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Proud moment! Indian student's startup bags whopping $10m from UAE - Check details of the project

The biotech startup's product was showcased in the GITEX 2020 international conference held in Dubai as the startup was part of the international startup delegation led by KSUM.

Proud moment! Indian student's startup bags whopping $10m from UAE - Check details of the project
Najeeb Bin Haneef, Founder and CEO of Zaara Biotech, and Mohamed Shafi Abdulla, Chairman and Managing Director of TCN International Commerce, signed the MoU in this regard on Saturday. IANS pic.

A Kerala student's biotech startup fostered under the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre (IEDC) scheme of Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) has bagged an investment of $10 million from the UAE-based TCN International Commerce LLC for his project titled "Algae-Seaweed Technology", under the brand B-lite Cookies.

The biotech startup's product was showcased in the GITEX 2020 international conference held in Dubai as the startup was part of the international startup delegation led by KSUM.

Zaara Biotech, which focuses on research in energy and food crisis using micro-algae, got the funding for its research and development, production, distribution and marketing under TCN International Commerce.

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Najeeb Bin Haneef, Founder and CEO of Zaara Biotech, and Mohamed Shafi Abdulla, Chairman and Managing Director of TCN International Commerce, signed the MoU in this regard on Saturday.

Zaara Biotech was founded by Haneef when he was a biotechnology engineering student at Sahrdaya College of Engineering and Technology in 2016.

The biotech startup, which was incubated in Sahrdaya Technology Business Incubator (Sahrdaya TBI), has collaboration with ICAR-CIFT and it has helped the company to become India's first algae-seaweed food product designer.

The team of Zaara had set up a 'Mushroom Hub' during its first year on the campus before foraying into entrepreneurial ventures.

TCN International Commerce has its presence in multiple sectors such as IT, business process management, trading, healthcare, education, FMCG, construction and engineering, defence, critical service providers, aviation and oil and gas.

KSUM is the nodal agency of the Kerala government for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state.

Written By: IANS
Updated: Sun, Mar 21, 2021
03:33 am
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