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He serves as the Editor-in-chief of “BegumPura Times” and has thrived on his innate skills and talents

January 21: The more we read and hear about success stories made from the ground up, the more we feel the need to know about such individuals and professionals raring to make their mark in their respective industries. It may take years for some to create their definition of success in the field of their choice, but Ravinder Singh, a young talent from Punjab, India, believes that when individuals work with dedication, commitment, and passion, everything becomes achievable at any stage in life. Ravinder Singh is one name that has been buzzing high lately in the world of entrepreneurship, with being the director and editor-in-chief at BegumPura Times, which has been rising gradually to the top as an outstanding news and entertainment website in Hindi.

Ravinder Singh always knew he had innate skills and talents in him and was inclined towards all things creative. However, he had no inch of an idea that life would indeed present him with opportunities that could help him become an entrepreneur and help him live his dreams as a business owner at a young age. He has thrived on his passion and his drive to make it huge in his career, which has helped him reach towering heights of success as a powerful force behind BegumPura Times.

Talking about the website, Ravinder Singh says that it has grown over the years as one of the top news, entertainment, music, and fashion websites, containing honest and true information and news for enhancing people’s knowledge and insights about these niches. BegumPura Times also provides the latest and breaking news and videos straight from the entertainment industry. He has made sure to provide people with the news that is accurate and real, with the genuine intention to only double their knowledge and make them more learned individuals.

Ravinder Singh believed in his visions and ideas, which helped him become a prominent name in the industry, ultimately flourishing his career in entrepreneurship. Apart from that, he serves as the Secretary of State at Punjab Congress and loves adventures, working out, and travelling.

To know more, follow him on Instagram @singhravinder_

New Delhi (India), January 21: Madbow Ventures Ltd., one of the leading names in the fashion industry, co-founded by Naveen Mahlawat in August 2016, has raised $2 million in their Series A funding round led by Planify Capital, the strategic investment banker for Madbow.

Key investors that contributed towards the Series A funding are Junita Majumder, owner at JK Future; Bhumika Srivastava, HR partner at Airbnb; Sanjay Damani, accredited investor from Mumbai; Jagannath MS, angel investor from Bangalore; Pranab Dutta, angel investor from Narayana, Delhi; Bhagya Lakshmi Inti, ace investor from Medchal, Telangana; and others which helped Madbow reach a post-funding valuation of Rs.100 Cr, boosting its share price to Rs.550 per share.

Madbow is a digitally native consumer technology platform, delivering a content-led, lifestyle retail experience to consumers. It is a platform for brands where it creates brands across the categories and moves them to scale them at a fast pace with the help of technology, marketing, and years of experience in operations to make successful D2C brands.

Since their incorporation in 2016, they have invested both capital and creative energy towards designing a differentiated journey of brand discovery for consumers. They have a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products like footwear, western wear, ethnic, and other fashion products, including their own brand products manufactured by them. As a result, they have established themselves not only as a lifestyle retail platform but also as a popular consumer brand selling on their niche websites as well as in the marketplace.

Madbow has a few in-house brands catering to lifestyle and fashion like stalkbae.com, streetstylestalk.com, slaydeal.com, lovedamoda, and SlayXO.com, which are also available on mobile applications. Style stalk has 6 lakh downloads, Slaydeal has 32 thousand downloads, and stalk bae has 11 thousand downloads.All these websites cater to different customer segments, like one that deals particularly with the mass segment, whereas StalkBae is more toward premium products.

The brand has a base of around 12,00,000+ satisfied customers in a market of more than 25K serviceable PIN codes throughout India. MadBow currently owns an export license and caters to international borders like Europe and Africa. Madbow’s private label brands have had huge success on social media and have amassed more than 1 million followers on social media.

Mr. Naveen Mahlawat, CEO of Madbow Ventures limited, stated, “The funds raised will be used for the company’s expansionary purposes as the company is planning to launch fashion brands and labels in kids, ethnic, high fashion, cosmetics, and general merchandising, as well as bring all the fashion and lifestyle requirements under one roof. After experiencing amazing responses from various events and exhibitions, we are also planning for 100+ MBO stores and 10 EBOs by the end of 2022.

Madbow Ventures Ltd eyes Rs 100 cr Revenue in Next 18-24 Months. Recently Madbow has done strategic tie-ups with leading marketplace players like Myntra, AJIO, Amazon Fashion etc., and provided curated designs after discussing with their fashion teams.

Planify Capital’s CEO, Rajesh Singla, commented, “This funding round will be one of the stepping stones towards the success of Madbow Ventures as a fashion brand. The company looks promising with positive cash flows since inception, scaling at 100% every year. They have a core female and customer-centric approach which would help them scale.” 

