Dyte, a live video and audio platform, announced a $11.6 million funding round led by Unbound, Sequoia Capital India’s Surge and Nexus Venture Partners. The new funds will be used to expand the startup’s product and technical teams, with an emphasis on foreign hires, a statement said. Founded in 2021 by Abhishek Kankani, Kushagra Vaish,…
Pankhuri, a Bengaluru-based social community platform for women, announced it has raised $3.2 million in funding led by Surge, a rapid scale-up programme by Sequoia Capital India. India Quotient and Taurus Ventures also participated in the funding round. Founded in 2019 by Pankhuri Shrivastava, the platform provides users with information on topics, including beauty and personal care, through live and short videos, and…
Content-focused platform Hashnode has landed $2.1 Million in its fresh financing round. The latest funding round saw investments from Surge – Sequoia Capital India’s startup accelerator along with angel investors, Naval Ravikant, Shashank Kumar, Ritesh Arora, Harshil Mathur and Nakul Aggarwal. The fourth cohort of Surge was launched in November and the developer blogging startup is now…
Shipsy, a software-as-a-service logistics platform that enables data driven decision making enhancing visibility and operational efficiency for Supply Chain industry, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Surge, the accelerator programme of Sequoia Capital India, and existing investor Info Edge (India) Ltd. The startup will utilise…
Bengaluru based group health insurance startup Plum has raised slightly over Rs 30 crore (approximately $4.04 million) in funding, according to a report. The company has raised funds from Sequoia’s Surge, the accelerator and early-stage investment programme of marquee venture capital firm Sequoia, Entrackr reported. Other participants include IF India Partnership, Tanglin Ventures, AngelList and…
Bengaluru-based water purifier startup DrinkPrime recently announced that it has raised Rs 21 crore in its pre-Series A round. The financing round was led by Omidyar Network India, with participation from Sequoia Surge. The startup will use the current financing to fuel expansion. The Company has plans to strengthen its team and invest in growth…
Trell, a Bengaluru-based lifestyle-community-commerce platform, announced a $11.4 million Series A round led by KTB Network. Other investors that participated in the current financing round include Samsung Ventures, Ankur Nagpal, CEO of Teachable, Gokul Rajaram (Board Member, Pinterest, Square, DoorDash) and Vineet Buch (Ex-Head of Google Play Store Development) along with existing investors Sequoia’s Surge,…