Construction management app, based in Bengaluru, Powerplay has received $5.2 million from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and Accel Partners. “Powerplay comes at a time when the construction industry in India is ripe for digital disruption. By empowering construction workers and contractors with technology, we are driving the growth of crucial infrastructure required for economic and…
Rewards-based payment network TWID has announced that it has raised $2.5 million in funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and BEENEXT. Angel investors YourNest India, Kunal Shah and Rajul Garg also participated in the latest round. Commenting on the investment, Amit Koshal, Co-founder of TWID, stated, “With our wide network of issuers, merchants, brands, and…
Kyt, an online-first, global academy for extracurriculars, designed by the best educators from around the world, has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Alpha Wave Incubation. Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, January Capital, Titan Capital, and other angel investors also participated in the funding round. Kyt is the first Indian company…
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…
LambdaTest, a cloud-based browser testing platform that allows users to seamlessly test public or locally hosted web apps across 2000+ different browsers, OS, resolutions, and devices, announced it has raised $6 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, a rapid scale-up programme for startups in Southeast Asia and India. Other investors that took…
Aampe, a personalised messaging software start-up, has secured $1.8 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India”s Surge. Founded in July 2020, with customers across Asia – including India, Singapore, Myanmar, and Indonesia, Aampe uses machine learning to personalise messages and communication for customers, helping businesses drive better customer retention and growth. Paul Meinshausen, Co-Founder of…
Kyt, an online-first, global academy for extracurriculars, designed by the best educators from around the world, announced it has raised $2.5 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge. The capital will be used to expand its online-first, global academy for extracurricular learning. It has plans to add more courses, including chess, various musical…
Let’s Dive, a Bengaluru-based platform for remote employee engagement and building team culture, announced it has raised $1.7 million in funding led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, according to ET report. The funding round also saw participation from Village Global and angel investors like Ravish Naresh, founder of Khatabook, and Sai Srinivas, cofounder of Mobile…
Hippo Video, a video customer experience(CX) platform that helps businesses engage with their audiences in an authentic way through personalized videos, announced that it has raised $4.5 million Series A funding led by Alpha Wave Incubation and Exfinity Venture Partners. Existing investors Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, and KAE Capital also participated in the funding round.…
Surge-backed fintech startup Khatabook recently raised $60million in Series B funding round. The funding round was led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital. Khatabook helps small businesses record financial transactions digitally and accept payments. The funding round saw participation from a clutch of new and existing investors including Sequoia India, Partners of DST Global,…
Venture Capital firm Sequoia Capital India’s recently announced that it has selected 15 early-stage startups from Southeast Asia- and India for its accelerator program Surge’s third cohort. Out of these 15 startups, seven are from India, while one-third of the startups in the batch have women founders. According to an official statement released by the…
Convosight, a SaaS based community management platform, announced that it has raised $4 million in its pre-Series A funding from IvyCap Ventures and Sequoia Capital’s accelerator fund Surge. The company plans to use the funds raised to strengthen its team across product and marketing functions as well as invest further to improve its technology and…
Tigerhall, a Singapore-based knowledge sharing platform, announced that it has raised $2 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s scale-up programme Surge. Other investors in this round include the XA Network (formerly known as Xoogler Angels), Taurus Ventures, and angel investors. The company will use the funds for product development, new senior…
Gurugram-based agritech startup Bijak recently announced that it has raised $12mn in series A funding round. The funding round saw participation from over half a dozen investors including existing investors Sequoia-owned Surge Ventures and Omidyar Network. Earlier in October, the startup had raised $2.5mn in seed funding. Bijak was also among the 20 startups picked…
Trell, a Bengaluru-based lifestyle-community-commerce platform, announced that it has raised a $4 million pre-Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Fosun RZ Capital and KTB Network. Existing investors such as Beenext, WEH Ventures and Sprout Ventures also participated in the funding round. Post current funding, the company has raised $5.5 million till now.…