Certa, a San Francisco-based no-code automation platform for procurement and compliance, received a $15 million Series A investment led by Point72 Ventures with participation from Twitch Founder Justin Kan, Dropbox Co-founder and CEO Drew Houston, Mantis VC, and others on Tuesday. Certa, which was founded in 2015, wants to make it easier and safer for … Read more
AjnaLens, Mumbai-based XR hardware and software company raised Rs. 12 crore from renowned investors like Lets Venture Angel Fund, JITO Angel Network & few visionary angel investors, in another round of a Pre-Series A. The one-of-its-kind Indian player in the XR space has clocked funding in the past from noteworthy angel investors like Vijay Shekhar … Read more
Vymo, an Intelligent Sales Engagement platform for Financial Institutions, has raised $22M in Series C funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments with existing investors Emergence Capital and Sequoia Capital participating. As part of the financing, BII’s Rohit Sood, will be joining the company’s board. “2021 was a momentous year for us: 20%+ quarterly growth, 142% NRR, zero … Read more
UP Funds, which is launched in January 2021, will assist SaaS startups in overcoming early-stage constraints by providing founder-friendly capital that safeguards their future alternatives. UP Funds invested $100,000-$200,000 in ten firms in 2021 and also participated in a Series A financing of one of its high-growth startups. Upekkha, foundedby Prasanna Krishnamoorthy, Shekar Nair, and … Read more
GraphQL innovation leader Hasura today announced that it has secured $100M in funding in a round led by Greenoaks with participation from existing investors Nexus Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Vertex Ventures. The Series C round brings the total capital raised by Hasura to $136.5 million and the company’s valuation to $1 billion. Hasura … Read more
Neurafarms.ai, a developer of geospatial and AI-powered farming solutions, has been purchased by AiDash, a leading provider of satellite- and AI-powered operations, maintenance, and sustainability solutions. AiDash will benefit from the purchase of Neurafarms.ai by strengthening its product line and adding key talent to its high-performing staff. Bhavesh Patidar, co-founder of Neurafarms.ai and leader of … Read more
Proactive For Her, a women’s healthcare firm, raised $5.5 million in a Series A fundraising round headed by Vertex Ventures SEA and India and previous investor Nexus Venture Partners on Wednesday. Achitha Jacob, an IIT-Bombay alumna, created Proactive For Her in 2020 with the goal of delivering judgement-free, progressive, body-positive, queer affirmative, and trauma-informed healthcare … Read more
Actyv.ai, an enterprise Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform, has raised $5 million in a pre-Series A investment from 1Digi Investment Management, the Dubai-based family office of Raghunath Subramanian, the company’s global Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Raghunath Subramanian, Raghu Venkat, and Ramkumar Thirumurthi formed the Bangalore-based firm in April 2019. “We have pioneered the B2B BNPL space in … Read more
Semaai, an AgTech startup based in Indonesia, has announced US$1.25 million in pre-seed funding led by Surge, Sequoia Capital India’s rapid scale-up program for startups in India and Southeast Asia, and Beenext. Angel investors Nipun Mehra, Founder & CEO of e-commerce startup Ula; Harshet Lunani, founder and CEO of Qoala; and Prashant Pawar, Technology Investment Banker … Read more
Glance, a leading AI-driven lock-screen platform, announced today that it has agreed to raise US$200 million from Jio Platforms Limited (“Jio”) in its Series D round of funding. The transaction is subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. The proposed investment by Jio is aimed at accelerating Glance’s launch in several … Read more
SaaS platform BiteSpeed today announced that they have raised US$1.9 million in seed funding led by Sequoia India’s Surge, with participation from First Cheque, Whiteboard Capital and Angels including CRED founder Kunal Shah and Teachable founder Ankur Nagpal. BiteSpeed provides e-commerce brands with the tools to help them embrace conversational commerce as the future of … Read more
Sprinto, a Bengaluru-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) compliance automation platform, revealed on Wednesday that it had raised $10 million in Series A funding headed by Elevation Capital with participation from Accel and Blume Ventures. Sprinto, which went public in mid-2021, assists SaaS companies in obtaining compliances like SOC 2, ISO27001, GDPR, HIPAA, and others in a quick … Read more
We Founder Circle led a $270,000 seed round for Quizy, a real money gaming platform. Multiple institutional investors, including FAAD Network, Anchorage Capital Partners, Capital A, and Dholakia Ventures, participated in the investment round lead by We Founder Circle. The funds will be used to hire extraordinary talent and attract new users, according to the … Read more
CellStrat, a US-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm, reported on Thursday that it had secured close to $1,40,000 (Rs 1.05 crore) in an angel round from a group of investors from India, Japan, and the United States. CellStrat, co-founded by brothers Vivek and Vishal Singhal, has established a Cloud-based AI research and development platform called CellStrat … Read more
Semrush, a leading online visibility management SaaS platform, today announces the acquisition of Marketing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) training platform Backlinko. With more than 500,000 visits a month (non-paid traffic, as of December, 2021), Backlinko.com is widely acknowledged as one of the most respected resources for training, strategies, and advice for today’s digital marketers. … Read more
Courseplay, an employee development platform, has raised INR 3 CR in a seed round headed by Inflection Point Ventures. The cash raised will be put towards acquiring new customers and bringing new AI-powered capabilities to market. Courseplay offers complete training delivery, employee engagement, workflow automation, and impact measurement solutions. By 2020, the startup will have … Read more
