DVC (Decentralized VC), a group of specialised syndicates that invest in businesses from pre-Seed through pre-IPO, led a pre-seed investment round for Blingg, a D2C discovery platform, in which $100,000 was raised. Together with other angel investors, the round included 3PM Ventures founder Pavan Kumar. Blingg, which Sanil Jain founded in 2021, asserts to have … Read more
Chronicle, a firm that makes presentation software, has raised $7.5 million in a preliminary fundraising round that was jointly led by Accel Partners and Square Peg. Moreover, angel investors from Apple, Google, Meta, Slack, Stripe, Superhuman, OnDeck, and Adobe took part in the round. The business stated that it intended to use the funds obtained … Read more
DataMesh Group, a full-suite developer of interoperable, proprietary payments-processing, has secured $30m in an oversubscribed Series A funding round to execute on large scale domestic opportunities as well as expanding its footprint in the high growth payments processing industry. The round was led by return investor NAB Ventures and featured significant first time capital from Deutsche … Read more
On-demand workforce platform Avenue Growth has just secured a fresh round of funding from India Accelerator, the country’s sole seed accelerator programme and member of the Global Accelerator Network. Other well-known businesses, such as Growth Opportunities Fund, IAES Ventures LLP, and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, participated in the financing round as well … Read more
Superfood brand Nourish You has raised $2 million as part of its Seed funding round, which also included seasoned investors like Y Janardhana Rao of Triumph Group, Rohit Chennamaneni, co-founder of Darwinbox, Nikhil Kamath, co-founder of Zerodha, Abhijeet Pai, co-founder of Gruhas Proptech, and Abhinay Bollineni, CEO of KIMS Hospitals, among others. With the additional … Read more
The bridge between a business strategy and successful execution is something that all businesses are focussed on. Yet 60% stumble on this path (according to Gartner) because of gaps in their ability to execute. To support businesses on their journey, Profit.co which is laser focussed on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) metrics is announcing a $11M funding … Read more
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a number of new measures for the tech industry. The measures include assisting digital payments in the country, setting up 100 labs for developing 5G applications, and using the PAN as a common identifier for all digital systems of specific government agencies. How tech industry experts and startups responded to … Read more
Bigspoon, a leading Cloud Kitchen start-up, in association with its celebrity investor, Mouni Roy today launched a neo-pizza brand, The Pizza People, going live in 15 cities across 35 outlets. The Pizza People is India’s largest Pizza brand launch in a single day as Bigspoon leverages its extensive cloud kitchen network across Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities. The … Read more
LenDenClub Aplha, the corporate venture capital arm of the peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, has welcomed six fintech startups to its Bharat FinTech Program startup incubator. Only six firms were chosen out of more than 150 applicants; these are Finswealth, FlashPay, P2P Bazaar, FinPlay, Upmarket India, and Filit. After the incubation programme is through, the chosen … Read more
Within the first quarter of 2023, Delhi-based Physics Wallah—which became a unicorn last year—plans to hire 2,500 people in various verticals. The announcement comes as several Indian startups and technology companies are cutting off staff in an effort to cut operational costs and turn a profit. Over 60,000 people lost their jobs in January alone, … Read more
Alkem Laboratories subsidiary Enzene Biosciences (Enzene) has raised $50 million from Alkem Laboratories, Eight Roads Ventures, and F-Prime Capital. The company wants to expand in India and the US by using the funds it has raised to enhance production capabilities. Enzene, a company with its headquarters in Pune, has developed fully integrated biotech process development … Read more
In its latest round of funding, led by Nexus Venture Partners, CapGrid, a B2B cloud manufacturing startup for precision parts, announced it had raised $ 7 million. Existing investors Axilor and Anicut Capital also participated in the round. In the round, Deepak Jain, a senior partner at Bain and the director of the automotive business … Read more
Private equity company GEF Capital Partners reported investing more than 500 crore in e-mobility firms Electra EV and Hero Motors Ltd. This is a step in the climate-focused investor’s plan to increase its stakes in India’s climate and sustainability potential. With this, GEF has invested eight times over the last four years. Independent EV powertrain … Read more
Telluris Biotech, a Hyderabad-based company engaged in the manufacturing and supply of crop protection solutions for farmers and growers receives Biochemical Classification it received from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The USEPA is the Agency responsible for the registration of safe and sustainable products in the United States of America, informed Mr Venu … Read more
The DNA-based self-discovery and career life cycle management platform from India GENLEAP has announced the successful conclusion of its pre-Series A funding of 27 crores ($3.3 million). The fundraise includes several existing investors, including Mike Holland (former CEO of Embassy REIT), Sanjay Dutt (CEO & MD, Tata Realty and infrastructure), Neeraj Bansal(Co-Head and COO – … Read more
In a first-of-its-kind partnership, digital-first retailer Pratech Brands has invested in ‘Inaari’, a brand focused on women’s health. An estimated one in five (20%) Indian women suffer from Hormonal Imbalance, if not monitored timely, the condition can have serious health impacts. Inaari focuses on helping women understand their hormonal cycle and encourages them to live … Read more
