SOSV has recently announced the results of its MOX accelerator programmeBengaluru-based entertainment tech platform Playtoome, on Saturday (December 14), announced that it raised undisclosed funds from US-based venture capital company SOSV.

Founded in 2016 by Subramanian Keerthivasan, Playtoome is a technology-enabled live performance, entertainment and consumer engagement platform.

The online platform allows users to connect with their favourite musical stars and watch them perform at the comfort of their own couch.

Playtoome works on the model wherein it enlists music performers on its platform based on the requests and preferences of its users.

The venture capital company has recently invested in social discovery platform Woovly in its $2.5 Mn (INR 17.69 Cr) Pre Series A round. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576386283.4660141/Entertainment-Tech-Platform-Playtoome-Raises-Funds-From-SOSV?ref=audio_experience

Furthermore, Rupani said that Gujarat will soon become a leader in science and technology.

With over 5K startups operational in the state at the moment, he said Gujarat will soon begin exporting modern technology.

Gujarat Startup Ecosystem In A NutshellGujarat is one of the first states to have an official IT and electronics policy.

According to DataLabs by Inc42, last year, over 5K startups were active in Gujarat and startups in Gujarat raised over $135 Mn in funding.

The official IT and Electronics Policy brought in in 2016 will be updated in 2021. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576384480.5245848/Gujarat-CM-Says-Govt-Departments-To-Use-AI-To-Boost-State-Infra?ref=audio_experience

world music festival, telecom expo, millets fair, climate change expo, wildlife conference, startup festival, Diwali rangoli, and jazz festival.

The fourth edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival (SAF) kicks off this weekend in Panaji, Goa.

See our earlier interview with Smriti Rajgarhia, Director, Serendipity Arts Foundation, as well as curator insights.

The company has supported the Serendipity Arts Festival for four years, and has a special focus this year on inclusion, accessibility, and experiential immersion.

Goa has also hosted the third edition of the Affordable Art Festival and 50th edition of the International Film Festival of India. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576382509.6298852/How-India’s-top-cycle-brand-also-supports-arts:-Serendipity-Arts-Festival-2019-kicks-off-in-Goa?ref=audio_experience

Collaboration and CooperationToday, everything about working and the workplace has changed, including the layout and design of the workplace itself.

Errors at Work and Accidents in the WorkplaceThis opens employees up to more errors in their work, including accidents in the workplace.

In a way, it feels like work and the workplace have reverted to the ’60s again—but not quite.

Moreover, if you’re smart about it, you can work anywhere you like and make anyplace your workplace.

If you’d like to work in an evolving workplace, you will need to continuously update yourself. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576380609.6753287/The-Evolution-of-Work-and-the-Workplace-–-Business?ref=audio_experience

Mr. Ratan Tata, one of India's leading businessman and the patriarch of Tata Sons, dreams of an equal India where the rich and the poor have the same opportunities.

And, who better than the Chinese to get in the Indian startup ecosystem!

Many of these countries such as Southeast Asia, India, Latin America, and even Africa, are seeing their internet sector dominated by Chinese companies.

[Year in Review 2019] 10 most-watched YourStory exclusive interviewsWith 2019 coming to a close, we take a look at the YourStory exclusive video stories that our readers and viewers loved the most this year.

Top 5 gaming trends in India to watch out for in 2020From the rise of social gaming apps and cloud-based gaming services to cheaper AR/VR headsets, 2020 is poised to be a key year for India’s gaming industry. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576378813.2720141/An-exclusive-interview-with-Ratan-Tata-(and-other-top-stories-of-the-week)?ref=audio_experience

The Indian startup ecosystem has many celebratory entrepreneurs today.

While we do not miss any opportunity to take pride and celebrate these ‘overachievers’ of the startup ecosystem, we often fail to applaud the struggles and challenges that the so-called ‘unsuccessful’ startup founders go through.

The subscription-based milk delivery platform claimed to deliver more than 30,000 litres of milk every day.

The Mumbai-based task management startup competed with Bengaluru-based Dunzo, which was the first Indian startup to get a direct investment from Google in India.

The startup shut shop in May this year, as it failed to raise follow-on capital. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576377010.3288102/2019-Throwback:-Bursting-the-startup-bubble?ref=audio_experience

Before the likes of Netflix, Amazon Prime, and closer home, platforms like TVF, there weren’t many avenues for women in comedy.

Read all about her days as a lawyer, her move to TVF, and her role in her new TV series.

Nidhi BishtRemember Nikhita Gandhi, the Indian playback singer who sang for Deepika Padukone for the title track of Raabta?

Don’t miss reading about these four youngsters who are trying to make classical music cool for a younger generation.

Don’t miss her responses to our Proust questionnaire, where she talks about her heroes and her greatest regrets and achievements. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576375209.5239613/Best-of-Weekender:-A-tête-à-tête-with-lawyer-turned-actor-Nidhi-Bisht,-a-date-with-singer-Nikhita-Gandhi,-and?ref=audio_experience

Display and designThe Versa 2 comes with a colour OLED display instead of an LCD one.

The main benefit of an OLED screen is that the smartwatch can have an ‘always-on display’ ⁠— a feature many users had been craving.

(The Fossil Gen 5, Galaxy Watch/ Galaxy Active 2, and Apple Watch Series 5 boast this feature.)

While there is no speaker on the watch, the Alexa results are displayed on the Versa 2's screen.

With the Apple Watch and Fossil Gen 5 offering less than a day’s battery life, the Fitbit Versa 2 has marched ahead on this front. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576373408.4725773/The-Fitbit-Versa-2-is-better-than-its-predecessor,-but-still-limited-as-a-smartwatch?ref=audio_experience

Toppr is an after-school learning app, personalising education for students of Classes 5 to 12.

Co-founder of Toppr, Zishaan Hayath, says, “There are about 350 million school-aged children in India.

“I realised the need for a live doubt-clearing platform for students, available to them 24x7.

Identifying this need gap, he, along with his friend from IIT Bombay, Hemanth Goteti, came up with the idea for Toppr Doubts.

Using artificial intelligence and machine learning, they aimed to bring better learning to students irrespective of geographic and socio-economic boundaries. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576371606.7714534/[The-Turning-Point]-From-starting-with-a-team-of-4-in-2013-to-reaching-10-million-students-on-its-platform-—-the-story-of-Toppr?ref=audio_experience

AI-powered Riyaz (meaning ‘practice’ in Hindi), launched by startup MusicMuni Labs, is pegged as a ‘24x7 singing buddy’.

A recent entrant into the music technology space, the app offers over 130 exercises and 200 raga and song lessons across disciplines such as Carnatic, Hindustani, devotional, Bollywood, and even Western music.

Riyaz is not only making learning music realistic and feasible, but also easier and convenient for the user’s schedule.

Holding a Master’s in computer science from IIIT Hyderabad, he had begun tinkering with tech-powered solutions in the music space along with a bunch of friends during his college days.

This gave birth to a deep-rooted interest in the space, which eventually set him on a path to pursue a PhD in music technology from the Music Technology Group, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, in Barcelona, Spain. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1576369807.5648239/With-1-million+-downloads-and-5k-paid-subscribers,-how-Riyaz-is-taking-the-music-tech-space-by-storm?ref=audio_experience