Mankekar Family Office, Artha Venture Fund, Siddharth Shah, and API Holdings’ Dharmil Sheth, among others, led a $4.5 million pre-Series A fundraising round for Mumbai-based chess institution HobSpace. The money will be used to expand internationally and speed up product development. HobSpace will also put the money on technology to improve the students’ entire experience. … Read more
Fortis Digital Ventures is raising $100 million for an altcoin-focused digital assets fund. The fund attempts to bridge the gap between traditional and decentralised finance, according to a statement provided with CoinDesk by the company. Fortis Digital Ventures was founded by the managing partners of Fortis Financial Group, a Seattle-based investment firm with over $250 … Read more
Smytten, a product discovery and trial platform powered by technology, has raised Rs 100 crore in Pre-Series B funding from Fireside Ventures and Roots Ventures. Sharrp Ventures, Waao Partners, Survam Partners, and Sattva Group Family Office also participated in the fundraising round. The company’s valuation, while secret, has doubled as a result of this funding. … Read more
O’2 Nails, a fast-growing consumer and fashion retail firm specialising in nail care, has acquired $75,000 in funding from Atal Incubation Centre – BIMTECH and other notable investors as part of the Government of India’s Startup India initiative. The Seed Fund Scheme provides capital in the form of debentures. Under their “Gurukul” programme, AIC – … Read more
Adventum Student Living (ASL) announced on Monday that it has raised $5 million from investors (about Rs 38 crore). Adventum Student Living (ASL), which launched in 2020, helps students locate housing and education financing through its online platforms UniAcco, UniCreds, and UniScholarz. It also provides different assistance to students seeking higher education abroad. The company … Read more
Lenskart Solutions Pvt. Ltd, an eyewear company, announced on Monday that it had invested over $100 million in Singapore-based Neso Brands as seed capital. According to the release, Neso Brands, based in Singapore, will continue to invest in consumer eyewear brands and grow them by using synergies across the Lenskart Group to drive worldwide expansion. … Read more
Few sources with firsthand knowledge of the situation said that Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC, has managed to steal the show by announcing that it is in talks to buy a major minority stake in direct-to-consumer cosmetics and personal care firm Wow Skin Science for $75 million. WowSkin Science, founded in 2014 by brothers Manish … Read more
Smartr Logistics, a newly formed logistics start-up, has announced the launch of its official website and company logo. The logo elevates the company’s corporate identity and represents its goal to be a “one-stop solution for all logistical requirements.” Echoing the brand name – “Smartr Logistics”, the logo is a modern design inspired by the company’s … Read more
Fyllo, an agritech firm, has secured $2 million in a round headed by IAN, Triveni Trusts, Ninjacart, and new investors Venture Catalysts, StarAgri, Kia Ora Ventures, Singularity Ventures, Mastermind Capital, and Angel investors. Fyllo, a data-driven Agri-science platform founded in 2019, ensures the quality and quantity of agricultural produce. Their IoT technology identifies and measures … Read more
ApnaKlub, an FMCG wholesale platform for low population density areas, revealed on Thursday that Tiger Global has invested $10 million in its Series A round. In August 2021, they raised $4 million from Sequoia India’s Surge, Blume Ventures, Whiteboard Capital, and Flourish Ventures. The Bengaluru-based firm, founded in 2020 by HBS alumni Shruti and Manish … Read more
Agatsa, a medtech startup that specialises in cardiac issue diagnostics, has raised Rs 125 million to expand its operations and product portfolio. Its goal is to transform India’s cardiac care business. Agatsa has established itself as India’s first B2C med-tech brand, and it is now pursuing B2B partnerships with large hospitals and telehealth firms, according … Read more
Revoh Innovations Private Ltd., an IIT-Madras-incubated Electric Vehicle sub-component manufacturing firm, has raised $150,000 in a Seed round from Angel Investors Vel Kanniappan and Ravi Renganathan. Revoh was founded a few years ago by a group of Electronics Engineering graduates with the primary purpose of localising the manufacturing of electric vehicle sub-components and eventually reducing … Read more
Ather Energy, based near Bengaluru, has raised $128 million in a new investment round led by sovereign wealth fund National Infrastructure Investment Fund (NIIF) and current backer Hero MotoCorp. In this round, Hero MotoCorp has put in $56 million (approximately Rs. 420 crore), with the remainder of the money coming from NIIF. Other previous investors … Read more
India’s first and largest legal doorstep fuel delivery service provider, FuelBuddy, recently launched its services in the North-Eastern part of India. The expansion is backed by an Rs. 35 crores investment and promises an employment opportunity for 300 locals. In order to streamline its operations across the seven sisters, FuelBuddy has partnered with Apna Pump … Read more
MoEVing, one of the leading full stack electric mobility platforms, has raised $5 million in seed funding from investors such as BeyondTeq, a UAE-based venture capital firm, GCC family offices, Strides One, TradeCred, N+1 Capital, Nitish Mittersain, and others. MoEVing is well-known for providing solutions to top e-commerce, e-grocery, FMCG, and D2C enterprises to help … Read more
HONO, a prominent HR digital solutions provider, revealed that it had raised $5 million in a series A fundraising round led by Aakash Chaudhry, managing director of Aakash+BYJU’s, a test-preparation firm. Other individual investors such as Hemant Sultania, Amit Khanna of Amaya Ventures, and Harsh Gupta of Udayat Group contributed the remaining $1 million to … Read more
