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Braven, a nonprofit organization, announced today it has received a significant two-year commitment from Barclays to support its mission to close the education-to-employment gap in higher education. Through Barclays’ financial investment of $1 million and the addition of mentoring offered by Barclays colleagues, Braven will be able to upskill more than 4,200 four-year college students and support … Read more
Gabbi, the risk assessment and care navigation company, today announced it has raised a round of $4.4 million to help tackle its mission of ensuring breast cancer is detected at the earliest possible stages when it is a treatable, survivable disease. Bread and Butter Ventures led the round which also saw participation from Female Founders Fund, WR … Read more
GoFloaters, the leading hybrid workplace platform in India, today announced it has secured an undisclosed amount in seed funding. The funding is led by Loyal VC, a Canada-based global venture fund with 220+ investments across 50+ countries. Funds will be primarily utilized to strengthen and accelerate its unified hybrid workplace solution – WorqFlexi. GoFloaters has built a one-of-a-kind … Read more
Motilal Oswal one of India’s largest financial institutions has funded a sum of ₹ 260 Cr. in Urbanrise – Alliance Group, South India’s largest Real Estate developer for the company’s upcoming three major projects in Bangalore and Hyderabad. The funds were raised towards three upcoming projects – 30 acres villa project on Kanakapura Road, Bangalore, the 7 acres high-rise apartment project in Whitefield, Bangalore and the 17.5 acres of high-rise apartment project in Nizampet, Hyderabad. The total saleable … Read more
Kinara Capital, a fast-growing fintech for India’s small business entrepreneurs, today announced closing a fresh equity round of INR ~200 crores led by British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor. Existing equity investors Nuveen and the ASN Microkredietfonds advised by Triple Jump also participated in this round. This equity investment will … Read more
Canary Technologies, which is modernizing the hotel tech stack with the first fully mobile web end-to-end Guest Management System and its award-winning Digital Authorization solution, announced today that it has raised an additional $30 million in Series B funding led by global software investor Insight Partners, with continued participation from F-Prime Capital, Y-Combinator, Thayer Ventures, Commerce Ventures, … Read more
B2B e-commerce start-up Udaan has secured fresh funding worth $120 million through a convertible note from existing investors and bondholders. In the next 12 to 18 months, the company aims to go public, according to an internal corporate memo. The company has raised over $350 million in the past four quarters, making it one of the … Read more
Full-stack cybersecurity platform BluSapphire Cyber Systems has raised $9.2mn as part of its Series A round. The round was led by Barings Private Equity India with participation from cross border VC firm Dallas Venture Capital, Binny Bansal backed xto10x, RPG Ventures & Merisis Venture Partners. ValueBridge Capital was the sole advisor for this transaction. Speaking … Read more
Devtron, the open source internal DevOps platform democratizing Kubernetes adoption, announced today that it has raised $12 million in new funding led by global software investor Insight Partners. The new round follows previous investments from Leo Capital and several marquee angels. Devtron will use the new capital to scale its team, drive adoption of its … Read more
Xyte, pioneer of the first-of-its-kind Connected Device Management Platform (CDMP), has raised $10M in debt funding to meet its customers’ growing demand for flexible equipment financing solutions. The financing was provided by growth debt investor Kreos Capital and complements the existing equity finance raised by Xyte. With its Connected Device Management Platform (CDMP) – a suite of … Read more
Allstacks, a leader in value stream intelligence, announced $12.3M in Series A funding. Companyon Ventures led this new funding round, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and CreativeCo, as well as support from initial investors including Hyperplane Venture Capital, S3, ClutchVC, and others. Its investors are eager to support Allstacks as the company grows its innovative platform, helping … Read more
WATI (WhatsApp Team Inbox), a customer and sales engagement tool is today announcing a $23M series B funding, led by Tiger Global with participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia, as well as new investors DST Global Partners and Shopify. This marks Shopify’s first venture investment in a startup operating in the Southeast Asia … Read more
Cloud platform Voilà! announces the closing of its $13.75M CAD Series A funding round, led by Walter Ventures, with participation from Desjardins Capital and Investissement Quebec. This funding round will allow the company to further its mission to help businesses combat labor shortages. Released in 2016, Voilà! delivers workforce optimization tools to simplify schedule management, … Read more
SixSense, a Singapore-based AI-powered industrial visual inspection platform for smarter manufacturing, secured $2.6 million in Series A funding. Tin Men Capital led the round, a Singapore-based venture capital firm focused on B2B tech startups in South-East Asia. Founded by IIT and NIT alumni Akanksha Jagwani and Avni Agrawal, deals in creating no-code deep space AI … Read more
An early-stage technology focussed fund, Silverneedle Ventures today announced the launch of their INR 100 Crore Fund. Their first investment is in the creator monetization platform Knorish. Silverneedle Ventures (SNV) has invested an undisclosed amount of funding in a Pre-Series A extension round of the startup. The round is backed by marquee investors such as … Read more
The great cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has teamed up with Rario, an officially licenced digital cricket collectibles marketplace, to enter the Non-Fungible Token (NFT) market. Through this relationship, Sachin not only serves as a strategic investor but also makes it possible for fans to exclusively purchase his digital collectibles on Rario.com. “Billions of people in India … Read more
