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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mobile apps cybersecurity startup Protectt.ai said on Monday it has raised around $8.7 million at an undisclosed valuation in a Series-A funding round led by global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP). The Mumbai-based company aims to use the funds to drive global expansion, undertake product innovation and nurture talent.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Global venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners expects artificial intelligence (AI) to disrupt its investment roadmaps, with a disproportionate share of its new $350 million India-dedicated fund likely to flow into opportunities in this new-age technology that promises to transform businesses.

PG Electroplast today rallied 15% to their new 52-week high of Rs 718.35 on the BSE after the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary PG Technoplast has signed an agreement with Spiro Mobility for an exclusive partnership for manufacturing Spiro’s EV in India. “PG Electroplast Ltd. (PGEL), one of the pioneers and leaders in Electronic Manufacturing Services and Plastic Molding, through its wholly owned subsidiary, PG Technoplast Pvt. Ltd., has signed a Definitive Agreement with Spiro Mobility to become an Exclusive Manufacturing partner for manufacturing of the EVs of Spiro Mobility (Spiro) in India,” said the company in a filing to the exchanges.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners, which has invested in the likes of Swiggy and BigBasket, said that the cybersecurity segment is poised, in terms of investments, to take off in India on the back of rising instances of data fraud. The segment has been “fertile" for Bessemer globally, where the VC has made over 30 investments.

3D hydrogel culture system that mimics the mammalian lung environment. It provides a powerful platform to track and study how tuberculosis bacteria infect lung cells and test the efficacy of therapeutics used to treat TB. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a dangerous pathogen. In 2022, it affected 10.6 million people and caused 1.3 million deaths, according to the WHO. “It is a very old bug, and it has evolved with us quite a bit,” said Rachit Agarwal, Associate Professor at BE and corresponding author of the study published in Advanced Healthcare Materials. Mtb primarily infects the lungs, IISc said in a press release. Current culture models used to study Mtb infection have several limitations. They are typically culture plates that are monolayered and do not accurately mimic the 3D microenvironment inside the lungs. The microenvironment experienced by the cells in such 2D culture is vastly different from the actual extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding lung tissue. “In a tissue culture plate, there are no ECM molecules, and even if a very thin layer of ECM is coated on these plates, the lung cells 'see' the ECM on one side at best,” said Vishal Gupta, PhD student at BE and first author.

Vishal Gupta, who has been the head of exchange at Coinbase, is reportedly leaving his position after more than two years at the United States-based cryptocurrency exchange.