About: Planify is a fintech startup that focuses on building India’s first marketplace for private equity. Planify acts as an investment banking firm for start-ups and private companies to help them raise funds through its various channels. Planify also offers stocks that are not yet listed to investors (Angel, Accredited Investors, VC, AIF, and PE Funds) so that the exchange of hands can become easy in unlisted companies on their own platform. 

Website link: www.planify.in

Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], January 21: BSE listed Ward Wizard Innovations & Mobility Ltd. (BSE: 538970) is all set to witness the EV benefits with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Delhi announcing that all ride aggregators and delivery services like Ola, Uber, Swiggy, etc. will have to mandatorily adopt electric vehicles (EV) while procuring new fleets.

With this EV manufacturers will be in the limelight, and EV companies may benefit substantially, according to Analysts. Aggregators would also have to ensure that 50 per cent of all new two-wheelers and 25 per cent of all new four-wheelers are electric by March 2023.

Due to this EV companies including Tata Motors, TVS Motors, Olectra Green, Ward Wizard Innovations, and Mobility Ltd would benefit substantially, it is felt. WardWizard Innovations & Mobility Ltd, a BSE-listed electric two-wheeler manufacturer, charts a major growth programme, under which it plans to introduce four new high-speed electric scooters and enter the electric three-wheeler segment, as the adoption of electric two- and three-wheelers gathers pace in the country.

The company sold close to 19,000 e-two wheelers in 2021. It witnessed a significant surge in sales in the post-second wave period as it sold 17,376 electric scooters and motorcycles during April-December 2021, an increase of 570 per cent over the year-ago period.

Meanwhile, the company has announced Excellent Q3 results, Clocking the highest ever numbers in this quarter, the company clocked a revenue of more than Rs. 58.3 crore in Q3 FY’22 compared to Rs.11.85 crore in Q3 FY’21, observing a growth of more than 392%. Observing an uprick in demand for electric two wheelers across the country majorly driven by low-speed models, the company has achieved a sales mark of 10,005 units in this quarter, registering a growth of more than 656% compared to the Q3 of FY 2020-21, where the sales stood at 1324 units.

Wardwizard Innovations & Mobility Ltd is one of the leading auto manufacturing companies in the Electric Vehicle (EV) segment under the brand name Joy e-bike. Being the Ist listed entity on BSE in Electric Vehicle manufacturing, it’s mainly focused on the growing potential in the India’s EV segment to provide clean and greener alternatives to the existing usage of mobility which is aligned with its philosophy of driving a positive change. Through Joy E-Bikes, the company has been providing a greener alternative to traditional fuel-driven bikes.. Its footprints are spread across in excess of 25 major cities across India and aspire to growth this number by length and breath.

New Delhi (India), January 21: Fermenta Biotech Limited (FBL) today announced that it has signed a Definitive Agreement with Aurigene Pharmaceutical Services Limited (APSL), a stepdown subsidiary of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (DRL). In this arrangement, FBL will exclusively license its proprietary biocatalytic technology for the synthesis of Molnupiravir and supply its enzyme Candida Antarctica B Lipase (CAL B) to APSL, and APSL will exclusively procure the enzyme from FBL. Molnupiravir API manufactured by APSL will be utilized by DRL for its formulation. Additionally, APSL can also supply the API manufactured through this technology to other formulators of Molnupiravir, a COVID-19 drug that has recently received emergency use approval from the Food and Drugs Authority and Drugs Controller General of India.

This development follows FBL’s announcement of filing patents for its novel technology for synthesizing Molnupiravir in April 2021. Subsequently, the process has been further optimized at the laboratory scale, with demonstrations being successfully conducted at APSL’s R&D center in Hyderabad. FBL’s biocatalytic technology possesses unique advantages such as enzyme recyclability, optimum solvent recovery and improved process efficiency.

Prashant Nagre, Managing Director, FBL, commented, “Our technology, based on green chemistry, is one of the first of its kind in the world, enabling sustainable and scalable manufacture of Molnupiravir. Additionally, through our expertise in enzymatic solutions, we also bring in cost efficiency by leveraging our in-house enzyme. We are proud to play a role in our collective fight against COVID-19 by making this drug more affordable.”

Founded in 1951 and headquartered in Thane, Maharashtra, Fermenta Biotech Limited (FBL) is a pioneer in immobilized enzyme technology with the mission to contribute to the emerging transformation of Biocatalysis.

