India’s first Bitcoin rewards company, GoSats raises seed funding of $700k, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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GoSats; a Bitcoin Rewards Company, has raised $700k seed funding from a group of investors. The platform focuses on mainstreaming bitcoin adoption to help average consumers become passive earners of bitcoin.

The seed funding round featured some prominent names like Alphabit Fund, Fulgur Ventures, Stacks Accelerator, and SBX Capital. The funding round was also supported by a few angel investors including Ajeet Khurana, former CEO of Zebpay, Sathvik Vishwanath, CEO of Unocoin, Mohit Madan, Co-Founder of Oropocket, Sharan Nair, CBO of Coinswitch Kuber, and a few others.

Trevor Owens, the Managing Partner at Stacks Accelerator said, “GoSats is the gateway for a billion people in India to own Bitcoin. In a time when inflation is destroying wealth around the world, Bitcoin protects the wealth of people and allows them greater freedom and ownership over their future. That’s a great thing, and I’m honored to be an investor in a company that can benefit so many people.”

CEO of GoSats, Roshan, also the former Chief Scientist of Unocoin, shares his views about the vision and growth of the company saying, “It’s fascinating that a significant number of our user-base never held bitcoin before they signed up with GoSats and we are happy to facilitate their journey into the world of crypto-assets in a risk-free manner. Through this funding, our focus is to scale the adoption of bitcoin in India and to build a bitcoin rewards solution for brands.”



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Ethereum Co-Founder says safety concern has him quitting crypto

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Anthony Di Iorio, a Co-Founder of the Ethereum network, says he’s done with the cryptocurrency world, partially because of personal safety concerns.

Di Iorio, 48, has had a security team since 2017, with someone traveling with or meeting him wherever he goes. In coming weeks, he plans to sell Decentral Inc., and refocus on philanthropy and other ventures not related to crypto. The Canadian expects to sever ties in time with other startups he is involved with, and doesn’t plan on funding any more blockchain projects.

“It’s got a risk profile that I am not too enthused about,” said Di Iorio, who declined to disclose his cryptocurrency holdings or net worth. “I don’t feel necessarily safe in this space. If I was focused on larger problems, I think I’d be safer.”

Background

Back in 2013, Di Iorio co-founded Ethereum, which has become the home of many of the hottest crypto projects, particularly in decentralized finance — which lets people borrow, lend and trade with each other without intermediaries like banks. Ether, the native token of the network, has a market value of about $225 billion.

He made a splash in 2018 when buying the largest and one of the most expensive condos in Canada, paying for it partly with digital money. Di Iorio purchased the three-story penthouse for C$28 million ($22 million) at the St. Regis Residences Toronto, the former Trump International Hotel & Tower in the downtown business district.

In recent years, Di Iorio jumped into venture-capital investing and start-up advising. He was also for a time chief digital officer of the Toronto Stock Exchange. In February 2018, Forbes estimated his net worth was as high as $1 billion. Ether’s price has more than doubled since then.

Decentral is a Toronto-based innovation hub and software development company focused on decentralised technologies, and the maker of Jaxx, a digital asset wallet that garnered about 1 million customers this year.

Di Iorio said he has talked with a couple of potential investors, and believes the startup will be valued at “hundreds of millions.” He expects to sell the company for fiat, or equity in another company — not crypto.

“I want to diversify to not being a crypto guy, but being a guy tackling complex problems,” Di Iorio said. He is involved in Project Arrow, run by a high-school friend that’s building a zero-emission vehicle. He is also consulting a senator from Paraguay.

“I will incorporate crypto when needed, but a lot of times, it’s not,” he said. “It’s really a small percentage of what the world needs.”

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SBM Bank India & Drip Capital partner to empower MSME Exporters, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Drip Capital, a fintech provider of cross-border trade finance has tied up with SBM Bank India to offer trade financing solutions – customized for small and medium-sized exporters in India. Owing to this partnership, MSME exporters will be able to avail collateral-free working capital at competitive rates. In the past, Drip Capital has partnered with several local and international banks to offer its financing solutions to SMEs in developing markets like India and Mexico as well as the US. Since its inception in 2016, the company has worked with over 1,500 sellers and buyers spread across 80+ countries. Recently, it crossed over US$ 1Bn in cross-border transactions.

Pushkar Mukewar, Co-Founder and CEO, Drip Capital, said, “By partnering with SBM Bank India, we aim to provide collateral-free working capital to MSME exporters through our invoice discounting facility. This association is an example of how fintech companies are eager to partner with banks and other financial institutions to grow collectively by using technology to its very core.”

Neeraj Sinha, Head – Retail and Consumer Banking, SBM Bank India, said, “The Indian MSME sector is one of the largest exporters in the country. With India being rapidly ascending onto the map of the global supply chain, the MSME sector is set to play a major role in the coming years. It is therefore critical to design and delivers #smartbanking solutions to this segment that offer accessibility, affordability, and adaptive to the ever-changing demands. Towards this, it is our pleasure to partner with Drip Capital. We are sure, together, our solutions will help the Indian MSMEs become more competitive and resourceful.”



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Ujjivan SFB ventures into supply chain finance with Progcap, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Ujjivan SFB has tied-up with Progcap for end-to-end digitisation of invoice-based financing of MSMEs for their small tenor working capital requirements. This ties-up the bank’s venture into supply chain financing and will fund dealers, sub-dealers against purchases made from recognised brands through short-term overdraft facility.

