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Stone Sapphire builds fun with Bildago launch
MUMBAI: This Children’s Day, playtime just got an upgrade. Stone Sapphire India Pvt. Ltd., the force behind popular homegrown toy brand Skoodle, has launched Bildago, a new range of building block sets that bring together creativity, quality, and value in one smart, snappy package. Designed to spark curiosity and problem-solving in young minds, Bildago marks Stone Sapphire’s bold entry into India’s booming building block toy market.
The timing couldn’t be better. The Indian building block segment, valued at over 385 million dollars in 2023, is one of the fastest-growing categories in the toy industry, projected to climb at nearly 15 per cent CAGR through 2028. Riding this wave, Bildago enters with five themed collections, street, x-terrain, stellar, motocraft, and snapback, offering everything from speedy racers to cosmic explorers.
Each set is precision-engineered to create up to three different builds, while four sets in a series can be combined to form one mega model. It’s a play concept that keeps imagination and replayability at the heart of every build.
Available across major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Ahmedabad, and soon expanding to tier-II markets. Bildago aims to make world-class construction toys accessible without the sky-high price tag.
Commenting on the launch, Stone Sapphire India Pvt. Ltd. managing director and CEO Shobhit Singh said the goal was to merge “global quality with Indian affordability.” He added, “Each Bildago set is built to inspire kids to play, experiment, and dream big, because great builders start small.”
To mark the launch, Stone Sapphire has teamed up with SPAR India for a special Children’s Day activation, running 7–16 November across select malls. Themed build, play, imagine & compete, the event invites kids to take on creative building challenges using Bildago kits, blending fun with learning in true “play with purpose” spirit.
With Bildago, Stone Sapphire is not just entering a category, it’s building a generation of dreamers, one block at a time.
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Beep App launches Gen-Z career platform, clocks 30,000 plus placements
Pune startup turns scrolling into career action with learn-explore-earn model
PUNE: Beep App has rolled out its newly positioned career-focused app aimed at Gen-Z users, as it looks to bridge what it calls a growing gap between exposure and employability among young Indians.
Formerly known as EventBeep, the platform is built around a simple but timely idea: turning everyday scrolling into meaningful career action. The app targets students and early professionals, offering a unified space to explore career options, learn relevant skills and access internships and job opportunities.
At a time when short-form content dominates screen time, Beep is attempting to flip the script by embedding structured, career-oriented insights within a familiar scroll-based interface. The idea is not to disrupt user behaviour, but to redirect it.
The platform spans a wide range of fields, including artificial intelligence, product management, design and data analytics. It provides users with insights into role expectations, required skills and step-by-step career pathways, supported by inputs from industry practitioners.
At the heart of the offering is a “learn, explore, earn” model that integrates discovery, skill-building and hiring into one ecosystem. The company says this closed-loop approach is already gaining traction, with over 30,000 placements facilitated so far.
“Gen-Z does not lack ambition; what they often lack is structured direction,” said Beep App founder and CEO Saurabh Mangrulkar. “The Beep App is designed to organise that exposure into actionable pathways so users can move from intent to execution with greater confidence.”
The launch comes amid a broader shift in India’s job market towards skills-first hiring, where practical experience and demonstrable capabilities are increasingly valued alongside academic qualifications.
Founded in 2021, Beep App has grown steadily within the student ecosystem, connecting over 6.5 million users with opportunities across more than 1,500 colleges and 7,800 hiring companies.
Looking ahead, the company plans to deepen its content across emerging sectors, expand its hiring network and build more personalised career pathways tailored to user behaviour.
As Gen-Z continues to navigate a complex and fast-evolving job market, platforms that can turn curiosity into clarity may well shape the next wave of career discovery.
