Musings From Deepak @ DSG Consumer Partners #62

All things consumer & insurgent brands. What I am currently reading, thinking about, and reflecting upon.

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GOQii all set to launch Health Metaverse — www.timesnownews.com

A privilege to have leading web3 platform Animoca Brands join the GOQii cap table with their investment. Founder Vishal Gondal is leveraging his deep experience in gaming to develop a health metaverse to make India healthy. Gamification was almost a core part of the GOQii playbook even when we first invested in 2015, and excited to see how they will leverage the blockchain and tokenisation.

Bangladeshi edtech Shikho closes seed investment of USD 5.3 million — www.thedailystar.net

DSGCP has co-invested in the round led by Singapore based Wavemaker Partners. We are excited by Shikho's mission to democratise access to quality education for students across Bangladesh.

Wipro consumer venture arm commits to DSG Consumer Partners IV — www.vccircle.com

We are humbled and excited to work with Wipro Consumer as we continue on our mission of partnering with founders from India & SE Asia building the next generation of insurgent consumer brands.

Leverage Edu raises $22 million in Series B at valuation of $120 million

DSGCP portfolio co Leverage Edu closed its $22M Series B. DSGCP first partnered Akshay in Jan 2019 and it has been a super exciting journey over the last 36 months. Starting as a college placement platform, Leverage Edu has grown into a full service student platform offering advise, placement, remittance and student loans.