Cashfree Payments, a leading payments and API banking solutions company, today announced that it has partnered with National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to provide tokenization solutions on RuPay cards for its merchants. Cashfree Payments’ tokenization solution ‘Token Vault’ helps merchants to provide their customers the option to save cards on the merchant website or … Read more
Slice, a fintech business, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $50 million in a larger series C round led by Tiger Global, which it will use to expand its new unified payments interface (UPI) platform. Moore Strategic Ventures and Insight Partners, as well as a new investor, GMO VenturePartners, participated in the newest investment … Read more
NAKAD, a supply-chain-focused finance firm, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $7 million in a seed round led by Accel and Matrix Partners India, with AdvantEdge Founders participating. The Delhi-based firm, which provides working finance to India’s supply chain micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), said it will utilise the funding to expand its … Read more
TWU, a worldwide finance startup specialising in electric vehicle financing, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Delta Corp Holdings. Delta Corp Holdings is leading the newest funding round, which includes participation from existing investor Techstars. Investors from the Middle East, Europe, and Grip Invest also took part in the round. … Read more
Neobanking platform Stashfin has made a key addition to its leadership team, with Anirudh Dhakar joining as Vice President, Co-lending. Prior to Stashfin, Dhakar was associated with Northern Arc Capital and is an accomplished professional in the financial sector. He has a proven track record, having conducted due diligence of more than 30 fintech entities … Read more
Avinash Gaikwad has been named Chief Strategy Officer of Bimaplan, a Y Combinator-backed new-age insurtech platform that makes affordable insurance plans available to everyone. The new appointment is being made with the goal of strengthening Bimaplan’s core team and advancing the company’s ambition of insuring 10 million lives by 2025. Avinash was previously the practise … Read more
Bengaluru headquartered fintech platform Money View turns profitable and ends FY22 (March’22) with an annualized revenue run rate of INR 600 Cr ($80 million). Money View has grown 4X year-over-year with strong unit economics while being profitable through FY22. The company is disbursing loans at an annualized run rate of $850 million and is on a trajectory … Read more
BharatX, a Y-Combinator-backed startup, has raised $4.5 million in a seed round from Y Combinator, 8i Ventures, Multiply Ventures, Soma Capital, and other investors to enable integrated credit in India. Java Capital, an existing investor, also took part in the round. BharatX, founded in 2019 by Jindal, Eeshan Sharma, and Shyam Murugan, offers integrated credit … Read more
Vidit Aatrey, cofounder and CEO of Meesho, has been appointed as an independent director on the board of Navi Technologies, which is preparing to go public. The appointment will take effect on April 9 if all processes are completed. Navi Technologies now has four independent directors on its board, thanks to Vidit Aatrey’s appointment. Abhijit … Read more
As part of its Series C round, non-bank lender Vivriti Capital Pvt. Ltd raised an extra $30 million (about Rs 228 crore) from TVS Shriram Growth Fund 3. Vivriti Finance, which provides debt capital to SMEs in India, most recently secured a Series B investment from Lightrock in two tranches, with $100 million in March … Read more
Through its relationship with Saifee hospital, a prominent multi-specialty healthcare facility in Mumbai, Affordplan, a healthcare finance company, has reached the western area of India. Affordplan is one step closer to accomplishing its aim of making healthcare finance reasonable, accessible, and convenient with this agreement. In northern and southern India, they already have a formidable … Read more
Blume Ventures, GrowX Ventures, IIFL, and Kotak Securities Limited led a $3 million Pre-Series A fundraising round for fintech firm Multipl. The new funds will be used to expand the platform’s investment possibilities and help customers better budget their costs, according to the company. Multipl, founded in 2020 by Paddy Raghavan, Jags Raghavan, and Vikas … Read more
Agriwise Finserv Limited, one of India’s fastest growing agri-focussed NBFCs, today announced that it had obtained a secure credit facility from Maanaveeya Development & Finance Private Limited (Maanaveeya). Maanaveeya is the Indian subsidiary of Oikocredit, social impact investor and worldwide cooperative with over 46 years of experience in funding organisations active in financial inclusion, agriculture and renewable energy. … Read more
Bank Holidays In May 2022: If you have any work related to bank in the month of May, then plan for it now. Some Holidays According to the States-(According to the States Also Some Holidays) Apart from the national holidays, there are also some holidays according to the states. According to the report, out of … Read more
Financepeer, an edu-fintech business, has raised $31 million in a Series B fundraising round led by QED Investors of the United States and Aavishkaar Capital of Mumbai. Ardent Ventures, a US-based edu-tech investor, as well as DMI Sparkle Fund, DMI, 9Unicorn, LC Nueva AIF, and Maxar VC, participated in this round. Financepeer, founded in 2017 … Read more
PhonePe, India’s largest digital payments platform, has announced the acquisition of GigIndia, the country’s largest network for independent micro-entrepreneurs. GigIndia, which has 1.5 million entrepreneurs and over 100 businesses as customers, would merge with PhonePe as part of the deal. PhonePe will use GigIndia’s network of freelancing microentrepreneurs to assist corporations and businesses in expanding … Read more
