Tag: Startup funding

Songtradr closes $30 mn in Series C funding round

Songtradr, the global B2B music rights and licensing marketplace platform, announced the completion of its Series C funding round, raising $30M, valuing the company at $165M. Songtradr technologies are designed to simplify and enhance the overall music licensing experience. With this investment, Songtradr will accelerate its global expansion plans, product development and fund key acquisitions,…

Bengaluru-based Pixxel raises $5 mn in seed funding round

Pixxel, a space technology company working towards creating India’s first constellation of microsatellites in the LEO, announced that it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Blume Ventures, GrowX Ventures and Lightspeed India. Other investors that participated in the round include Inventus Capital India, Stanford Angels and Ryan Johnson, co-founder of satellite imaging…

Bengaluru-based Able Jobs raises $1.8 mn in seed funding round

Able Jobs, a Bengaluru-based startup that helps companies get entry-level non-tech deployable talent, announced that it has raised $1.8 million in a seed funding round led by SAIF Partners, according to an ETtech report. Other investors that participated in the funding round include Silicon Valley-based startup incubator Y Combinator, Snapdeal founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit…

Endiya Partners secures Rs50 cr investment from Nippon India

Endiya Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in IP led Indian product startups that are globally relevant, announced it has received Rs 50 crore investment from Nippon India Digital Innovation AIF into its Fund-II. Recently, International Finance Corporation (IFC), an arm of World Bank, invested $10 million (Rs 75 crore) and committed additional…

Mitron raises $5 mn funding led by Nexus Venture Partners

Mitron, the Indian short-form video app, announced that it has raised $5 million in funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. Existing investors 3one4 Capital and Arun Tadanki’s private syndicate on LetsVenture also participated in the funding round. Several notable angles and entrepreneurs like Deep Kalra, Founder and Chairman MakeMyTrip; Anand Chandrasekharan, Former Facebook executive; Karan…

Daalchini raises Rs5 cr pre-Series A funding led by Artha Venture Fund

Daalchini, a Delhi-NCR based physical marketplace for ‘Traditional Indian Home-cooked Food’, provided by network of Home-based cooks/Tiffin Services, through Internet of Things, announced that it has raised Rs 5 crore in a pre-Series A round led by Artha Venture Fund (AVF). Angel investors that participated in the funding round include Ajay Kaul, former CEO of…

Mumbai-based Eduvanz raises $5 mn Series A funding led by Sequoia India

Eduvanz, a Mumbai-based finance company that is making education universally accessible by providing easy, transparent and speedy financial assistance using innovative technology solutions, announced it has raised $5 million in a series A round led by venture capital firm Sequoia Capital India. The funding round also saw participation from Unitus which is an existing investor…

Terra.do raises $1.4 mn seed funding from Rainmatter Capital, Beenext, others

Terra.do, an online climate school, announced that it has closed a $1.4 million seed round led by Stanford Angels and Entrepreneurs (India), Beenext Emerging Asia, Zerodha-backed Rainmatter Capital, and prominent angels from the Indian and US ecosystem, according to YourStory report. The startup runs online learning programmes and has a community that helps individuals across…

IncomLend raises $20 mn Series A equity funding led by Sequoia India

Incomlend, a global online invoice trading platform that aims to democratize access to trade finance, announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A round led by Sequoia India.  The CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics, has strengthened the existing partnership with Incomlend by also participating in the round, to…

DocSumo raises $220K seed funding from Better Capital, others

DocSumo, a document AI startup that captures data from unstructured documents such as invoices & bank statements into structured formats, announced it has raised seed funding of $220,000 from Better Capital, TechStars, and Barclays.  The startup will use this investment to strengthen its product, marketing, and sales engine, and also foray into newer markets like…

Hyderabad-based CUSMAT raises funding from Venture Catalysts

CUSMAT, a startup that builds high immersion training systems for enterprises, announced that it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Venture Catalysts.  The funding round was led by Venture Catalysts investor — Raveen Sastry of Multiply Ventures, and also saw participation from Vaibhav Domkundwar, Better Capital; Rakesh Verma, Chairman, MapMyIndia; and Pratap Atwal,…

Short video platform Chingari raises $1.3 mn in seed funding

Chingari, a Bengaluru-based local short video-sharing app, announced that it has attracted a funding of $1.3 million in a seed round. Investors that participated in the funding round include AngelList India, Utsav Somani’s iSeed, Village Global, LogX Ventures, and Jasminder Singh Gulati of NowFloats, said a statement from Chingari. The company plans to use the…

Delhi-based Fitspire raises $220K in pre-seed funding round

Fitspire, a health and wellness startup, announced that it has raised $200,000 in its pre-seed round led by Nikhil Parmar and Priyanka Madnani, Founders, EasytoPitch, along with Bollywood Singer Sukhbir Singh and other investors.  The startup will utilise the new funds to expand the full suite of Fitspire’s product offerings across the nation in the…

Bengaluru-based Crowdpouch raises angel funding from Elina Investments

Crowdpouch Marketing Services Pvt Ltd, an all in one fundraising and pre-selling platform for startups, nonprofits, Innovative products and Creative ideas, announced that it has raised angel funding from Elina Investments. Financial details of the funding remain undisclosed. Founded by Syed Safawi, Elina concentrates on early-stage bets and has invested in companies including GoMechanic, PadUp,…