters while also taking on special oversight for Good Media Co. Given her wide-ranging experience and a proven track record, her contribution to the Good GlammGroup’ supward trajectory will continue to be pivotal.

    Priyanka Gill joins Kalaari Capital as a venture partner. She is already a founding board member of CXXO. The CXXO initiative by Kalaari Capital is dedicated to supporting companies led by female founders, aligning seamlessly with Priyanka’s broader commitment to championing entrepreneurs, especially women entrepreneurs. Priyanka will now head the CXXO initiative to scale more female founders in the startup ecosystem.

    Commenting on this news, Good Glamm Group group co-founder Priyanka Gill commented, “I am thrilled to embark on this new chapter in my career. Joining Kalaari Capital as a venture partner- it is an exciting opportunity for me to align my passion for fostering entrepreneurship in the startup ecosystem. Kalaari Capital was the first institutional investor when I began my entrepreneurial journey- the support and advice I received was vital.

    I retain close ties with the Good Glamm Group as group co- founder and am confident that as a group we will continue to flourish. I am honoured to be elevated to the board of the Good Glamm Group. As chairperson of Good Media Co, I am invested in assuring the pivotal content-to-commerce flywheel that built the Good Glamm Group continues performs even better.

    This transition allows me to contribute strategically to Good Glamm Group’s vision while dedicating more time towards my passion to support emerging entrepreneurs, particularly women entrepreneurs under the aegis of Kalaari Capital and CXXO.”

    Good Glamm Group founder and CEO Darpan Sanghvi expressed his confidence in Priyanka’s elevation, stating, “Priyanka has played an extremely instrumental role at Good Glamm Group. We started the journey of content-to-commerce together in 2020 and have since expanded the company together.

    For some time now, Priyanka has been helping me through our investments and strategic initiatives and we are thrilled to announce Priyanka’s elevation to the Board of Good Glamm Group and her new role as chairperson of Good Media Co.

    This move is a testament to her exceptional leadership and vision. I am equally excited for Priyanka to join our friends at Kalaari Capital and am confident that Priyanka will continue to make valuable contributions to the success of the Good Glamm Group and leave an indelible mark in her new role at Kalaari Capital.”

    Kalaari Capital founder & managing director Vani Kola said “I first met Priyanka over a decade ago as the founder of POPxo. We invested in the company and I have seen Priyanka evolve as an impactful and empathetic leader. I am delighted to welcome Priyanka onboard Kalaari Capital as a venture partner advising our D2C portfolio. Her experience as an entrepreneur places her exceptionally well to support and guide founders and companies.

    She is already a founding board member of CXXO, a Kalaari Capital initiative that supports female founders. As she goes on to head the CXXO initiative to help more women-led companies scale.”

    Priyanka’s move to a more strategic role has been part of a planned transition over the last 12 months, driven by her passion for supporting emerging entrepreneurs, with a particular focus on empowering women leaders in the startup ecosystem.

  • Empowering futures: Celebrating women entrepreneurs on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

    Empowering futures: Celebrating women entrepreneurs on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day

    Mumbai: On Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, we proudly celebrate the indomitable spirit and achievements of visionary women who are reshaping industries, breaking barriers, and driving innovation. This listicle is dedicated to highlighting the remarkable impact of outstanding Indian women entrepreneurs across diverse sectors, acknowledging their pivotal roles as trailblazers, leaders, and advocates of positive change. Join us in honouring their contributions as we shine a spotlight on their transformative journeys.

    Nykaa – Falguni Nayar:

    Nykaa Falguni founder and CEO Nayar, is a trailblazer in the beauty and cosmetics industry. Her entrepreneurial journey not only showcases the possibilities for success but also emphasises innovation in the beauty sector. Falguni’s unwavering pursuit of quality and a seamless shopping experience redefines beauty retail, setting a high standard for customer satisfaction. On Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, she stands as an inspiration, proving that determination and creativity can revolutionise any industry.

