Tag: Startup funding

Gurugram-based Spyne raises pre-Series A funding led by AngelList, others

Spyne, a Gurugram-based AI powered SaaS Platform for Photographers and Creative Professionals, announced it has raised pre-Series A funding as growth capital. Finance details of the funding remain undisclosed.  The investment was led by Angellist, Smile Group, Manish Amin (COO, Yatra), Anil Goel (CTO, OYO), Anubhav Sonthalia (CEO, Sokrati), and Deepak Mittal (CEO, TO THE…

Children’s food and nutrition startup LiL’Goodness gets investment worth Rs5 crore

LiL’Goodness, a Bengaluru-based children’s food and nutrition startup, announced that it has raised Rs 5 crore funding led by Japan’s Beyond Next Ventures and angels including Sajan Pillai from Season Two Ventures. The company will utilise the current funds infusion to boost expansion. The company will expand its packaged foods range, distribution network and production…

Pratilipi raises about Rs71 cr Series C funding led by Tencent

Nasadiya Technologies Private Limited, doing business as Pratilipi and operates as an online self publishing portal, announced that it has raised about Rs 71 crore in its Series C round, led by Chinese internet giant Tencent, according to documents filed by the Bengaluru-based startup with the Registrar of Companies. According to the filings, Pratilipi’s existing…

E-learning platform Tigerhall raises $2 mn funding from Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, other

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…

Real estate startup NoBroker raises $30mn in Series D funding

Online real estate rental platform NoBroker.com recently announced that it has raised $30million in Series D funding round by General Atlantic. Reportedly, this is the third investment by the Singapore-based Venture Capitalist firm in the startup. The company said this is an extension of its Series D funding, as part of which it had raised…

Mumbai-based startup Toch raises over $400K in pre-Series A funding

Toch, a video meta-tagging platform has announced that it has raised over $400,000 from Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) in a pre-Series A funding round.  The company will use the funds to fuel expansion by developing its tech infrastructure, and add more people to its team. “Toch was founded with a vision to revolutionise the digital…

Aavenir raises $2 mn seed funding from Accel

Aavenir, a SaaS-based source-to-pay solutions provider, announced it has raised $2 million in a seed funding round from venture capital firm Accel.  The company will use funds to accelerate product development and expand global reach by strengthening its sales and marketing operations. “Machine learning, NLP, and interactive chatbots are offering tremendous opportunities to automate and…

Bengaluru-based startup Locale.ai raises seed funding from Better Capital

Locale.ai, a Bengaluru-based location analytics startup, announced it has raised an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Better Capital, with participation from two angel investors, the company announced on Monday according to a media report. Other investors that took part in the funding round include Raveen Sastry, co-founder…

Transportation startup Porter raises ₹140Cr in Series D funding round

Mumbai-based on-demand logistics marketplace, Porter, has recently announced it has raised ₹140Cr in Series D funding round from Lightstone Global Fund. The recent fund infusion comes at a time when logistics is a big issue for the organizations that are delivering essential services at doorstep due to ongoing lockdown. According to the company filings made…

AI-based startup Arturo raises $8mn in Series A funding round

AI-based analytics provider startup Arturo, recently announced that it has reached its Series A goal of $8mn.  The funding round was led by Crosslink Capital, a leading early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. The round also saw  participation from IAG Firemark Ventures, the venture capital fund for IAG, Australia’s largest general insurer. After…

Zomato raises $5mn from Pacific Horizon Investment Trust

Gurugram-based foodtech unicorn Zomato recently announced that it has raised $5mn in its Series J funding round. The funding round was led by Pacific Horizon Investment Trust PLC through its agent Baillie Gifford and Company. According to company regulatory filing, Pacific Horizon has been allotted 1,177 Compulsorily Convertible Cumulative Preference Shares (CCCPS). Each of these…

Swiggy raises $43mn in series I funding round

Food delivery platform Swiggy has recently raised $43mn in its ongoing Series I funding round. The funding round was led by existing investor Tencent and saw participation from Ark Impact Asset Management, Korea Investment Partners (KIP) and MACM India Growth Fund. The company had initiated its Series I round in February and had raised $113…