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    Traversal raises $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures and Amex Ventures participating. GIVA raises over $100 million in a round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The Croffle Guys raises ₹14 crore in a round led by V3 Ventures, with N.A.N Partners participating. Solgram raises over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Saama Capital, with Kapil Chopra participating. Sachin Tendulkar makes a strategic investment in Metasports Interactive, the company behind Hitwicket. The amount was not disclosed. Hyeglo Beauty raises ₹7 crore in a round led by Sauce, with Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Reckitt's Arjun Purkayastha and The Patient Capital participating. Unify Foodworks raises ₹5 crore in seed funding through convertible debentures from Atrium Ventures, SailThru Ventures, Arjun Vaidya and Abhishek Goyal. OBSESS raises approximately ₹3 crore in an angel round from Pushpendra Singh, Amit Goel and Harshit Vij. Dispatch Network raises ₹5 crore in a pre-seed round led by Antler India, with angel investors participating. Two Point O Capital raises $10 million in a round led by Transition Venture Capital, with Omnivore and angel investors participating. Traversal raises $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures and Amex Ventures participating. GIVA raises over $100 million in a round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The Croffle Guys raises ₹14 crore in a round led by V3 Ventures, with N.A.N Partners participating. Solgram raises over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Saama Capital, with Kapil Chopra participating. Sachin Tendulkar makes a strategic investment in Metasports Interactive, the company behind Hitwicket. The amount was not disclosed. Hyeglo Beauty raises ₹7 crore in a round led by Sauce, with Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Reckitt's Arjun Purkayastha and The Patient Capital participating. Unify Foodworks raises ₹5 crore in seed funding through convertible debentures from Atrium Ventures, SailThru Ventures, Arjun Vaidya and Abhishek Goyal. OBSESS raises approximately ₹3 crore in an angel round from Pushpendra Singh, Amit Goel and Harshit Vij. Dispatch Network raises ₹5 crore in a pre-seed round led by Antler India, with angel investors participating. Two Point O Capital raises $10 million in a round led by Transition Venture Capital, with Omnivore and angel investors participating.
  • 22 Indian Languages, AI and DPDP Compliance: What Makes Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy Stand Out?

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy

    Pune: Quick Heal Technologies Limited, through its enterprise cybersecurity brand Seqrite, has announced Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy, an AI-powered offering designed to simplify and accelerate the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) compliance journey for small office/home office (SOHO) businesses, small and medium businesses (SMBs), and mid-enterprises.

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy brings enterprise-grade privacy technology to businesses through defined service packs, helping organizations get started with compliance in days.

    The platform aims to minimize manual intervention and reduce dependence on specialist IT skills while enabling businesses to manage personal data as their operations grow.

    With India’s digital economy expanding rapidly, businesses face an increasing need to establish robust data governance practices, identify personal data across fragmented repositories, respect Data Principal rights, and manage explicit consent.

    However, navigating the compliance requirements of the DPDP Act often creates significant operational challenges.

    These challenges range from resource constraints and limited in-house IT expertise in smaller businesses to the complexities of managing compliance in growing mid-sized enterprises.

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy aims to bridge this gap by transforming regulatory requirements into an AI-powered and automated compliance journey. The platform is available across three scalable tiers:

    • Lite
    • Essentials
    • Professional

    The three packs are designed to cater to different business segments, ranging from SOHO setups to SMBs and mid-enterprises.

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy Offers AI-Powered Data Discovery and Classification

    At the core of Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy is AI-powered intelligence designed to minimize manual effort and automate key data privacy compliance activities.

    The platform continuously discovers and classifies personal data across endpoints, cloud applications, databases, and unstructured files.

    Its intelligent engine can also recognize text embedded in scanned documents and images, helping security and privacy teams quickly identify sensitive information that requires protection.

    This AI-led automation reduces repetitive data review activities, enabling teams to respond faster while relying less on specialist IT expertise.

    Additionally, to help organizations meet DPDP requirements for making privacy notices accessible in Indian languages, Seqrite NOVA features a built-in AI language translation engine.

    The capability automatically translates customer consent experiences, privacy notices, and cookie preference menus into 22 officially recognized Indian languages.

    This enables businesses to communicate transparently with customers in their preferred languages while reducing manual translation efforts. The platform also maintains human-in-the-loop review controls.

    Harish Kumar GS, Chief Executive Officer, Quick Heal Technologies Limited, said, “Navigating India’s DPDP compliance shouldn’t be a complex, resource-heavy ordeal for growing businesses.

    With Seqrite NOVA, we have democratized enterprise-grade privacy technology. Whether you are a SOHO operating a few systems, an SMB scaling up, or a Mid-Enterprise managing large volumes of customer data, NOVA offers a tailored, AI-powered path to accelerate DPDP compliance with minimal manual intervention, limited reliance on specialist IT skills, and an investment matched to your needs.”

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy: Key Features and Capabilities

    Seqrite NOVA Data Privacy allows organizations to align their investment with their stage of growth and the complexity of their privacy requirements without taking on unnecessary operational hurdles.

    Its tiered packs are designed to minimize upfront investment, allowing businesses to begin with the capabilities they currently need and expand their usage as operations grow.

    Across its offering, the platform provides a unified suite of enterprise-grade privacy and protection capabilities.

    1. Endpoint Visibility and Data Leakage Prevention

    The platform provides visibility into sensitive personal files across devices while enforcing controls to prevent accidental or unauthorized data exposure. These capabilities are integrated alongside cybersecurity defence mechanisms.

    2. Consent and Preference Management

    Seqrite NOVA automates web cookie preferences and enables businesses to capture, track, and manage explicit customer consent across digital touchpoints.

    3. Data Subject Request (DSR) Workflows

    The platform streamlines rights management through automated workflows designed to fulfil Data Principal requests relating to data access, correction, and erasure.

    4. Advanced Privacy Operations

    Seqrite NOVA also offers modular support for structured privacy impact assessments and rapid data breach notification response workflows to help organizations meet stringent regulatory timelines.

    Author

    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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