Category: Investment

Glenmark to sell select Anti-Allergy brands to Dr Reddy’s

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a research-led, integrated global pharmaceutical company, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. to divest its brand Momat Rino (for Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), Momat Rino Advance (for Russia), Momat A (for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan), Glenspray and Glenspray Active (for Ukraine), along with rights to…

Gurugram-based Infraprime Logistics to invest $200 mn in construction logistics

Infraprime Logistics Technologies, the Electric Truck and construction logistics startup based out of Gurugram, is planning to catalyse investment of $200 million to electrify and organize construction logistics in India. The three-year-old Company has grown to over $50m in terms of annualized gross logistics value of the contracts being executed. The investment by the Company…

Kaagaz Scanner secures funding from Pravega Ventures, Axilor Ventures, and others

Kaagaz Scanner, a Indian document scanning and storage app, has raised $575,000 in a funding round led by Pravega Ventures, alongside Axilor Ventures, Better Capital and a few prominent angel investors, including Phanindra Sama (Founder of RedBus), Farooq Adam (Founder of Fynd) and others.  Launched in 2020 by Snehanshu Gandhi, Gaurav Shrishrimal and Tamanjit Singh…

Bengaluru-based tech-led jobs platform Awign nabs pre-Series B funding from Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and others

Awign announced it has raised funds from existing investors Michael and Susan Dell Foundation, Unitus Ventures and Eagle10 Ventures, according to PTI report. The startup will use the funding to finance its expansion to more cities and introduce new services.  The company however did not say how much money was raised in the latest pre-series…

Gurugram-based HR Tech startup GetWork raises pre-seed funding

GetWork, a campus recruiting platform to post youth jobs and hire across dozens of colleges at once, has raised Rs 30 lakh investment in a pre-Seed funding round from Rudraksh Ventures. Rudraksh Ventures is an early-stage investment firm founded by angel Investor Munish Bhatia, ex-Aon Hewitt and DXC Technologies. The startup will utilise the current…

Agritech startup Farmkart to raise Rs 90 cr for pan-India expansion

Farmkart, a Madhya Pradesh-based agritech startup which offers a wide range of agricultural products and services to farmers through its e-commerce platform, is planning to raise Rs 90 crore in Series A funding from venture capitalists for expansion across the country, according to PTI report. “At present we are functioning at 1,240 locations in Madhya…

Adani Transmission completes acquisition Of Alipurduar Transmission for Rs1300 cr

Adani Transmission Ltd (ATL), India’s largest private sector power transmission company, announced it has acquired 49% stake in Alipurduar Transmission Limited from Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd. (KPTL) with agreement to acquire balance 51% after obtaining requisite regulatory and other approvals and in a manner consistent with Transmission Service Agreement. The share acquisition is pursuant to…

Gurugram-based edtech startup Yellow Class raises pre-Series A funding led by India Quotient

Education-technology startup Yellow Class has raised $1.3 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by India Quotient, an early stage investor. India Quotient fund companies building disruptive businesses aimed at Indian consumers. Other participants that participated in the funding round are Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal, Indifi founder Alok Mittal, Oyo executives…

Mumbai-based Cityflo raises Rs57 cr Series A funding led by Lightbox

Cityflo, an app-based bus service that provides a commute experience for corporate professionals in Mumbai, has raised Rs 57 crore in Series A funding led by Lightbox Ventures. Existing investor India Quotient along with other angel investors also participated in the round.   Earlier in 2019, India Quotient had invested Rs 3 crore into the startup…

Eightfold AI bags $125 mn in Series D funding led by General Catalyst

Eightfold.ai, a talent intelligence platform, built for enterprises, to address talent acquisition and management, has announced that it has raised a $125 million in Series D funding round led by General Catalyst and also includes investors from previous rounds, including Capital One Ventures, Foundation Capital, IVP and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Total funding raised to date…

Hyderabad-based Laurus Labs acquires a majority stake in Richcore Lifesciences

Laurus Labs announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 72.55% of Richcore’s shares from Eight Roads Ventures and VenturEast for a value of Rs. 246.7 crores. Richcore, a fast-growing biotech company based in Bengaluru with its advanced R&D and manufacturing facilities, develops and manufactures biotech products critical for manufacturing biological drugs. Richcore also…

Grip raises equity funding from Anicut Angel Fund and Gemba Capital

Grip Invest, an investment platform that allows retail investors to make small ticket investments in physical assets that earn lease income, has raised an undisclosed round of equity funding led by Anicut Angel Fund and Gemba Capital. Angel investors Anupam Mittal, Sunjay Kapur and Maninder Gulati also participated in the funding round.  Founded in 2020 by…