The bank said, “The entire lending process, right from the lead generation, lead screening, loan sanctioning, document execution and customer on-boarding and repayments has been digitized through Progcap’s data-driven tech platform.”

Rajiv Kumar Pathak, Business Head – Medium and Small Enterprise, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank said, “This is a win–win arrangement for all stake holders in the MSME business ecosystem i.e. bank, fintech partner, buyers and suppliers. The customer gets working capital in the form of supply chain finance against the invoices raised along with freedom to clear dues with regular cash flow. Digital on-boarding gives us an access to larger geography where we don’t have direct reach through USFB branch network.”

Dheemant Thacker, Head – Digital Banking, Ujjivan Small Finance Bank said, “Driving business through fintech partnerships using Ujjivan Small Finance Bank’s full-stack API Banking platform is at the core of our digital strategy. With our first such partnership in the SME space – Progcap, we are able to offer fully digital, innovative lending services to small businesses and partner with them in their growth. In a short period of time, we have been able to offer supply chain financing to a significant number of businesses and will continue to ramp up our efforts to support these businesses as they battle the uncertainties of the current pandemic.”

Pallavi Shrivastava, Co-Founder, Progcap said, “Supporting MSMEs linked with large corporates is core to what we do at Progcap. We are excited to partner with Ujjivan Bank in this journey. Combined with Progcap’s industry first product that uses heavy data driven underwriting and Ujjivan’s digital first approach, we aim to offer this product to a large number of underserved MSMEs. Progcap is working with similar technology driven lending partners in furthering its mission to support millions of small businesses access credit for the first time.”



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Yono by SBI Joins Hands with Shivrai Technologies, to Launch Small Farm Accounting App, Farmizo Khata, BFSI News, ET BFSI

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Farmizo Khata assisting Farmers of the Future

Shivrai Technologies, Indian AgTech company, recently announced the launch of their B2C Farm accounting mobile application, Farmizo Khata. Joining hands with Yono by SBI, they aim to help farmers across the country to manage their accounts efficiently, thus cutting down on losses. Shivrai also owns their own B2B brand, FarmERP.

Shivrai Technologies recently coined their 25-year mark of incorporation. Known for their formidable solutions in the space of AgriTech, they are all set to dip their foot into the B2C pool. Through this new venture with Yono by SBI, they aim to make their application increasingly accessible.

Farmers incur massive losses due to the lack of knowledge, disorganised book-keeping skills, and inability to manage their expenses in the most profitable manner. To aid this process, Shivrai Technologies partnered with leading digital banking platform, Yono SBI to help smallholder, marginal, and large-holder farmers by way of a free application. This will allow them to focus on their costs incurred, as well as the bookkeeping of total profits that are in line.

This free-of-cost application will not only efficiently manage their accounts but will also give them a platform to analyse and calculate their profits, losses, and expenses, thus enabling them to make wiser purchase, harvest, and production decisions. It is curated in the simplest possible way for smallholder farmers to benefit from it.

Aapki Kheti Ka Hisaab Kitaab- Available on Google Playstore and Appstore, as well as in the form of a digital portal, this accounting software has a simple User Interface and Experience for its audience. Shivrai is offering this software to farmers all across the nation at no cost.

How Does It Work?

Users can create their profile by entering basic information. Post that, the software will guide them to register their plot by entering Plot details and Crop Information. This software will also assist the farmers in Geo-Tagging their crops. In the next step, the farmers would be required to add their expenses incurred on each plot, along with their income details and profit and loss amounts on the software’s dashboard. After doing this, the software would automatically generate the Exact Cost of Production of each crop as per kg and acre. This would include the Auditor cost, the marketing and housekeeping cost, etc. In the end, the software would create a ‘Khata’ with a complete view of all the transactions in a simple ledger.

Sanjay Borkar, CEO and Co-Founder of Shivrai Technologies commented on the launch of the software, “We are very excited to announce the launch of this application. Inconsistent cost sheets, poor calculations of expenses and income, faulty accounts are a pain for farmers, resulting in massive financial setbacks. Farmizo Khata has entered the market with the sole purpose of reducing these financial setbacks for smallholder farmers, in turn increasing their yearly turnovers.,

Under the umbrella of Farmizo, Shivrai also plans on launching applications catering to various sub-verticals within the agricultural industry. In the year 2021, the brand is focusing on the upliftment of smallholder farmers by way of launching various applications personalised for their use. In the coming months, Shivrai is gearing itself to launch its new D2C application. The app that is in the final stages of testing, would be directly selling fresh fruits and vegetables to end-consumers, bypassing all and any third-party retailers or middlemen. In the next two years, the brand has a target to onboard 2 million agricultural stakeholders on their platforms.

Santosh Shinde, COO, and Co-Founder of Shivrai Technologies stated, “We believe Farmizo Khata will pave a way for smallholder farmers giving them the right support they need to make wise financial decisions. This being the 25th year of the inception of our parent company, Shivrai Technologies, we have some exciting projects in the pipeline. Farmizo is one such project that we can’t wait to share with the market.,

Shivrai Technologies is best known for their B2B Farm Business Management Platform, FarmERP. The platform has its presence in over 25 countries today, catering to stakeholders across the entire agricultural value chain. Their comprehensive platform acts as a solution for various agribusinesses and aims to vastly grow in the future with their personalised solutions.



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