    Mama Earth – Ghazal Alagh:

    Mama Earth CEO and co-founder Ghazal Alagh, stands as a beacon for sustainable entrepreneurship. Her dedication to creating safe, natural, and eco-friendly products for mothers and babies has transformed the personal care industry. Beyond entrepreneurship, Ghazal actively advocates for responsible business practices, embodying the ethos of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. On this occasion, we celebrate Ghazal’s commitment to sustainability and her innovative contributions, inspiring a new wave of socially responsible entrepreneurs.

    QuoDeck – Kamalika Bhattacharya:

    QuoDeck CEO and co-founder Kamalika Bhattacharya continues to lead on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. Her pioneering work in B2B SaaS Digital Engagement and Enablement has revolutionised employee engagement and training. Kamalika’s innovative approach, passion for learning outcomes, and commitment to serving Fortune 500 clients have positioned QuoDeck as a leader in personalised, engaging, and mobile-friendly learning experiences. On this day, we applaud Kamalika’s unwavering dedication to reshaping corporate learning for the better.

    Pristyn Care – Dr. Garima Sawhney:

    Pristyn Care founder Dr. Garima Sawhney, stands tall as a healthcare trailblazer on Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. Her revolutionary approach focuses on providing high-quality, in-home healthcare services. Dr. Sawhney’s commitment to accessible healthcare not only impacts the industry but also exemplifies the leadership and innovation integral to Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. On this day, we recognize Dr. Garima Sawhney’s transformative impact on healthcare accessibility, creating a path for future entrepreneurs to follow.

    Kalaari Capital – Vani Kola:

    Kalaari Capital managing director Vani Kola plays a vital role in shaping the Indian startup ecosystem. Her strategic investments, mentorship, and commitment to innovation have driven the success of numerous startups. Vani’s influence extends beyond investments; she actively fosters a dynamic startup culture in India, embodying the spirit of Women’s Entrepreneurship Day. On this day, we celebrate Vani’s pivotal role in empowering the startup landscape and her continuous efforts to elevate the entrepreneurial spirit in India.

    As we commemorate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, these remarkable entrepreneurs serve as catalysts for change, embodying innovation, determination, and leadership. Their stories resonate beyond borders, inspiring the next generation and proving that passion and dedication know no limits. On this Women’s Entrepreneurship Day, we salute their extraordinary contributions, empowering futures and leaving an indelible mark on the ever-evolving landscape of business.

  • AI takes centre stage at the 12 edition of TiE Delhi-NCR’s India internet day

    AI takes centre stage at the 12 edition of TiE Delhi-NCR’s India internet day

    Mumbai: TiE Delhi-NCR, a leading organisation fostering entrepreneurship nationally, is all set to host the 12 editions of India Internet Day (iDay2023), a premier event that brings together the brightest minds of the tech industry. Scheduled for 24, 25 and 29 August  2023, the event will take place across India’s leading startup hubs – Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR and Bhubaneswar respectively.

    iDay is part of TiE Delhi-NCR’s commitment to nurturing an ecosystem where technopreneurs and investors converge to drive India’s tech landscape forward. This year iDay 2023 themed AI Powered India: Vision & Reality,  aims to unlock AI’s immense possibilities and potential for our nation.

    iDay will delve into how AI is shaping the future of India as it revolutionizes customer experiences, optimises processes, and drives business outcomes for startups and established companies while driving economic growth. With AI at the forefront, the 12 editions of India Internet Day aim to highlight discussions, propel innovation, and cultivate collaborations which will definitely shape the future of India’s tech landscape.

    The exceptional lineup of speakers for the event includes institution builders, leading tech-like entrepreneurs, the nation’s top investors and policymakers.  Expert panels will feature luminaries like Priyank Kharge-hon’ble minister for IT/BT and rural development & panchayat raj, govt of Karnataka | Bhavish Aggarwal – co-founder, Ola Cabs & Ola Electric| Rana Barua- group CEO, Havas India| Vani Kola – MD, Kalaari Capital | Ankur Warikoo – founder, WebVeda |  Priyanka Gill – group co-founder, Good Glamm Group & CEO – Good Media Co |Peyush Bansal – co-founder & chief executive & people officer, Lenskart | Deep Kalra – founder & chairman, MakeMyTrip |Rajan Anandan – MD, Peak XV partners & surge |Asish Mohapatra – co-founder & CEO, OfBusiness & Oxyzo |Anshoo Sharma – co-founder & CEO, Magicpin & many more.

