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The Tech Panda takes a look at recent business launches.
Ocxee, an all in one platform for studying abroad, has launched in India. The platform was founded by students for students in the UK. The brand already holds a presence in 130+ countries, including the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Germany, Poland, Nigeria, Kenya, and Singapore.
“We have already gained a strong foothold in many countries globally. The response has been overwhelming. The number of Indian students opting to study overseas increases every year; it is anticipated to touch a mark of 1.8 million by 2024. However, an even bigger number of students aspire but are unable to pursue due to a lack of awareness and or absence of the right support system. We are here to add convenience and make their plans materialise,” said Meet Kotadia, founder of Ocxee.
The brand has identified the fact that India is the second country that witnesses the maximum number of students travelling abroad for studies after China. Ocxee aims to present a “Student First Approach” in India by evoking trust in students’ minds while they make the most crucial decision of their lives.
The company already has partnerships with over 1500 colleges and universities across the globe with 1.5 million beds in 100+ countries, thus developing into a one-stop solution for students.
Creative Galileo, an Indian kids early learning apps, announced a new licensing partnership with Graphic India and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment, the owners of the popular character Chakra, the Invincible.
Prerna A Jhunjhunwala, Founder, Creative Galileo, said, “We are excited about our collaboration with Graphic India, as it is a step forward in providing a metaverse of characters to our young audience. This partnership is part of our overall growth strategy to continue partnering with the top content players in India and globally to offer the best-integrated learning experience to children while keeping it fun.”
Sharad Devarajan, Co-Creator of Chakra the Invincible, and Co-Founder, Graphic India, added, “A superhero like Chakra the Invincible has the power to connect with kids through fun and engaging content that can also deliver strong messages of optimism, hope and change for a better tomorrow. We are honored to work with Prerna and the Creative Galileo team to bring Chakra to millions of younger fans using their ground-breaking edtech content.”
Chakra The Invincible is an Indian superhero co-created by legendary icons, Stan Lee and Sharad Devarajan. With a universe of kids’ famous characters on its learning platform, Creative Galileo will be combining its knowledge and learning platform with Chakra to offer the best-in-class edutainment experience.
Chakra The Invincible tells the story of Raju Rai, a young Indian student living in Mumbai. Determined to unlock the secrets of human potential through science, Raju and his mentor, develop a technology suit that activates the mystical chakras of the body, unleashing superhuman abilities and powers. When Raju is accidentally bonded to the suit, he vows to use his newfound abilities to protect the world.
Creative Galileo has already partnered with leading companies such as Big Animation, Amar Chitra Katha, Periwinkle, Shermaroo, Toonz Animation, and others to provide quality localised content and interactive learning journeys to children. The e-learning platform, since its inception, has already garnered over 7 million downloads to date.
Hungama Artist Aloud, a platform that supports and promotes independent artists and content, has launched the Hungama Artist Aloud App. The app, by leveraging new-age technology through its features, shall encourage artists to thrive and have their content reach out to varied technology.
With tech-driven innovation, the platform through its features focuses on elevating user engagement, and real-time event experience for both fans and artists as well as fostering the relationship between the two. The ‘Go Live’ feature takes into account the growing popularity of independent artists and enables them to perform live events anywhere and anytime along with offering them a revenue stream.
Expanding its advanced projector range, Optoma, a global DLP projector brand and a leading designer of projection products unveiled the long lasting 4K UHD ultra short throw laser home projector D2 series in the India market.
Vijay Sharma, Country Head, Optoma India said, “We are committed to the India market and therefore we came up with advanced tech based D2 series which will enhance the home cinema experience to the next level. Our new series with 4K UHD ultra-short throw is embedded with smart features like easy set-up, high brightness and stable brightness output at affordable cost to target the mid-level customers in the metros and tier 2 cities as well.”
As a part of home entertainment range these projectors sync with 3D display in all forms and it offers immersive images and realistic movie experience.
Additional specifications across all three projectors include:
90+ My Tuition App, an Indian EdTech startup, launched its new “College Connect” initiative. Which aims to target students pursuing their MBA and B.Tech degree and help them start their entrepreneurial journey.
Smijay Gokuldasan, CEO, 90+ My Tuition App said, “Considering the innovative difference that millennials bring anywhere they go, we felt that creating entrepreneurial opportunities for them is extremely important in order to support them in bringing a noticeable difference to the society. I am glad to inform you all about our new project College Connect which has been created specifically for young talents to explore the entrepreneurial world. 90+ My Tuition App aspires to provide all of these dreamers the chance to realise their ambitions.”
The initiative is in line with 90+ connect, an initiative of 90+ My Tuition App launched in February 2022, that targeted young individuals currently working in the Edtech space with entrepreneurial aspirations. The company has decided to launch the College Connect programme based on the positive feedback received for 90+ connect while on their mission of creating EduPreneurs. The pilot of the programme has already begun with a few colleges and seen participation from multiple numbers of students.
Cropin, an agtech that’s building a global Intelligent Agriculture Cloud, has set up a new AI Labs. With an initial team of 30 members comprising Earth Observation Scientists, Data Scientists, Agronomists and AI/ML Researchers, the AI Labs will focus on studying and “computing” cultivable lands worldwide.
Leveraging the contextual convergence of earth-observation data, geo-fenced field data, AI models and knowledge built and tested over the years, Cropin’s AI Labs scientists will bring intelligence to every acre of the world’s farmlands.
Krishna Kumar, Co-Founder & CEO, Cropin, said, “At Cropin, we are constantly focused on building technology that can enable and transform the agriculture sector. Right from our founding in 2010, when no category called agritech existed, to today, we see the industry evolving from the digitization of farming to intelligent and data-driven agriculture. Cropin’s AI Labs will help us accelerate this effort to compute and bring the benefits of predictive intelligence to every acre of the world’s farmlands.”
According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the global population will hit 10 billion people by 2050, and the world needs to produce 56% more food than produced in 2010.
Cropin’s global farmland computation initiative aims to have a deep impact on the US$3 trillion food production value chain by 2025, reduce food losses by 35% thus safeguarding food security and sustainability, and enable US$0.5 trillion agri lending globally and significantly improve the livelihoods of 2 billion+ farmers .
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