Pulling water out of thin air is Zero Mass Water‘s big idea, and now we’ll see how far it can go.

The technology is like something out of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, and Friesen created a startup dubbed Zero Mass Water to make it real.

And now Zero Mass Water is scaling it up.

It’s two very different, but very innovative elements of the progress at Zero Mass Water.

Often that involves—it could be bottled water, filtered water, boiled water, or trucking water in. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578929406.7196057/Zero-Mass-Water:-How-the-water-in-the-air-can-save-us?ref=audio_experience

We often hear stories of startup ventures that live a short life because of inadequate fund flow and working capital limitations.

Arrangement of short term working capital has always been a challenges for new ventures.

The whole idea behind Lendingkart is that the entrepreneurs in the 35-45 years age bracket need short-term working capital loans for their SMEs.

Before founding Lendingkart, Harshvardhan was a founder and director at Domestic Finance and Investment private limited.

Relevant Read: Important Tips You Must Know Before Investing in StartupsLendingkart - CompetitorsLendingkart Technologies operates as a fintech company in the working capital space. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578927608.6132288/Meeting-the-Working-Capital-Needs-of-MSMEs?ref=audio_experience

Salesforce announced some new developer tools today, designed to make it easier for programmers to build applications on top of Commerce Cloud in what is known in industry parlance as a “headless” system.

To help with this goal, Salesforce announced some new and enhanced APIs that enable developers take advantage of features built into the Commerce Cloud platform without having to build them from scratch.

Developers also often need to connect to other enterprise systems from their eCommerce site to share data with these tools.

To fill that need, Salesforce is taking advantage of Mulesoft, the company it purchased almost two years ago for $6.5 billion.

Using Mulesoft’s integration technology, Salesforce can help connect to other systems like ERP financial systems or product management tools and exchange information between the two systems. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578925809.708899/Salesforce-announces-new-tools-to-boost-developer-experience-on-Commerce-Cloud-–-TechCrunch?ref=audio_experience

Prisync, an Istanbul, Turkey-based pricing software company, raised $1.1M in seed funding.

The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development efforts and grow its global customer base.

Founded by Burc Tanir, Samet Atdag & Neslihan Sirin Saygili, Prisync is a competitive pricing intelligence & dynamic pricing software company.

It helps all sizes of e-commerce companies across the world by automating their competitor price tracking & pricing optimization processes.

Commenting on the deal,According to Burc Tanir, CEO, the e-commerce pricing software market is still under-tapped. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578924006.7684083/Prisync-Raises-$1.1M-in-Seed-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Platform or gig economy has made it possible for customers to access services without actually having to ever interact with the aggregator — in an ideal scenario.

Naturally, the gig economy presents more risks for employers as typically these transient workers do not have robust documentation for background checks and screening.

So while gig economy is a real employment opportunity for many unskilled workers, there is a lot of friction in hiring.

This risk is intensified with recurring instances of crimes in delivery operations thanks to weak background checks.

In order to mitigate these risks, gig economy companies rely on AI-powered background checks and as with most innovation for gig economy, startups are at the forefront here too. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578922208.1423295/Helloverify-Is-Bringing-Instant-Background-Checks-To-India’s-Burgeoning-Gig-Economy?ref=audio_experience

Purplle, an online beauty and personal care brand on Monday said that it has raised $8 million from Verlinvest as part of its Series C round.

Purplle co-founders (L to R): Rahul Dash and Manish TanejaLaunched in 2012, Purplle is an online beauty and personal care ecommerce platform which provides personalised digital shopping experiences for consumers by creating detailed user profiles.

This investment aligns with our intent of creating a sustainable multi-decade enterprise.”The startup claims that it has turned cash profit since 2018.

Through its app and website, Purplle claims to offer over 47,500 SKUs to more than 1,000 third party and its own brands.

At present, Purplle claims to have more than 450 employees, and is growing by more than 100 percent year-on-year. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578920406.512368/[Funding-alert]-Online-beauty-platform-Purplle-raises-additional-$8M-from-Verlinvest-in-Series-C-round?ref=audio_experience

Kyverna Therapeutics, a Berkeley, Calif.-based cell therapy company engineering a new class of therapies for serious autoimmune diseases, raised $25m in Series A funding.

Beth Seidenberg, M.D., Co-Founding Managing Director of Westlake Village BioPartners, Desmond Padhi, B.Sc., Pharm.

which combines advanced T cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate autoreactive immune cells at the root cause of inflammatory disease.

Led by newly appointed CEO Dominic Borie, M.D., Ph.D., Kyverna is a cell therapy company engineering a new class of therapies for serious autoimmune diseases.

The company’s platform combines advanced T cell engineering and synthetic biology technologies to suppress and eliminate the autoreactive immune cells at the root cause of inflammatory diseases. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578918607.5708005/Kyverna-Therapeutics-Raises-$25M-in-Series-A-Funding?ref=audio_experience

Online cosmetics and beauty products retailer Purplle has raised $8 Mn in Series C funding round from Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest.

The report comes a month after, Purplle raised funding from Goldman Sachs in December 2019.

Founded by Manish Taneja and Rahul Dash in 2011, Purplle is an ecommerce platform that offers beauty products, appliances and cosmetics.

In 2018, Purplle raised $2.57 Mn funding from Luxasia Group Patrick Chong Fook Seng and JSW Ventures.

Besides Purplle, other players in the online cosmetics and beauty products retailers include Nykaa, NewU and Lusso Liv. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578916807.2666564/Online-Beauty-Store-Purplle-Raises-$8-Mn-To-Strengthen-Supply-Chain?ref=audio_experience

The city’s tech sector is booming, in part thanks to investment in tech education programs.

More and more, investors are pushing tech companies to set up shop in Toronto, Vancouver, and plenty of places in-between.

More and more, investors are pushing tech companies to set up shop in Toronto, Vancouver, and plenty of places in-between.

So, if Canadian companies are looking to boost their diversity, there’s a channel available where they can get it.

VanHack has the biggest global tech talent pool of any tech recruiter, at over 100,000+ and counting. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578915109.729964/Four-predictions-for-Canadian-tech-hiring-in-2020?ref=audio_experience

PACT Pharma, a SouthSan Francisco, Calif.-based advancing personalized NeoTCR-T cell therapies to eradicate solid tumors, closed a $75m Series C financing.

The round was led by Vida Ventures with participation from current investors.

As part of the round, Helen S. Kim, Managing Director at Vida Ventures, will join PACT Pharma’s Board of Directors.

The company’s technology is designed to individually program tumor-exclusive targeting into each patient’s own immune system cells to eradicate their own cancer.

Pact is also backed by GV (formerly Google Ventures), Canaan, Casdin Capital, Droia, Foresite Capital, Invus Opportunities, Pontifax and Wu Capital, AbbVie Ventures and Taiho Ventures. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1578913209.007136/PACT-Pharma-Secures-$75M-in-Series-C-Financing?ref=audio_experience