    TiE Delhi-NCR Executive Director Geetika Dayal said, “After a successful debut in 2012 hosted by TiE Delhi-NCR, India Internet Day has grown from being relevant to indispensable for stakeholders across the ecosystem.

    Last year, India Internet Day (#iDay) expanded to two cities – Bengaluru and Delhi-NCR connecting the two startup capitals of the country. It is significant that Bhubaneswar is the next stop in this expansion.  TiE Delhi-NCR is delighted to collaborate with TiE Bangalore and TiE Bhubaneswar to bring iDay to the three startup hubs.

    This year’s event promises to ignite conversations about AI, innovation, and responsible growth. We are thrilled to provide a platform where game-changers can unite to shape the trajectory of India’s tech future.”

    iDay 2023 provides an unrivalled platform to connect with the who’s who of the internet industry in India at more than one level. It is an opportunity for founders to connect with visionary leaders and trailblazing startups to learn and foster meaningful collaborations and partnerships. Startup founders get an opportunity to mingle with potential investors, and collaborators, with initiatives like Bank on Breakfast, Lunch with Leaders & Lunch with Investors. What’s more, this year select groundbreaking AI startups from India stand a chance to pitch their tech and disruptive solutions as part of an electrifying showcase.

    The Conference is supported by Startup India, Havas Media Network India, PeakXV, Microsoft, Vaco Binary Semantics, SAP, AWS, Lufthansa, CRED, STPi and State Govt.of Odisha.

  • Edtech startup Creative Galileo raises $7.5 million in Series A funding

    Edtech startup Creative Galileo raises $7.5 million in Series A funding

    Mumbai: Early learning ed-tech platform Creative Galileo has raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round from Kalaari Capital, Affirma Capital, East Ventures, Valiant Employee Investment Fund, and angel investors. This brings Creative Galileo’s total funding to $10 million, including a pre-series A round of $2.5 million announced in October last year.

    Creative Galileo offers a curriculum for children through narratives, gamified content, interactive learning journeys, and detailed parent updates.

    The company will use the newly infused funds to scale up, accelerate hiring across the teams in multiple geographies, introduce regional languages and further strengthen the research and development of the platform.

    Creative Galileo was founded in July 2020 by Prerna A Jhunjhunwala and co-founded by Nikhil Naik, ex-Vuclip. As the country’s first-of-its-kind character-based early learning platform for kids aged 3–10, Creative Galileo claims to be the only early learning app to be ranked in the top 20 education apps in the Play Store, India. The company has forged over 20 partnerships with the country’s top content studios in just over a year. With plans to expand in Southeast Asia, Creative Galileo recently started its foray with international alliances such as EBS Korea, an educational content specialist broadcasting company. 

    Creative Galileo founder Prerna A Jhunjhunwala said, “We are excited to bring our new partners on board. In the last year, we have successfully built and provided millions of children access to high-quality content in our Digital and Educational Equality mission. We want to enable bespoke learning for children across the globe through their favorite characters to strengthen their foundation during their early years, which will also help develop and strengthen critical thinking, confidence, cognitive skills, and emotional intelligence.”

    “Our soon-to-be “multilingual” platform will become the largest universe of kids’ character-driven learning platforms with a curriculum designed by experts to meet the foundational learning requirements,” she added.

    Kalaari Capital MD Vani Kola said, “We are excited to strengthen our partnership with Prerna and Nikhil as they continue their journey of transforming learning experiences for children across the globe. In the last six months, they have achieved strong growth with low marketing spend. Creative Galileo has also consistently ranked among the top 20 educational apps in India’s play store—the only early learning app to achieve this distinction. This is a testament to the founders’ relentless focus and strong execution.”

    “We are glad to welcome Creative Galileo into East Ventures’ network and support them in strengthening the education ecosystem in the region. We believe the approach of Creative Galileo will provide fun and exciting learning experiences, and we are looking forward to experiencing more innovation from the team,” said East Ventures managing partner Koh Wai Kit.