The enzyme manufacturing unit in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh and the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) approved R&D facility in Thane have consistently developed and sustained FBL’s leadership in providing advanced enzyme technologies. FBL is a pioneer in the development and production of fermentation-based Penicillin G Amidase enzyme (PGA) and commercialized immobilized enzymes in India. Further, FBL also manufactures CAL B Lipase for a variety of applications from pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, food and fragrance, leather as well as biodiesel industry. Additionally, FBL is one of the leading manufacturers of Vitamin D3 globally. For more information about the Company and its businesses, please visit our website www.fermentabiotech.com

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21: RD Accessories, a rapidly growing audio devices and mobile accessories brand, has launched an extremely lightweight & portable stereo speaker, Mini Stone 02. This speaker gives you a playback time of up to 3 hours. The exclusive wireless speaker weighs only 53.6 gms, which means you can carry it everywhere. Available in a wide range of colours- Black, Grey, Red, Blue, Yellow and Green, this portable mini speaker is not just a stereo speaker. One can connect it as a Bluetooth device or have a phone conversation.

Mini Stone 02 is a perfect blend of innovation, comfort and design.

The brand, RD Accessories, is well-known in India’s metro and rural segments for its superior and prime quality products. They have been in this business since 2002 and have been equipping people with world-class mobile spare parts, Bluetooth speakers, power banks, headsets, earphones, smart wearables and chargers.

RD Accessories proves its tagline, #onestepahead, by coming up with uniquely designed devices to give people an aesthetic experience. They say it is not just a tagline. Instead, they live by it. With a wide range of accessories and devices, they cater to all your needs, whether it is party, work, online games, or spending quality time with yourself.

“We believe in making things simpler. In all our products, you will always find elements of innovation and simplicity. We, as a team, never strive only for perfection. Instead, our focus is to develop resources that are simple-to-use yet beautiful and stylish. Our core idea is to provide people with a unique experience so that when they use any product of ours, they should feel that this is what they were looking for”, says CEO Narayan Rathod.

RD Accessories has also signed with Actor Randeep Hooda as its brand ambassador, who flawlessly resonates with the brand’s persona. With his charismatic and magical personality, the brand will surely amplify its reach.

The brand holds a strong belief in giving back to society. Through RD foundation, they have taken the initiative to help the poor and unprivileged community sections. They provide medicines to those who cannot afford them. To fulfil their mission across the areas of Rajasthan, the foundation gives medicines of BP, Diabetes and all generic medications free of cost. Mr Chetan Rathod is the founder of RD Foundation.

RD Accessories was also awarded the Business Excellence Award in 2021 for their commendable journey in the industry for the long 20 years.

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Onboards over 30 digital influencers to its portfolio

Set to achieve a growth of over 200% in 2022

Plans to onboard over 50 influencers in the next 6 months

 New Delhi (India), January 20: Finnet Media, one of India’s promising and young talent Management, Video Production, and Influencer Marketing agencies has clocked revenues to the tune of INR 10 crores within the first year of its inception. This marks a growth of over 200% for the agency in a period of 10 months. Finnet Media is closely working with upcoming social media influencers like Akshat Srivastava, Jay Kapoor, Sharan Hegde, Anushka Rathod, Anamika Rana, Caslynn, Shashank Udupa, Vedant Rusty, etc. and has assisted them with brand deals and collaborations.

Speaking on the stellar growth of the agency, Ayush Shukla, Founder – Finnet Media, said, “Finnet Media was born right in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, and this has turned out to be a blessing in disguise for us. With lockdowns being announced across the county, everyone was forced to stay at home hooked on to their devices. We started our journey with a small base of 2 influencers in January 2021. However, with the growing hunger of digital content, we have increased our influencer base and today have a bouquet of over 200 influencers. We have cracked over 100+ brand deals and collaborations over the past year that has helped us to achieve a revenue of INR 8 crores.”

Understanding the post-pandemic era where all the events are going digital and brands are collaborating with digital influencers for promotions, the agency endeavours to win the influencers marketing and talent management of multiple up and coming social media influencers in the coming year. Ayush further added,“We have already charted a strong growth path for the year 2022 and are expecting to be at a revenue level of close to INR 20 crores by December 2022. Along with influencer marketing and talent management, the Finnet Team focuses on being the 360 Creative Catalysts for brands and influencers coming on board.”

Through Finnet, Ayush enables individuals in becoming content creators and businesses in becoming brands. Talent Management, Influencer Marketing, Video and Content Production are just a few of the areas in which Ayush leads the young agency to succeed.

About Finnet Media:

End to End Digital Influencer Marketing and Content AgencyHeadquartered in Bangalore, Finnet Media is assisting individuals and companies passionate about content creation in becoming a popular brand. Founded by Ayush Shukla in January 2021, be it Talent Management, Influencer Marketing, Video, or Content Production, are just a handful of things that Finnet thrives on. Finnet Media was started by Ayush as an add-on venture along with this full-time job. The stellar growth witnessed in a short span motivated Ayush to establish Finnet Media as a full-grown agency by 2021. The company also focuses on strategy research, content, overall ideation and applications basis the current trends and technology. Account Strategy, Content Planning Strategy, Direction &Positioning and being Creative Catalysts for brands and individuals are some key fortes of the Finnet Media team.