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SaaS start-up Zipy raises $2.8 mn in seed funding led by Blume, Together
Founded in 2020 by Vishalini Paliwal, an IIT Roorkee graduate & product engineering veteran, Zipy helps software teams to proactively identify, prioritise & debug critical customer issues in real time
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Financial firm MyShubhLife raises Rs 100 cr in Series-B funding from Gojo
The company said it would utilise the funds to further expand its footprint with more corporate and large platform partnerships, invest in technology and enlarge its talent pool
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Google-backed VerSe valued at $5 billion in latest funding round
VerSe Innovation has raised $805 mn in a funding round led by Canada's top pension fund, putting a $5 billion valuation on the Google-backed parent of video app Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt.
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Local language tech platform VerSe Innovation's valuation crosses $5 bn
The investment will be focused on strengthening the company's leadership position in the country. VerSe plans to both deepen and broaden its AI and ML (machine learning) and data science capabilities
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D2Y company Ayurveda Co raises $3 mn from investors including Wipro
D2C ayurvedic brand The Ayurveda Company on Thursday announced raising USD 3 million (Rs 22.89 crore) from a host of investors, including Wipro Consumer Care Ventures. Rahul Gupta of Tricity Technologies and Harsh Gupta of School of Design & Entrepreneurship also participated in the funding round. "This will accelerate the growth towards becoming India's first & fastest growing D2C Ayurvedic Personal Care & Wellness Brand," said a statement from The Ayurveda Company (TAC). Funds will be utilised to ramp up growth, production capabilities and venture into the retail sector. "In the next 12-15 months, TAC will be gearing up to grow to Rs 100 crore turnover, boost team and technology, expand market share, and strengthen its footing in the D2C space," it said.
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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath invests in drone start-up Omnipresent
This round also saw co-investments from Kavin Shah, and other individual high networth individual (HNIs), according to a statement released on Thursday
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Cleantech start-up Sistema.bio raises $15 million in Series B round
Financing will strengthen partnerships and distribution, carbon reduction activities, R&D efforts and overall operations in LATAM, Africa, and Asia-Pacific
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Shark Tank: 13-yr-old girl's anti-ragging app gets Rs 50 lakh funding offer
The investors in Jolly's idea are Anupam Mittal, founder and CEO of People Group (Shaadi.com) and Aman Gupta, co-founder of boAt
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'As $35 bn flows into start-ups, total deals soar 40% to $115 bn in 2021'
Of the total PE money, as much as USD 35 billion were pumped into start-ups alone: PwC India report
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Beauty brand RENEE Cosmetics raises $10 mn in funding by Mensa brands
RENEE Cosmetics plans on utilising funds majorly in strengthening the brand presence and widening offline presence.
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Karbon Card raises $15 mn from Olive Tree, Harmony, Avenir and others
Existing investors Ramp, Mercury and Orios Venture Partners also participated in current round, which has taken the total amount raised by Karbon to about $32 million
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Compliance automation start-up Sprinto raises $10 mn in Series A funding
Since its website launch in June 2021, Sprinto claims to have doubled its annual recurring revenue over the last 10 weeks
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Tech upskilling start-up Scaler completes $55-million funding
With this fresh round of funding, the total capital raised by Scaler Academy since January 2020 stands at $76.5 million with a valuation of $710 million
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Lummo raises $80 mn in funding from Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India
Lummo (previously known as BukuKas) on Wednesday said it has raised USD 80 million (about Rs 595.8 crore) in funding led by Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital India.
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ORAI raises Rs 6.5 crore in pre-series A funding round led by IPV
ORAI is a platform that offers customers end to end platform + solution + service.
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English learning platform Freadom raises $2.5 mn from Capital A, others
Freadom equips children to learn to read in English in any country where it is an aspirational second language, via its recommendation engine.
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Earned wage access platform Refyne raises $82 mn in Series B funding round
A study reported that 81 per cent of employees face a liquidity crunch between pay cycles. Refyne aims to address that problem.
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Crib raises $400,000 in its pre-seed round to build the super co-living app
The round also saw participation from BlackSoil Capital along with marquee angels from Faad Network. Other notable angel investors are Shashwat Nakrani (Co-founder, BharatPe), Jasminder Singh Gulati (Co-founder, Nowfloats, acquired by Jio), Ajay Yadav (Founder, Roomi), Sarath Sura (Ex-Director, Allahabad Bank), Abdul Paravengal (ex-CBO, Shipper), Rahul Jindal (Director, Google), Uday Arya (Partner, BlueLotus Ventures), Panna Lal Bhansali (ex-President, Guwahati Stock Exchange), Kushal Khandwala (Director, KIFS Housing Finance Ltd.), Tushar Anand (Alkem Pharma Family & Founder, Cheferd Foods) and others. The company's legal counsel Abhay Vohra (Partner, Burgeon Law), CA Anirudh Bagai (Founder, Lawyer2CA) also joined the round.Headquartered in Gurugram, Crib is building India's first digital ecosystem aimed at redefining how landlords operate, tenants stay and market sells. Through their SaaS-based marketplace model, Crib is creating a full stack solution for co-living including ..
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Udaan raises $250 mn via convertible note and debt, plans IPO in 18 months
Udaan achieved a valuation of $3.1 bn during its last round of funding of $280 mn in January 2021 from existing and new investors
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Bolo Live raises $ 2.4 million in funding led by Orios Venture Partners
Social media platform Bolo Live on Wednesday said it has raised USD 2.4 million (about Rs 18 crore) as a precursor to the Series A funding round led by Orios Venture Partners. SOSV, Tremis Capital, LPA Ventures and other HNIs also participated in its first VC round, including existing investors Eagle 10 Ventures. The company plans to use the newly raised funds to accelerate the product development, strengthen the team and accelerate penetration in the Indian and South Asia markets. "We are delighted to have Orios Venture Partners join us as our first institutional investors in our journey to build a large social live-streaming platform out of India. Their experience with world-class startups from India shall help us accelerate our path towards making Bolo Live a household name," Varun Saxena, Co-founder and CEO Bolo Live, said in a statement. The fresh fundraise takes the total capital raised by the company to USD 3.5 million. Launched in May 2019, Bolo Live claims to have over 1
