Sumeru Ventures led a Series C fundraising round for GOQii Inc, which raised $50 million. GOQii, a smart-tech-enabled healthcare platform founded in 2014 by Vishal Gondal and headquartered in California with operations in Mumbai, is a smart-tech-enabled healthcare platform that connects customers to the full preventative healthcare ecosystem. Fitness tracker, app, coaching, healthstore, insurance, and … Read more
EventX, an Asian-focused event SaaS startup that provides organisations and marketers with event lead generation and event management solutions, acquired an additional $8 million in Series B plus funding on Wednesday, increasing the firm’s Series B total to $18 million. GL Ventures led the round, with participation from other investors. With engineering, business development, and … Read more
Bold Care, a science-backed men’s healthcare D2C (direct-to-consumer) start-up, today announced raising Pre-Series A funding from Sharrp Ventures, Anthill Ventures, Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs, ShipRocket, along with participation from existing investors NB Ventures and Huddle. The undisclosed funding will be used for product development and the company’s growth plans focused towards soon raising Series A … Read more
Sushma Group, a real estate company based in Punjab, has raised Rs 100 crore from Motilal Oswal Group for the building of a residential project. The funds will be used to expand Sushma Joynest MOH 1, the company’s current housing project in Zirakpur, Punjab. In this 10.75-acre project, the business is building approximately 1,050 units, … Read more
Altigreen, an electric vehicle manufacturer, announced on Friday that it has raised $39.8 million in a Series A round of funding to expand its EV manufacturing, launch new products such as LCVs, and increase its national footprint. Altigreen, a provider of electric vehicle technology and solutions for commercial last-mile transportation via two, three, and four-wheeled … Read more
Renee Cosmetics, a beauty brand, raised $ 10 million in a Series A round headed by Mensa Brands on Friday. Existing investors, such as Equanimity Investments and 9Unicorns, participated in the round as well. RENEE Cosmetics is a cruelty-free cosmetic brand founded in 2019 by Aashka Goradia Goble and Beardo co-founders Ashutosh Valani and Priyank … Read more
US, Australia, and Bengaluru-based Bugworks, a clinical-stage multi-indication therapeutics startup,announced that it has raised $18 million in Series B1 funding. The round was led by Lightrock India and included existing investors Bugworks is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company founded in February 2014 with the goal of developing novel anti-infectives and immuno-oncology (IO) therapeutic assets using cutting-edge … Read more
Xpressbees, India’s fastest-growing third-party end-to-end logistics company, has raised $300 million in a Series F fundraising round headed by Blackstone Growth, TPG Growth, and ChrysCapital. Investcorp and Norwest Venture Partners are two existing investors. Xpressbees was founded in 2015 and now operates in over 3000 cities, serving over 20,000 pin codes and delivering over 1.5 … Read more
Prosus Ventures, Sistema Asia Capital, RingCentral Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund, DG Daiwa Ventures, and consultancy firm Nexxus Global have announced a $35 million Series B round of funding for virtual event and engagement platform Airmeet. Lalit Mangal, co-founder of CommonFloor, with former executives Manoj Singh and Vinay Jaasti created Airmeet in August 2019. In … Read more
Mintifi, a B2B BNPL (buy now, pay later) platform, announced a $40 million Series C investment headed by Norwest Venture Partners and Elevation Capital. Mintifi, which was founded in 2017 by Anup Agarwal, Ankit Mehta, and Sanjoy Shome, works with over 100 prominent companies in India, including Tata Motors, Bridgestone Tyres, Berger Paints, Polycab, NIVEA, … Read more
Anveya Living Private Limited, the company behind premium beauty and personal care brands Anveya and ThriveCo, has raised INR 8Cr from Rukam Capital in its seed round. The company plans to use the capital to further research and development, enter new categories and markets, and to build the team to power further expansion. Founded by … Read more
Blue Tribe, the homegrown plant-based meat brand, announced that Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli who have come on board as investors & brand ambassadors. The brand was one of the firsts to initiate the conversation by asking people to make a conscious change in their lifestyle and switch to plant-based meats in order to save … Read more
Nikhil Kamath led a $4 million pre-Series A investment for Kofluence, an ad-tech influencer marketing platform (Co-Founder of Zerodha & True Beacon). The round included notable investors like Kunal Shah (Founder, CRED), Karan Johar (Filmmaker & TV Personality), Apoorva Mehta (CEO, Dharma Productions), Sujeet Kumar (Co-Founder, Udaan), Aprameya Radhakrishna (Co-Founder, Koo), Upsparks (Micro VC), and … Read more
Vajro, a mobile app development company based in Chennai, announced on Tuesday that it had secured $8.5 million in a Series A round from Kansas City-based growth equity firm Five Elms Capital. Vajro was founded in 2018 by Baskar, Niwin Santhosh, and Raghuraman Ramamurthy and now employs around 150 people. It’s currently geared toward the … Read more
Darwinbox, Asia’s fastest growing HR tech platform, today announced another milestone witha US $72 million funding round, leapfroggingthe companyto a billion-plus-valuation. Led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) along with participation from existing investors Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia India, Lightspeed India, Endiya Partners, 3One4Capital, JGDEVand SCB10X,the round takes the total investment in the company to over $110 … Read more
Smiles.ai, a healthcare business, has received $23 million in Series A funding from Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI). Existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Chiratae Ventures also participated in the round. Hitesh Kakrani and Dr. Jatin Kakrani established Smiles.ai in 2019. To provide access to high-quality and cost-effective dental care goods and services, the firm uses … Read more