    HolonIQ recently listed Creative Galileo on their annual list of the 100 most promising EdTech start-ups from India & South Asia. 

  • The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero in association with ET NOW

    The Power of Shunya: Challenge for Zero in association with ET NOW

    MUMBAI: An all-girls team of Maumita Bhattacharjee from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and Sannidhi Jhala from Indian School of Business, Mohali, emerged as the winners of the Season 1 of ‘The Power of Shunya™: Challenge for Zero’. In a competition spanning 10 weeks, this team beat 23 other teams of students from India’s premier science & technology institutes and B-schools to win the grand prize of a cash award or INR 1,000,000 (Rupees Ten Lakhs only) and an all-expense paid experiential/educative trip to the global DuPont headquarters and the Experimental Station at Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The winners were announced at the grand finale of the show that aired last weekend (Saturday, Dec 14 and Sunday, Dec 15) on ET Now and the prize money was given away by Dr Rajeev Vaidya, President – south Asia & Asean, DuPont.

    Three other teams who finished in the top 4 also won cash awards, they are First runners-up team of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi won INR 500,000 and a paid experience to DuPont India Second runners-up team of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Indian School of Business, Hyderabad won INR 250,000 and a paid experience to DuPont India Third runners-up team of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Delhi and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon won INR 100,000.

    The Challenge for Zero is a university competition. In its first season it invited the best young minds from science, technology and business schools of India to come together and showcase ground-breaking innovations and their go-to-market strategies. As part of the format to encourage collaboration between budding scientists and emerging marketers, each team comprised a science & technology student paired with a B-school student. The challenge to the students was to develop a science-based innovation and its marketing plan to help India achieve the aspiration goal of Shunya or zero – a country of zero hunger, zero malnutrition, zero accidents, zero lives lost, zero carbon footprint. The contestants were judged based on their product’s innovation quotient, its functionality, its potential impact and its ability to achieve the Power of Zero.

    The competition witnessed a magnitude of path-breaking innovations, shortlisted from 250 entries down to 24 most impactful ones. These top 24 teams were then given a two-week window to develop their product presentations and business plans to present to the jury.

    The 10-week on-air competition was hosted by popular television anchor Gaurav Kapur and was adjudged by an eminent panel of jury including Dr. Homi Bhedwar -Technology Director, South Asia & Asean, DuPont; Vani Kola – MD, Kalaari; Harish Hande – MD, Selco India; and Rajeev Karwal – Founder & CEO, Milagrow. Dr. Kiran Karnik, member of the Scientific Advisory Council and the National Innovation Council, was a special juror during the grand finale round telecast last weekend.

    The winning duo impressed the jury with their innovation and marketing strategy for an apparatus to make silk fiber-based lamellar bio-materials for use during surgical interventions for patients with lower back pain, a severe health issue around the world, particularly among the elderly.

    Jury member Homi Bhedwar said, “Science & technology is absolutely fundamental to meeting the needs for food, energy and protection of India’s growing population. “The Power of Shunya™ – Challenge for Zero is an excellent way for DuPont, a science company, to fuel the passion and ignite the young minds of the University students and I hope it will encourage them to pursue science-based problem solving as they contribute to India’s, and the world’s, growth and development.”

    The winner, Maumita Bhattacharjee from IIT, Delhi said, “Power of Shunya was the best platform where I could bring up the strategy to make people aware and to promote this kind of technology, which is at an advantage among the other currently available artificial processes. It gives me a great sense of accomplishment to be adjudged among the best’. Her team-mate Sannidhi Jhala from ISB, Mohali added, “Seeing so many innovations has motivated me to go out and make a difference and do something big in life.”

    Hemant Arora, Business Head-Branded Content, ET NOW, TIMES NOW and zoOm said, “We have successfully concluded ‘The Power of Shunya’ and witnessed nation’s brightest minds put forth their best innovations. The series has served an opportunity to develop solutions to several unaddressed problems faced by various sections of the population. The show has also helped in identifying the young innovators and entrepreneurs of our nation, who would be instrumental in building a more progressive India and we at ET NOW are extremely gratified to provide this platform.”