Gurugram and Patna-based agritech startup DeHaat recently announced that it has raised $12mn (₹83Cr) from investors. The recent funding round was led by Sequoia India and saw participation from FMO, the Dutch entrepreneurial development bank along with existing investors Omnivore and AgFunder. According to the company website, DeHaat is a technology-based platform offering full-stack agricultural…
Gurugram-based foodtech unicorn Zomato recently announced that it has raised $5mn in its Series J funding round. The funding round was led by Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC through its agent Baillie Gifford and Company. According to company regulatory filing, Pacific Horizon has been allotted 1,177 Compulsorily Convertible Cumulative Preference Shares (CCCPS). Each of these…
Food delivery platform Swiggy has recently raised $43mn in its ongoing Series I funding round. The funding round was led by existing investor Tencent and saw participation from Ark Impact Asset Management, Korea Investment Partners (KIP) and MACM India Growth Fund. The company had initiated its Series I round in February and had raised $113…
Elearning platform Lido Learning recently announced that it has raised $3mn in Series B funding from Rocket Internet founder-backed Picus Capital and Paytm President Madhur Deora. This is the Mumbai-based startup’s second fundraiser within just one year of its inception. The edtech startup had earlier raised $3mn in Series A funding round in November last…
New Delhi-based technology-enabled insurance grievance redressal platform, Insurance Samadhan has recently raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from incubator and accelerator Venture Catalysts. It is understood that the company will use these funds to develop the technology stack and the product to scale operations. “This fundraiser would help us to develop our technological frame.…
Mumbai-based online beauty retailer Nykaa recently announced that it has raised ₹100Cr from existing investor Steadview Capital. Nykaa had earlier raised ₹100Cr from Singapore-based investment firm TPG Growth at a valuation of $724mn in March 2019. It was also being speculated for quite some time now that Nykaa has been planning for larger funding round…
Thiruvananthapuram-based neo-diagnostics startup Sascan Meditech Pvt. Ltd has recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Mumbai-based venture capital firm Unicorn India Ventures. The recent fund infusion by Unicorn India Ventures follows the first closure of its second fund at $12mn. SaScan is an innovative neo-diagnostics startup developing integrated hardware and software solutions for medical…
Mumbai-based early-stage fund Unicorn India Ventures recently announced the first close of its second equity fund at $12 million. The ₹400Cr second equity fund was announced last year and the funds for it have been raised from domestic investors comprising family offices and investors from the first fund. It is targeting to raise the total…
QTalk, a smartphone dialer designed to make phone calls stress free has now secured $1.6 million in the seed funding round led by the LightSpeed Venture Partners and Accel India to accelerate product and market development. QTalk is the only public product of Quiph Media Private Limited that initiated operations in early 2018. Founded by…
Log management platform Humio, recently announced that it has raised $20mn in Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Dell Technologies Capital, the global venture capital investment arm of Dell Technologies along with existing investor Accel. With the recent investment, the company plans to increase its capabilities to keep pace with demand…
CoreStack, a Seattle- Chennai based, venture-backed, Enterprise-Cloud Governance Technology Startup with R&D Centre in Chennai, recently announced an $8.5 million in Series A Financing round led by Naya Ventures with participation from strategic investors. With the recent funding, the company plans to add 20 more cloud specialists to its existing workforce of 64 in its…
MeraKisan Private Ltd., a part of the Mahindra Group, and a prominent player in the organic agribusiness market, with a focus on avant-garde organic food supply chains, recently announced its partnership with Ajinkya Rahane, Vice-Captain of the Indian Test Cricket team. Ajinkya who hails from a farming background and is an ardent supporter of farmers…
Edtech platform Univariety recently announced it has raised $1.1mn (₹8Cr) from Info Edge. This is reportedly Info Edge’s second investment in the Hyderabad-based company in a span of two years This primary funding will be used by Univariety for business growth with a focus on product development, scaling up its alumni platform for schools and…
Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm, Lyra Ventures recently announced that it has launched a Japan-backed global second fund. Japanese fashion conglomerate TSI Holdings will be a key investor in this fund. However, the company did not disclose any financial details. Lyra Ventures, which was formerly known as Start Today Ventures, said that the new fund…
Corporate card startup KarbonCard recently announced that it has raised $2mn through seed round of funding. The funding was made by a clutch of angel investors across India and China. Fintech startup Cred’s founder Kunal Shah, Amrish Rau (CEO of Pine Labs) and Jitendra Gupta (Founder of Amica Financial Technologies) are among the investors who…