New York (New York State) [USA], August 25 (ANI/PNN): Lorien Finance, an award-winning one-of-its-kind cross-border fintech platform, makes student loans easily accessible and affordable by enabling study-abroad aspirants to get a loan and open a US bank account right from India in just a few clicks. The platform received more than USD 75 million in loan applications within weeks of its launch. "Financing hurdles hold back millions of Indian students from considering US education. And the students who do avail loans from Indian banks end up paying high-interest rates and fees, impacting their ability to save money and access credit for other important needs in life," notes Nikhil Mudgal, Founder and CEO, Lorien Finance. With 14 years of experience in the investment banking and lending industry in the US and European markets, working at global banks including Goldman Sachs, Jefferies, and PNC, Nikhil launched Lorien Finance after identifying the struggles of immigrant students
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 22 (ANI/PRNewswire): With increasing digitization and automation across the world, the relevance of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) firms and digital apps is on the rise. According to data from research platform Venture Intelligence, SaaS companies raised $2 billion across 93 deals in the first quarter of 2022. To assist early-stage SaaS startups to tap into this growth opportunity, Prime Venture Partners and Amazon Internet Services Private Limited (AISPL) are collaborating to host the third installation of 'SaaS Central' program. The two-week hybrid program is designed to support the startups in India that are building for the global market and assist to accelerate their growth journey by focusing on SaaS architecture, product management, go-to-market and industry connect. "Many hyper-growth SaaS startups in India are developing products to scale globally from the start. With the majority of India's SaaS unicorns buildin
New Delhi [India], August 18 (ANI/SRV): Global Triumph Foundation and Image Planet organized the GTF Startup Summit - 2022 event held at Aloft by Marriott. GTF Startup Summit - 2022, Bangalore is a single-day platform where 150+ business experts and entrepreneurs from India and abroad shared new ideas, trends and business opportunities to enrich the business community. Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem for starting up, building a sustainable business, youth empowerment and new age business ideas to grow. GTF Startup Summit is the largest independent startup ecosystem recognition with the mission to find, recognize and connect the future shapers of the digital age from all around the world. It is an exclusive platform for startups, new-age entrepreneurs, industry mentors, investors, business owners and the student community to come up in one place, explore their entrepreneurial endeavours and experiences, gain amazingly new insights, and pledge to become a valuable part of the ever-
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI/PRNewswire): The onset of the peak pollution season brings an alarming rise in health issues. Air pollution is directly linked with allergies, asthma, bronchitis and other respiratory infections and diseases, which can be debilitating, force children to miss school, and even cause long-lasting damage to one's health and wellbeing. With the current COVID-19 situation and air pollution, the need for air filters has increased. While in the past, one has acquired expensive air purifiers for respite, the team at Nirvana Being has been working tirelessly to develop value for money, sustainable and effective solutions that address the problem of a suspended virus, bacteria, PM 2.5 and odours in the air. With Nirvana Being's DIY Nanotech AC Filter, one can convert their split ac into an air purifier in just two steps. Without the trouble of purchasing new devices, simply add this filter to an existing Split AC to remove viruses, bacteria and PM2.5 with
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], August 17 (ANI/NewsVoir): ASCENT Foundation, a not-for-profit, peer-to-peer learning platform founded by Harsh Mariwala, Chairman, Marico Ltd, completes 10 years of providing unmatched peer support to entrepreneurs, SME business owners, growth-oriented doers and leaders of tomorrow. Consisting of 840+ members in three chapters across 54 cities in India, ASCENT aims to become a 1000-member cohort by FY23. ASCENT was founded by Harsh Mariwala, Chairman of Marico, ten years ago with the goal of providing the necessary peer support to business owners and empowering the entrepreneurial ecosystem by enabling the doers with learning, support, motivation and a sense of camaraderie. With the aim to give back to the entrepreneurial ecosystem ASCENT was set up with aim to support founders and business owners in navigating the challenges of running a business in a dynamically evolving market reality. Started with a single city chapter, ASCENT has now expanded across I