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Dream11 parent touches $5-bn valuation after $400-mn secondary fund raise

This is the largest investment in the Indian sports tech ecosystem to date

Startup Voiro raises $1.8 mn in investment round led by Mela Ventures

This is Mela Ventures' third investment since its first close of the fund in August 2020

Public App raises Rs 300 crore from A91 Partners, existing investors

Social networking firm Public App on Wednesday said it has secured Rs 300 crore in funding from A91 Partners and existing investors

IPV leads seed round in FMCG startup Happy Jars

The startup currently has a turnover of Rs 2 cr in the Rs 250-crore market

Beauty startup Purplle raises $45 mn from Sequoia, Verlinvest, others

'The investment will help to shape Purplle into a multibillion-dollar, digital-first, beauty and personal care enterprise,' said Manish Taneja, Co-founder & CEO Purplle.

Fintech startup KreditBee raises $70 mn from TPG arm, Motilal Oswal

KreditBee gives out an average credit of Rs 12,000 to self employed users and Rs 25,000 to salaried people

Creative minds that rode global brands to build businesses amid Covid

E-commerce giants Etsy and Amazon have been very supportive of these entrepreneurs, who sell anything from jewellery made from concrete, to maternity gowns, to premium decals for tiles and walls

eat.fit no flash in the pan as Ankit Nagori gets success menu right

A failed venture, a tryst with Flipkart, and a Covid blow, the Cure.fit co-founder is hungry for more

D2C fashion brand Bewakoof raises Rs 30 cr from IvyCap Ventures

Founded in 2012, Bewakoof claims to have registered revenue of over Rs 200 crore in financial year 2019.

Cashify announces ESOP buyback plan worth $1 million for employees

Cashify is a re-commerce marketplace that sells and buys used electronic gadgets

Startup A-listers buy out Chinese investor Shunwei's stake in Koo

Koo has so far raised $4.1 mn in Series A funding from existing investors Accel, Kalaari Capital, Blume Ventures and 3one4 Capital.

Startups to gain as investment rules ease for pvt domestic pension funds

Indian capital has yet played a small role in the growth of domestic startups, but that could change after the ministry freed alternative investment funds

How Ankit Nagori is finding the right ingredients for Eat.Fit to succeed

A failed venture, a tryst at Flipkart and the blow of the pandemic all provided learnings to the IIT grad, who is now well on his way to make his enterprise a success story

Jungle Ventures, Sequoia back overseas edtech startup Leap in $17-mn round

The Silicon Valley-headquartered startup will use the new capital to expand its product portfolio

B2B startup Udaan sees demand for electronic products rising in lockdowns

400 sellers clocked sales worth Rs 1 crore each on website for gadgets last year, says company

Ratan Tata-backed startup Generic Aadhar launches pharmacy aggregator app

The startup procures generic medicines from around nine major pharmaceutical manufacturers

Kabeer Biswas and team pulled Dunzo out of Covid, aim to go global

The Google-backed delivery and e-commerce firm is planning to expand its services to about 25 such cities in India from about 8 cities and is also looking to go global and tap dense locations

IPV, Vijay Shekhar Sharma lead angel round in homegrown OTT startup Stage

The company says it's the only artist-based OTT platform in the country with content in art forms such as comedy, poetry, folk, and storytelling

Zomato supporting both parties: CEO Deepinder Goyal on Bengaluru 'assault'

Zomato said Wednesday it had delisted Kamaraj after a content creator, Hitesha Chandranee, posted videos on social media saying the Zomato executive hit her

Icertis valuation trebles to $2.8 billion after a fundraise of $80-million

Icertis has now raised over $280 million, and the current financing nearly triples the valuation of its Series E round in July 2019