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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

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

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

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

Tata Steel to set up unit for medical material, to buy bio-ceramics startup

The firm's wholly-owned subsidiary, Tata Steel Advanced Materials, will pick up 90% stake in Advanced Ceramics

OTO achieves Rs 100-cr disbursal for 11k vehicles via its commerce platform

OTO, founded in 2018 by IIT-Mumbai alumnus Sumit Chhazed and Harsh Saruparia, has facilitated in sale and financing of over 11, 000 vehicles, of which approximately 2, 700 vehicles are electric

Neobanking start-up Niyo raises $100 mn in Series C funding round

This Series C round of funding was led by Accel & Lightrock India with participation from Beams Fintech Fund

Loyalty solutions provider Xoxoday raises $30mn from Giift, Apis Partners

The investment includes both primary and secondary capital components, and the collaboration will enable both Giift and Xoxoday to enlarge their service offerings and accelerate growth globally

Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed furniture maker bags Rs 75 cr in funding

Arrivae raises Series B investment from Think investments and Havells

Proptech startup Facilio raises $35 mn from Dragoneer, Tiger Global, others

Facilio offers a unified software platform that leverages an AI-led predictive engine to help real estate portfolios digitise processes and optimise their property operations

Vymo raises $22 mn in series C round from BII, Sequoia, existing investors

BII's Rohit Sood will be joining the company's board

Edtech startup LEAD announces ESOP liquidation plan of $3 mn for staff

Edtech start up LEAD on Wednesday announced an ESOP Liquidation Plan of about USD 3 million (about Rs 22.5 crore) for its employees. The move comes at a time when LEAD is aiming for a "high growth trajectory" following the recent series E fundraise of USD 100 million led by WestBridge Capital with participation from GSV Ventures. The company attained the 'unicorn' status with that funding at a valuation of USD 1.1 billion. A startup with a valuation of over USD 1 billion is called 'unicorn'. LEAD, in a statement, announced an ESOP (Employee Stock Option Plan) Liquidation Plan of close to USD 3 million for its employees. The current ESOP liquidation plan is a "significant opportunity," given that LEAD's valuation has doubled in the last nine months on the back of strong growth in operating and financial metrics, the statement said. Its co-founder and CEO, Sumeet Mehta said, Our success would not have been possible without the relentless efforts of our teams. I'm delighted that we

Yes Bank launches start-up enabler programme for food and agri sector

Yes Bank has launched a programme for digital financing solutions in the food and agriculture sector under its start-up enabler initiative

Over $7 billion raised by Indian start-ups in Q4 2021, says report

More than USD 7 billion was raised by Indian start-ups during the fourth quarter of 2021, which was 18 per cent higher than the previous sequential quarter, according to a report. The report by NASSCOM and Praxis Global revealed that fintech and retail tech were the top sector in Q4 CY21 (calendar year 2021) cornering almost 46 per cent of the total funding. As many as 14 new unicorns were added in the Indian tech start-up ecosystem in Q4 2021. "6 out of 14 Unicorns added in Q4 CY21 are from retail tech and fintech sector," according to the report. A startup with a valuation of over USD 1 billion is called unicorn. According to the report funding continued to be strong and steady, and about USD 7.2 billion funding was received in this quarter. This was 18 per cent higher on a quarter-on-quarter basis. India continued to see strong acceleration both in the volume and the multiplicity of the startups in CY21, it said. The fourth quarter remained strong for startup ecosystem with ...

SaaS start-up Oloid raises $12mn in funding for product, tech talent

The Series A funding brings Oloid's total raised since inception to $17 mn. It will be used to help expand Oloid's retrofit access control products portfolio and teams in Bangalore and Silicon Valley

Xpressbees raises $300 mn in unicorn round, some major investors exit

Logistics start-up that works in 3000 cities across India is valued at $1.2 billion.