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Live video infrastructure startup 100ms raises $20 mn in Series A funding
100ms aims to bring real-life interactions to the virtual world by providing developer tooling for live video
With culture at stake in unicorn land, spotlight on founder-VC equation
The BharatPe saga raises questions about the impact of outsized investor shareholding in young enterprises
India's gaming startup Loco gets $42 mn from South Korea's Hashed, others
India's Loco has raised $42 million led by South Korea's early-stage venture fund, Hashed, as a gaming frenzy takes hold in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people
Iron Pillar Invests in automation firm Jiffy's $53 mn Series B Funding
Jiffy's Series B was led by Eight Roads with participation from existing investor, Nexus Venture Partners, among others
Global food delivery firm Deliveroo launches engineering centre in India
The Engineering Centre in Hyderabad will be a core part of Deliveroo's central technology organisation.
Mobikwik to raise private funding as stock market turns bearish
Fintech start-up turns profitable for the first time in December quarter on massive BNPL uptake
Esports gaming platform Gamerji raises $1.1 mn in pre-series A funding
Gamerji currently serves 2.3 mn gamers, has held over 29,000 tournaments; Since Dec 2020 seed round, it has increased user base by 3x and holds 200 tournaments a day for 15 titles
Agritech startup Otipy raises $32 million from investors to expand business
Agri-tech startup Otipy, which mainly sells fresh vegetables and fruits through its mobile app, has raised $32 million (Rs 235 crore) from investors including Westbridge Capital to grow its business
New innovative edtech startups likely to bloom amid pandemic: Experts
Also, with offline schools and colleges opening up, learning will now evolve to a more nuanced blended delivery model with a mix of online and offline
B2B sales intelligence firm Apollo.io raises $110 mn in Sequoia-led round
The platform helps over one million professionals across 160,000 companies automate their sales processes
Kid-focused pocket money fintech Junio raises $6 mn in pre-Series A round
UAE-based firm NB Ventures leads investment; The startup will use the capital to bolster its team, roll out new product features, and scale up customer acquisition initiatives
Facebook-backed Meesho targets early 2023 for IPO: Report
In September, Meesho raised $570 million at a valuation of $4.9 billion in a Series F funding round led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and B Capital Group
Junio raises $6 mn in pre-series A funding round led by NB Ventures
Junio aims to digitise pocket money for children and be the preferred digital payment option.
Social Alpha, Villgro, Brigade REAP invest $375,000 seed in Strawcture Eco
The recipient is a sustainable construction start-up that develops biopanels from agriculture reside
Eat Better Ventures raises Rs 5.5cr seed led by Java Capital, Mumbai Angels
The company will be using the funds to ramp up its production capacity, build a robust team, launch new products, and augment its marketing and distribution
Live tutoring startup Filo raises $23 mn in series A led by Anthos Capital
Filo will use the funds mainly for product development as it goes deeper into modeling pedagogy at scale, expanding the team, tapping new categories, and scaling its tutor base across the country
Pocket FM raises $65 mn in funding from Goodwater Capital, Naver, Tanglin
Pocket FM offers over 1,00,000 hours of long-format content, audio series, stories, novels, podcasts, and knowledge shows in 8 languages
Accel raises $650 mn fund to invest in Indian and SE Asian start-ups
It was an early investor in unicorn start-ups like Flipkart, Swiggy, Zetwerk, Cultfit, Acko and others
Mela Ventures closes its first fund at Rs 320 cr
The fund was oversubscribed by 1.6x times from first close target
Google, MeitY to help 100 Indian startups for making global apps, games
As part of the 6-month programme Google and MeitY, will train 100 startups through a customised curriculum designed to help them drive high-quality apps for a global market
