Bombay Play, a social gaming startup, has raised $1 million seed funding led by Lumikai, the first gaming and interactive media venture fund based out of India, according to YourStory report. Earlier, the startup had raised funds from Playco and Leo Capital. The startup will utilise the current financing to accelerate product development on multiple…
Makers Fund, a global venture capital fund specializing in interactive entertainment, has announced a $4 million seed round for mod.io, a cross-platform UGC and modding service platform. The funding round was co-led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, with participation from Play Ventures, GameTech Ventures, and Machinefloor. The company will utilise the current funding to simplify…
Habitat, an ed-tech platform for civil servant aspirants, has raised Rs 5 crore in its seed funding round. The startup raised the funds from impact investment firm Unitus Ventures and Whiteboard Capital, Habitat said in a statement. The startup will use the funds to strengthen its team and upgrade its technology, Habitat CEO Rohit Pande…
Prescribe, a healthtech startup that provides IT solutions to doctors, clinics & hospitals by leveraging user friendly platforms, has raised Rs 1 crore in seed funding round led by Titan Capital, along with AngelList syndicate and Curofy founders. The startup will use the current financing to fuel expansion, grow its sales team, engage in strategic…
FrontRow, a Bengaluru and Mumbai-based learning and community platform, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners), and actress Deepika Padukone. The startup will use the funding to fuel expansion, add more courses and categories to its platform and expand its community offering. FrontRow enables everyone…
BitClass, a startup which offers a platform for independent teachers to conduct online classes, has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Venture Highway. Other investors that participated in the funding round include AET Japan, Figure Eight Investments, and Waterbridge Ventures. Founded in early 2020 by Gunjan Kejriwal and Utsav Tiwary, BitClass is focussed…
Nektar.ai, a business-to-business sales productivity startup, announced that it has raised $2.15 million in a seed funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners. Other investors that participated in the current funding round include Insignia Venture Partners, Arka Venture Labs, Better Capital and Vietnam Investments Group. Nektar plans to utilise the capital to fuel expansion, continue…
GalaxyCard, a mobile based Instant Credit Card platform based in Gurugram, announced it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from a clutch of investors including Samyakth Capital, according to ET report. Founded in 2018 by Amit Kumar and Gunjeet Singh, GalaxyCard claims that credit cards can be made available within three minutes after…
TurboHire, an Intelligent Recruitment platform that specializes in talent acquisition and candidate discovery, announced that it has raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Pentathlon Ventures. The funding round saw participation from Kia Ora Ventures as well as individual investors Monish Darda, Sanjay Balram and Prabir Jha among others, TurboHire said in…
Traya, a healthtech startup announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Kae Capital and Whiteboard Capital. Angel investors Puneet Kumar from Steadview Capital and Suhail Sameer from BharatPe participated in the current seed funding round. The startup will use the funds for research and development, expanding its product range, detailed…
Podcastle, a startup that converts text news and articles to a podcast, with very natural human speech using machine learning, announced that it has raised $1.75 million seed funding led by Sierra Ventures. Other investors that participated in the funding round include Andrew Ng’s AI Fund and Correlation VC. Founded in early 2020 by Artavazd…
Railofy, the first startup in India to provide travel protection to railway passengers against waitlist (WL) and reservation against cancellation (RAC), announced it has raised Rs 4 crore in seed funding round from Roots Ventures, Astarc Ventures, Better Capitals etc. The seed funding will be used to scale its presence across the country. In addition…
Teachmint, an easy to use platform for tutors to conduct unlimited live classes and manage their classrooms has announced that it has raised $3.5 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed India. Existing investors Better Capital and Titan Capital also participated in the funding round. Founded in early 2020 by Anshuman Kumar, Divyansh Bordia, Mihir…
Hubilo, a global intelligent virtual events platform that brings Experience & Intelligence together, announced that it has raised $4.5 million in a seed funding led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Angel investors that participated in the current financing round include Freshworks chief executive Girish Mathrubootham, former LinkedIn India CEO Nishant Rao and Slideshare cofounder Jonathan Boutelle. …
Medtech & Biotech startup EzeRx has announced that it has raised Rs 1.75 crore in a seed funding round led by Odisha-based incubator KIIT-TBI, according to YourStory report. Post investment, the startup is valued at Rs 12 crore. The company will use the seed funding to boost expansion. Other angel investors include Sudip Row Chowdhury,…