Jio Platforms backs SF-based AR video gaming start-up Krikey

Jio Platforms backs SF-based AR video gaming start-up Krikey

Jio Platforms, the biggest telecom operator in India and which has raised over$20 billion from Facebook, Google and other high-profile investors this year, is leading a financing round of a San Francisco-based start-up that develops augmented reality mobile video games. Jio has led the Series A fundraise of Krikey, established by siblings Jhanvi and Ketaki […]
They did not reveal the size of Krikey’s Series A round, however Jio said Krikey has raised$22 million to date. Jio also did not share who else took part in Krikey’s brand-new round. In a declaration, Akash Ambani, director of Jio, said,”Krikey will inspire a generation of Indians to embrace Augmented Truth. We have reached out to Jio and Krikey for more details. …

Offer us your seed round and we will send back double

Offer us your seed round and we will send back double

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A reading guide to Dependence Jio, the most crucial tech business in the world

A reading guide to Dependence Jio, the most crucial tech business in the world

Over the past few months, COVID-19 has actually brought much of the fundraising neighborhood to a dead stop. In the middle of it all India’s hyper0growth telco Reliance Jio Platforms has actually put its fundraising efforts into complete gear. Over the previous three months, Jio has raised over $15.5 billion from a friend of investors that include prominent banks […] …