Purplle.com, one of India’s top online beauty destinations, raises $65 million, introducing Premji Invest to the capital market for the first time. This investment comes only weeks after Kedaara Capital, Sequoia Capital India, and Blume Ventures led a $75 million investing round. The money will help the company grow faster and build a multibillion-dollar business … Read more
K&L Wellness, a healthtech firm, announced that it has raised Rs 30 crore in a seed round from Manjushree Ventures’ Vimal and Surendra Kedia, as well as Sohamm Group’s Narendra Firodia. In the field of integrative and lifestyle medicine, K&L was founded by serial entrepreneur Karan Talreja and holistic lifestyle coach Luke Coutinho to provide … Read more
Disprz, a leading enterprise skilling business, announced the completion of a $13 million Series B financing anchored by Dallas Venture Capital and Mars Growth Capital. Disprz is an AI-powered learning and skilling suite that helps enterprises to right-skill their employees to win in a digital-first environment. It was founded in 2015 by Subramanian Viswanathan and … Read more
Advantage Club, a Gurugram-based HR Tech firm, said that it has raised approximately $5 million in a Pre-Series A round from Y Combinator, Jetty Ventures, Earlsfield Capital, SMC Advisors, Kunal Shah, and others. The company was founded in 2014, has revealed that it plans to increase its employment from 70 to 170 people. The recruiting … Read more
Rejove Clinique, a trusted name in the healthcare sector with deep understanding and expertise in dental, skin and hair treatments announced today that it has raised USD 1 million, first-round of funding from a Singapore based VC. Rejové also unveiled its state-of-the-art skin, hair and dental aesthetic Clinique equipped with latest global technologies and solutions. … Read more
Hardik Pandya, India’s leading all-rounder invests in Bidzapp, an online skill-based auction platform. Launched on 17th July 2021 by 100G Tech Ventures Private Limited, Bidzapp auctions brand new premium products online, at upto 80% lesser than MRP for most of its products. All auctioned products and services are sold and fulfilled by authorised dealers. Auctions … Read more
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development’s (NABARD) Nabventures Fund has led a Rs 15 crore fundraising round for VilCart Solutions, a rural-economy centred digital platform. According to the announcement, VilCart is present in 20 districts in Karnataka and one district each in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, with plans to extend across the … Read more
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) startup Wallmantra has raised an undisclosed amount of financing from Velocity.in, India’s largest revenue-based financier. The start-up has so far raised three rounds from Velocity, cumulatively raising 5x the amount raised in the initial round. Founded in 2013, Wallmantra designs and sells affordable wall and interior decor via its own website and marketplaces … Read more
Kiko Live, a video-based social commerce firm, has received $1 million in pre-Series A funding. SOSV, a global VC company that led the round, GSF Accelerator, and Venture Catalysts, India’s biggest angel network, all participated in the round. Kiko Live is a video shopping and selling platform that allows local sellers to build an online … Read more
FAO Ventures and CA Holding LLP launched a $1 million fundraising round for The Hosteller, one of India’s fastest growing backpacker hostel networks. The Hosteller, founded in 2014 by Pranav Dangi, is a one-of-a-kind chain of backpacker hostels and an ideal pit-stop for both international and domestic travellers. The Hosteller offers experiential yet affordable and … Read more
Zenduty, a B2B SaaS incident management platform has raised INR 14 crore ($1.9 million) as a part of their Pre Series A round, led by Deep Technology and SaaS VC StartupXseed Ventures, along with participation from Powerhouse Ventures, Titan Capital, Supermorpheus, 100X Entrepreneurs, Kwaish, and SF-based Secure Octane Fund, existing and new investors including Anand … Read more
Purplle.com, one of India’s leading online beauty destinations, today announced a $75M funding, welcoming Kedaara to the cap table, along with doubling down by Sequoia Capital India and Blume Ventures. This comes six months after a $45M funding backed by Verlinvest, Blume Ventures, JSW Ventures, and first-time investor Sequoia Capital India. The investment will augment … Read more
Gramophone – a full-stack agri-tech platform – on Tuesday announced that it has raised a $10 million round led by Z3Partners, an early growth investor. Founded by IIT and IIM alumnus Tauseef, Nishant Vats Mahatre, and Harshit Gupta, Gramophone started as agronomy led, agri-input commerce company from MP. In the last two years, it has … Read more
Spottabl, a SaaS-based HR firm, has acquired Rs 3.5 crore in venture funding from a number of investors. Spottabl was formed in 2020 and has been self-funded till this first round. The startup intends to use the funds for product development and business expansion. Vanishri Deshpande, Satheesh KV, and Anupam Choudhari are the founders of … Read more
On-demand logistics company Porter has raised Rs 750 crore in its Series E funding round led by Tiger Global Management and Vitruvian Partners, with participation from existing investors — Sequoia Capital India and Lightrock India. Founded in 2014 by Pranav Goel, Uttam Digga, and Vikas Choudhary, Mumbai-based Porter is a logistics marketplace that allows businesses … Read more
Gurugram-based influencer marketing automation platform Wobb has raised Rs 2.1 crore in pre-seed round from lead investors Titan Capital led by Kunal Bahl and Rohit Bansal (Snapdeal Founders) and Point One Capital. Founded in 2020 by Ishan Jindal, Wobb is aimed at simplifying influencer hiring and improving measurability using Wobb’s pixel technology, which provides data including sales, traffic, impressions … Read more
