Start-Ups

String Bio announced on Monday that it has received a $20 million investment from Woodside Energy Group, Ankur Capital, Dare Ventures, Redstart, and Zenfold Ventures. String Bio also announced in a statement that it has signed a strategic development agreement with Woodside Energy Technologies Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Woodside Energy Group, for the production of sustainable protein ingredients from greenhouse gases. The company uses advances in biology, fermentation technology, chemistry, and process engineering to convert methane energy into a variety of value-added products. Products enabled by String’s platform…

Humane Society International/India has announced the third edition of its annual Humane Entrepreneurship program, which is aimed at social entrepreneurs with early-stage startups focusing on animal welfare and environmental issues. The Humane Entrepreneurship Program provides early-stage funding to pioneering innovators in the fields of new plant-based, fermentation-based, and cell-based proteins, next-generation materials that replace animal products, and non-animal testing methodologies. The 6-month virtual program, which will be launched in September 2020, accelerates the growth of social entrepreneurs in India by providing selected participants with a holistic ecosystem of global mentors, expert…

As companies in India continue to lay off employees to navigate the ‘funding winter,’ with over 60,000 expected to lose their employment in 2022 alone, the country is gearing up to welcome 200 unicorns in the next four years. As hundreds more face layoffs, led by edtech and e-commerce platforms, the ‘ASK Private Wealth Hurun India Future Unicorn Index 2022’ list shows that almost 122 businesses from 25 cities  are on the route to becoming unicorns. The irony is that while funding still flows in the Indian startup ecosystem, the…