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Searchlight, a talent intelligence platform powered by hard data that measures the soft skills that can make or break quality of hire, announced today that it has closed a Series A funding round of $17 million led by Founders Fund with participation from Accel, Shasta Ventures, Kapor Capital, Operator Collective, and prominent angel investors including … Read more
Ekos, the leading business management software for craft beverage businesses, has closed a $21 million Series B funding round led by growth equity firm Catalyst Investors with participation from existing investors Noro-Moseley Partners. Ekos was the first software solution created specifically with craft producers in mind. Historically, craft businesses relied on manual record-keeping and disconnected systems, which are time-consuming and difficult to … Read more
Amid accelerated demand for its dental artificial intelligence (AI) software, Overjet (www.overjet.ai) today announced it has raised $42.5 million in Series B financing led by General Catalyst and Insight Partners with participation from existing investors Crosslink Capital and the MIT-affiliated E14 Fund in an oversubscribed round. Following the $27 million Series A round announced, just … Read more
Univfy, a global leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to personalize counseling and increase access to fertility care, today announced that it raised $6 million of its Series B funding round led by a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital. Known by fertility specialists and patients for its flagship Univfy PreIVF Report, Univfy has commercialized a … Read more
In a Series G fundraising round headed by Alpha Wave Global (Alpha Wave Ventures II), Tiger Global, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Gurugram-based OfBusiness, which operates an online B2B marketplace for enterprises, raised $325 million (Rs 2,465 crore). Alpha Wave Global put in about $175 million in this round, while Tiger Global and SoftBank put … Read more
In a Seed funding round led by 9Unicorns, Chiratae Ventures, and Leo Capital, ByteLearn, an AI-powered teaching assistant for students and teachers, raised $9.5 million (Rs 72 crore). Venture Catalysts, Goodwater Capital, Earlsfield Capital, Kettleborough VC, PitchRight Ventures, and AdvantEdge VC also participated in the round. ByteLearn is an AI-powered teaching assistant founded in June … Read more
Hevo, a SaaS firm based in San Francisco, revealed today that it has raised $30 million (about Rs 228 crore) in a Series B fundraising round headed by Sequoia Capital India, Qualgro, Lachy Groom, Chiratae Ventures, and angel investors. Sequoia’s Surge, Qualgro VC, Lachy Groom, and Chiratae Ventures had previously invested $8 million in the … Read more
S Chand, a New Delhi-based education content company, has decided to buy a minority position in iNeuron Intelligence Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based edtech startup. Mukesh Sharma Family Trust, S Chand Directors, S Chand Key Managerial Personnel, and others have also invested in the round. Mr. Mukesh Sharma, a co-investor, is a serial entrepreneur and educator … Read more
Dista, a deeptech business based in Pune and Delaware (US), has raised $1.2 million in funding. Pentathlon Ventures led the seed fundraising round, which included Core 91 and other individual investors. Nishant Kumar (Co-founder & Chief Product Officer), Shishir Gokhale (Co-founder & CEO), and Deepak Garg (Co-founder & CTO) co-founded Dista, which was incubated in … Read more
Pre-owned vehicle ecommerce platform Cars24 has raised $400 million in finance, which includes a $300 million Series G equity round and a $100 million debt round from a variety of financial institutions. Return investor Alpha Wave Global (previously known as Falcon Edge Capital) led the Series G equity financing, which included participation from other existing … Read more
Razorpay, a fintech company founded by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital, and TCV, has secured $375 million in a Series F round led by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital, and TCV, and plans to extend its B2B payments business to Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines by next year. Existing investors such as Tiger Global, … Read more
Bizongo, a B2B ecommerce firm for businesses, has raised $110 million in a Series D round led by Tiger Global, valuing the company at $600 million. CDC, IFC EAF, BCap, Chiratae Ventures, Schroder Adveq, IFC, and Add Ventures by SCG were among the investors in this round of fundraising. The firm, which was founded in … Read more
FRND, a Bengaluru-based audio romance and friend finding firm, has raised $6.5 million in a Series A round headed by KRAFTON, Inc., the producers of the massively popular battle royale game BATTLEGROUNDS MOBILE INDIA (BGMI). India Quotient and Elevation Capital, who had previously invested in the company, also participated in this Series A round. Bhanu … Read more
Global online trading brand Swiss Crypto Bank has officially announced an interesting collaboration with veteran and trusted trading platform MetaTrader 4. According to Swiss Crypto Bank’s spokesperson, Anthony Barone, this is the optimal solution for today’s trading environment, and more importantly, for tomorrow’s one as well. “We see that thousands worldwide are already showing interest in our … Read more
Harvard Business School Online is announcing a new certificate course taught by Srikant Datar, Dean of Harvard Business School, called Design Thinking and Innovation. The course will help leaders be more inventive and creative in their approach to strategic initiatives and problem-solving. Datar, the George F. Baker Professor of Administration, has held many leadership roles at Harvard Business … Read more
Liberty General Insurance, one of the fastest growing General Insurance companies in India today entered into a partnership with CSC e-Governance Services India under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India. Through this agreement Liberty will further strengthen its presence in rural areas across India by selling its insurance products through the CSC network. Initially, the company … Read more
