Friday, November 22

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Top 5 Funding of The Week (22nd Oct – 27th Oct)
FUNDING

Top 5 Funding of The Week (22nd Oct – 27th Oct)

Funding activities have been growing a lot for a long time and with more and more startups coming in operation, the investors are also getting a boost. The last week saw a good number as well as the amount of fundraising activities in which various important companies took part. The company that raised the maximum amount of funds this week was Epic Games, the company that created video game sensation “Fortnite”. It raised $1.25 billion in funding from investors including KKR & Co, Iconiq Capital and Smash Ventures. This funding round has been one of the highest valued ones in a long time. Let us now have a look on the top five funding activities of the week.       1) VideoKen   Artificial intelligence-powered video-learning platform VideoKen ...
New Jersey-based Video Learning Platform Secures $930,000
FUNDING

New Jersey-based Video Learning Platform Secures $930,000

Artificial intelligence-powered video-learning platform VideoKen Inc. has reportedly raised funds amounting to $930,000 (Rs 6.83 crore). The funding round was led by SRI Capital and Touchstone Equities. Along with this, Hyderabad Angels also participated in the round with existing backer LG Chandrasekhar of Sutures India including angel investors like Flipkart and former Yahoo executives. This marks as the second round of seed funding by the New Jersey- and Bengaluru-based startup. The company plans to use these funds for the expansion of its operations in North America. Prior to this, VideoKen had raised $1 million from a clutch of angel investors. The company was founded in 2017 by Manish Gupta and Ashish Vikram. The company makes use of AI and machine learning to summarise vide...