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GoKhana, a SaaS Platform for End-to-End Management of Corporate Cafeterias, Has Raised 1.1 Million USD in a Pre-Series A Round

GoKhana, a SaaS platform for End-to-End Management of Corporate Cafeterias, has raised $1.1 million in a pre-Series A round. Founded by Ankur Marda, Ashish Marballi and Hitesh Sarda in 2017, GoKhana digitizes operations of institutional food-courts by introducing efficiencies and making the entire food-ordering process convenient, efficient and contactless. GoKhana is present in 11 cities … Read more

Privoro raises $30M in Series B funding to meet demand for hardware-backed mobile security

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Privoro, a next-gen mobile security hardware company, today announced a $30 million Series B funding led by an affiliate of Tracker Capital Management, LLC (“Tracker Capital”). The round will be used to help the company continue to scale its team, products, and operations to meet demand for its unique hardware-backed mobile device protections. Privoro’s SafeCase™, … Read more

TendedBar Raises $5 Million to Launch Next Phase of Growth and Production

TendedBar, the industry’s first automated bar service, today announced a $5 million Series A funding round that will continue the company’s growth into 2022 and will see TendedBar launch numerous national concert, entertainment and sports partnerships to provide fans exciting access to automation with less time waiting in lines, safer access to drinks and an … Read more

US-based DroneBase acquires Bengaluru-based AirProbe

AirProbe, a Bengaluru-based firm that employs artificial intelligence (AI) for solar system inspections, was bought by DroneBase, a U.S. intelligent aerial imaging company, for an undisclosed sum last week. AirProbe, founded in 2017 by Aditya Bhat, Kaustubh Karnataki, and Ganesh Shankar, combines thermal drone imaging to detect solar cell flaws and AI to increase efficiency. … Read more

Logistics automation startup Unbox Robotics raises $7M in Series A funding

Unbox Robotics, a supply chain robotics technology firm based in Pune, has secured $7 million in a Series A round led by 3one4 Capital and including Sixth Sense Ventures and Redstart Labs (Info Edge). The current round of investment brings the total amount raised to $9.1 million. Through trials and pilots, the firm has already … Read more

Cycle seller Ninety One raises close to $30 million

According to a press release from the company, Ninty One secured roughly $30 million (Rs 225 crore) in a Series A financing from A91 Partners. The company is valued at around Rs 1,000 crore at this round. Ninety One is a cycle company founded in 2015 by Sachin Chopra, a former managing director of Everstone … Read more

Monster.com raises $18.3M in funding

Platform for online job postings Monster has raised Rs 137.5 crore from Volrado Venture Partners, Meridian Investments, and its parent firm Quess in an investment round valued at close to $100 million. Volrado is led by Enam Holdings’ Akash Bhanshali, while Meridian is TV Mohandas Pai’s investment office. In 2018, Quess bought Monster.com’s operations in … Read more

Minko raises $1.5 million in seed round

Minko, a retail financial platform that provides loan facilities to small Kirana and retail shop owners, has secured $1.5 million in a seed round. LetsVenture Founder and CEO Shanti Mohan and Kunal Shah, Founder of CRED, participated in the round, which was led by LC Nueva AIF, an India-domiciled Category II AIF Fund with LC … Read more

Startup Watch Brand Raises $30k In Less Than Two Days

Galo Watches Founder Zeca Amendola is excited to announce recent fundraising success, as he looks forward to keeping the momentum going into the new year with the launch of a new campaign. During the first campaign, Galo Watches raised a total of AU $46,000 — AU $30,000 of that was raised in less than two days. The … Read more

Pace Robotics raises seed funding from Pidilite

Construction Robotics Startup, Pace Robotics, has raised seed investment from Pidilite Industries Ltd, who has acquired an equity stake of 19.5% in the company. The fund will be used for product development and core team expansion. Founded in 2020 by Ayushmoy Roy and Srinivas K Pai, the startup has been working on a prototype for … Read more

Veho Raises $125 Million Series A, with $1B Valuation, to Reinvent Package Delivery

Veho, a technology company that enables personalized next-day package delivery, today announced a $125 million Series A raise led by General Catalyst at a $1 billion valuation. Additional participants include Construct Capital led by Rachel Holt, Bling Capital, Industry Ventures, Fontinalis Partners, and Origin Ventures. The funding will be used to grow the team, expand … Read more

Tackle.io Secures $100M Series C Funding from Coatue and Andreessen Horowitz

Tackle.io, a software company dedicated to helping software providers generate revenue through the clouds, today announced a $100 million Series C funding round. The round brings the company’s valuation to $1.25 billion and was co-led by Coatue and existing investor Andreessen Horowitz, and included participation from Bessemer Venture Partners. The funding, which comes 9 months … Read more

Jumbotail raises $85 Mn in Series C funding

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Jumbotail, a B2B marketplace, has secured $85 million in a Series C round headed by Artal Asia Pte. Ltd. and Ajax Capital. Early investors Nexus Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital took minor part-exits in the secondary, making the round a mix of main and secondary investments. Until now, the company has raised a total of … Read more

Sirona Raises INR 100 Crores in Series B Funding

Feminine hygiene start up Sirona (makers of PeeBuddy and other innovative feminine hygiene products and market leaders in menstrual cups) have raised INR 100 crores in Series B funding from South Asia’s largest DTC conglomerate and recent BPC Unicorn Good Glamm Group.This is one of the largest amounts invested in a Series B round for … Read more

Piramal Pharma Ltd. To Invest Minority Stake in Yapan Bio, India-Based CDMO Providing Expertise in Biologics and Vaccines

Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL) today announced an investment of INR101.77cr in Yapan Bio Pvt Ltd (“Yapan”) of Hyderabad, India, augmenting the capabilities of its Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) business, Piramal Pharma Solutions (PPS). PPL holds 27.78% equity stake in the company as a result of this investment. As PPS continues to strengthen its capabilities … Read more

Searchlight Raises $17M Series A Round, Launches Talent Intelligence Platform

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Searchlight, a talent intelligence platform powered by hard data that measures the soft skills that can make or break quality of hire, announced today that it has closed a Series A funding round of $17 million led by Founders Fund with participation from Accel, Shasta Ventures, Kapor Capital, Operator Collective, and prominent angel investors including … Read more

Ekos raises $21 million Series B to digitally connect the craft supply chain

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Ekos, the leading business management software for craft beverage businesses, has closed a $21 million Series B funding round led by growth equity firm Catalyst Investors with participation from existing investors Noro-Moseley Partners. Ekos was the first software solution created specifically with craft producers in mind. Historically, craft businesses relied on manual record-keeping and disconnected systems, which are time-consuming and difficult to … Read more

ByteLearn, an AI-based teaching assistant, raises $9.5M

In a Seed funding round led by 9Unicorns, Chiratae Ventures, and Leo Capital, ByteLearn, an AI-powered teaching assistant for students and teachers, raised $9.5 million (Rs 72 crore). Venture Catalysts, Goodwater Capital, Earlsfield Capital, Kettleborough VC, PitchRight Ventures, and AdvantEdge VC also participated in the round. ByteLearn is an AI-powered teaching assistant founded in June … Read more

Deeptech startup Dista raises $1.2M funding

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Dista, a deeptech business based in Pune and Delaware (US), has raised $1.2 million in funding. Pentathlon Ventures led the seed fundraising round, which included Core 91 and other individual investors. Nishant Kumar (Co-founder & Chief Product Officer), Shishir Gokhale (Co-founder & CEO), and Deepak Garg (Co-founder & CTO) co-founded Dista, which was incubated in … Read more