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Gaming app Quizy raises seed funding

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

EV Startup Starya Mobility Raises Rs 2 Cr In Bridge Round Of Funding

Starya Mobility, a Sh! Ventures portfolio company in the Clean Mobility & EV domain, has raised INR 2 CR from ah! Ventures Angel Platform in a bridge round of finance. This bridge round of fundraising was raised within six months after their previous 2.2 million dollar fund raise on the ah! Ventures First Gear platform. … Read more

Agritech Startup Agrowave Raises $2 M In Pre-Series A Funding

Agritech startup Agrowave has raised $2 million in Pre-Series A funding from Aroa Ventures, the family office of Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal. Agrowave is building a supply-driven farm-to-market mobility supply chain with a focus on first-mile logistics and trades supply through an integrated network of mobile pickup stations. T Agrowave, a Gurugram-based agritech firm, was … Read more

LegalKart Raises ₹4 Cr In Pre-Series-A Funding

As part of the Pre Series A round, Angels and IIM Udaipur Incubation Center invested in LegalKart, a Gurgaon-based legal-tech business. LegalKart was founded in 2018 and obtained seed funding of about 3.5 crore from a group of angel investors in 2019. More than 1 lakh consumers have been served, and the platform now includes … Read more

Terra Staking Platform Stader Labs Raises $12.5M

Three Arrows Capital funds a $12.5 million strategic fundraising round for Stader Labs. The most recent boost puts the company’s value at $450 million. Stader is a non-custodial, smart contract-based staking platform that helps retail and institutions simply identify and utilise staking solutions. It was founded in April 2021 by Amitej Gajjala, Sidhartha Doddipalli, and … Read more

Clinical beauty tech startup toothsi raises $9M in debt

Stride Ventures led a $9 million (Rs 66.6 crore) debt fundraising round for Toothsi, a Mumbai-based at-home smile makeover firm. Dr Arpi Mehta, Dr Pravin Shetty, Dr Manjul Jain, and Dr Anirudh Kale founded the company in 2018 with the goal of giving Indians a better smile with clear aligners, a practical alternative to traditional … Read more

Zuper raises $13M Series A Funding

Zuper has raised $13 million in Series A funding for its productivity suite for intelligent field service management and customer engagement. FUSE led the investment, which included Sequoia Capital India, Prime Venture Partners, and HubSpot Ventures. Since its inception, the Seattle-based firm, which provides technology to help manage field service teams, has raised more than … Read more

AI startup CellStrat raises Rs 1.05 Cr In Angel Funding

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

Zenlayer Receives C+ Funding from Telkom Indonesia

Zenlayer, a leading-edge cloud services provider focused on improving real-time digital experiences in emerging markets, announces the closing of a supplemental round of financing today from MDI Ventures, the investment arm of Telkom, the largest telecommunications company in Indonesia. This C+ funding brings the entire Series-C financing round to $62 million. “This strategic investment will fortify … Read more

Rocketlane Raises $18 Mn Series A Funding

Rocketlane, a customer onboarding platform, announced on Wednesday that it has raised USD 18 million (about Rs 133.8 crore) in funding from Asana, 8VC, and other investors. The latest fundraising round comes just seven months after the business announced its seed funding round, in which Matrix Partners India and Nexus Ventures Partners contributed $3 million. … Read more

D2C performance wear start-up Zymrat secures USD 500,000 In Seed Funding

Zymrat, a performance apparel business focused on innovation, announced today that it has raised $500,000 in seed funding. Dominor Investment Holding LLP headed the investment. Zymrat is an innovation-driven performance wear brand with technology at its core, founded in 2018 by Ujjawal Asthana and Ankita. Men’s training and running t-shirts, shorts, joggers, and outerwear are … Read more

Employee growth enablement platform Courseplay raises INR 3 crore in Seed round

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

SaaS Labs Raises USD 42 Mn Led By Sequoia Capital

SaaS Labs, a company that creates business automation tools for sales and support teams all around the world, has secured USD 42 million (about Rs 312 crore) in a round headed by Sequoia Capital India. Existing investors Base 10 Partners and Eight Roads Ventures also participated in the Series B fundraising round, according to the … Read more

Consumer electronics brand Mivi raises fresh funding from N+1 Capital

Mivi, a leading domestic consumer electronics brand, has raised an undisclosed amount from N+1 Capital in a debt financing round. N+1 Capital, India’s largest revenue-based growth capital fund, has been affiliated with the previously bootstrapped company as its first financial partner. Mivi is a one-of-a-kind firm based in Hyderabad that specialises in audio gadgets, with … Read more

AI infra firm Pixis raises $100M in Series C funding

Pixis, formerly Pyxis One, announced today that it has raised $100 million in Series C funding. Pixis is a company that provides contextual AI infrastructure with no code for total marketing optimization. The new funding will be used to help the company quickly scale its AI platforms and plugins, as well as expand across North … Read more

Dogsee Chew Raises 50Cr In Series A Funding From Mankind Pharma

Mankind Pharma and previous investor Sixth Sense Ventures led a Rs. 50 crore Series A investment for Dogsee Chew. This is Mankind Pharma’s first foray into the pet food market. Dogsee Chew is the only firm that offers 100% vegetarian dog treats, and it was founded by Bhupendra Khanal and Sneh Sharma, a husband-and-wife team. … Read more

B2B Services Rental Startup Settlrs Raises $1 Mn In Funding

Settlrs, a B2B services rental firm, has raised US$1 million (about Rs 7 crore) in funding from Canbank Venture Capital Fund Ltd and other investors. Vinod Jain Family Office, MaGeHold Pte Ltd, JN Capital, and an unknown angel investor are among the other investors in the firm, which is incubated at NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore (IIMB). … Read more

Handshake Raises $200M to Help Gen Z Launch Careers

Handshake, the largest early career network, today announced a Series F round of $200 million at a valuation of $3.5 billion—more than double its valuation in 2021. The round, led by Coatue Management and Valiant Peregrine Fund with participation from Base10’s Advancement Initiative, among other investors, reflects unprecedented demand amidst a generational shift in the way people start, jump start, … Read more

Routefusion Raises $10.5 Million

Routefusion, the most comprehensive fintech solution for unlocking global expansion, today announces their $10.5 million Seed Prime Funding Round co-led by Canvas Ventures and Silverton Partners with participation from Haymaker Ventures, Initialized Capital, Sherwin Gandi (co-founder of Jeeves), and Aldrin Clement (co-founder of Novel Bank). Rebecca Lynn, co-founder and general partner at Canvas Ventures, joined … Read more

NuvoAir Series A Funding Reaches $25M to Expand Patient-Centric Care

NuvoAir, a leading digital healthcare company working in chronic disease management, raised $11M in a latest round of financing. The investment was led by Hikma Pharmaceuticals’ venture capital arm, Hikma Ventures, and is an extension of the Series A round, previously announced in June 2021. Additional participation from a new strategic investor and existing investors … Read more