Tag: Startup funding

Online grocery delivery platform Ninjacart secures $30 mn investment from Flipkart, Walmart

India’s e-commerce giant Flipkart and its US-based parent Walmart have invested $30 million in  Ninjacart, a fresh produce supply chain startup, according to the ETtech report. Flipkart and Walmart said in a joint statement that the investment would deepen their partnership with Ninjacart and would improve its offerings and enhance customer experience. “The e-grocery market…

Bengaluru-based Unocoin raises funding from Draper Associates, others

Unocoin, an Indian bitcoin processor that enables users to buy, sell, store, use, and accept bitcoins has announced that it has raised funding from Draper Associates, along with participation from XBTO Ventures and 2020 Ventures. Founded by Abhinand Kaseti, Harish B V, Sathvik Vishwanath and Sunny Ray, Unocoin’s users can print paper wallets and import…

Delhi-based startup Pesto Tech raises funding from angel investors

Pesto Tech, a career accelerator for software engineers has raised funds from a group of angel investors. Ryan Hoover, Founder of Product Hunt; angel investor Anand Chandrasekaran; Ankur Nagpal, Founder and CEO of Teachable; Sahil Lavingia, Founder and CEO of Gumroad; Hiten Shah, Co-founder and CEO of FYI, usefyi.com; Andreas Klinger, Investor at Remote First Capital;…

Veritonic raises $3.2 mn Series A funding led by Greycroft

Veritonic, the world’s first audio intelligence platform has announced that it has raised $3.2 million led by Greycroft with participation from Lerer Hippeau and Audible, an Amazon company. The new investors were joined by existing investor Newark Venture Partners, which led the previous round of funding. Veritonic will use the funding to hire top talent…

Trivandrum-based robotics startup Genrobotics raises Rs 2.5 cr in pre-Series A funding round

Genrobotics, a Trivandrum-based robotics startup, has raised Rs 2.5 crore in a pre-Series A round led by existing investors Unicorn India Ventures. Anand Mahindra along with SEA Fund, as per YourStory report.  Founded in 2015 by Arun George, Nikhil NP, Rashid Bin Abdulla and Vimal Govind MK, GenRobotic Innovations specialized in the design and development…

Noida-based startup Unnati raises $1.7 mn in pre-Series A funding round

Agritech startup Unnati said it has raised $1.7 million in pre-Series A round from NABVENTURES — NABARD’s agriculture-focused venture fund, according to YourStory report. Angel investor Sumeet Seraf also participated in the funding round.  Founded in 2017 by Amit Sinha and Ashok Prasad, Unnati is on a mission to create 5 million farm entrepreneurs by…

Lucknow-based edtech startup EduGorilla raises Rs 5.3 cr in funding

EduGorilla, a one-stop community in Education for students, faculty and Institutes, announced that it has raised about Rs 5.3 crore from Auxano Entrepreneur Fund, according to YourStory report. Angel investors Venture Garage – SucSEED Venture Partners, Pune Angels, Hem Angels, and VG Angels also participated in the funding round. Founded in 2016 by Rohit Manglik,…

SquadStack raises $5 mn in Series A funding led by Chiratae Ventures

SquadStack, a San Francisco and Delhi-based technology startup that offers sales acceleration, funnel optimization, and business management solutions for businesses, announced that it has raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Chiratae Ventures. The round also saw participation from existing investor Blume Ventures. The company plans to utilize the fresh funds…

Noyo raises $12.5 mn Series A funding from Costanoa Ventures, Spark Capital

Noyo, a San Francisco-based API platform for improving the speed and accuracy of health insurance data exchange, announced that it has closed $12.5 million in Series A funding from Costanoa Ventures and Spark Capital. Other investors such as Homebrew, Fika Ventures, Precursor Ventures, Core Innovation Capital, Garuda Ventures and Webb Investment Network also participated in…

Bengaluru-based Smallcase raises $14 mn in Series B funding round

Smallcase, an investment tech startup, announced it has raised $14 million in its Series B funding round led by DSP Group. Existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, Beenext & WEH Ventures also participated in the funding round. Other investors such as Arkam Ventures along with angel investors Utpal Sheth (CEO at Rare Enterprises, owned…

Camera IQ raises an additional $5 mn in Series A funding led by Shasta Ventures

Camera IQ, the LA-based startup that provides augmented reality platform for camera marketing, announced an additional $5 million in Series A funding led by Shasta Ventures. The round also includes participation from existing investors Waverly Capital, Betaworks Ventures, Sway Ventures, as well as new investors Grand Ventures, Space Capital, and Gingerbread Capital.  Till now, the…

ClanConnect.ai raises Rs5 cr funding led by Venture Catalysts

ClanConnect.ai, a Delhi-based platform that connects influencers to brands, announced it has raised Rs 5 crore funding led by Venture Catalysts. Angel investors Samrath Bedi, managing director of Forest Essentials; Sandeep Aggarwal, founder, Droom.in; Aakrit Vaish, co-founder of Haptik; and Haresh Hingorani, chief creative officer, along with Redchillies VFX, participated in the funding round. Founded…