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Sahicoin, a social platform for crypto users, raises $1.75 million in seed funding from Alameda Ventures (FTX), Better Capital, and other investors

Sahicoin, the world’s first crypto native social platform, has raised $1.75 million in the latest seed round led by Alameda Ventures (FTX), Better Capital Ventures, and other institutional investors. The fresh round of funding will be deployed to scale the team across engineering & product, and grow the platform. Founded by IIT Kanpur alumni, Amit Nayak, Ankush Rajput, and … Read more

Morgan Stanley leads $22M round in Indian Waste Firm Recykal

Recykal, a Hyderabad-based business-to-business (B2B) waste management and recycling marketplace, has raised $22 million in funding from Morgan Stanley India. Abhay Deshpande, a serial entrepreneur who launched ecommerce platform Malamall in 1998 and ecommerce enablement SaaS platform Martjack in 2007, founded Recykal in 2016. Capillary Technologies later purchased Martjack. Anirudha Jalan, Abhishek Deshpande, Ekta Narain, … Read more

Fractal announces US$ 360 million investment from TPG

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TPG, a leading global alternative asset firm, and Fractal , a global provider of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics solutions to Fortune 500® companies, today announced that they have signed a definitive investment agreement. TPG is investing US$ 360 million in Fractal through TPG Capital Asia, the firm’s Asia-focused private equity platform, in a transaction that includes a combination … Read more

Brankas raises USD $20m from Insignia Ventures and Visa

Brankas, Southeast Asia’s leading Open Finance technology company, announced the close of its US$20m Series B investment round led by Insignia Ventures Partners with participation from existing investors Beenext and Integra Partners. With this round, Brankas aims to scale its network of more than 40 financial institutions and 100+ technology companies, expand its product menu of banking-as-a-service APIs serving … Read more

Skippi Ice Pops Gets 10 Million INR Investment from Shark Tank India

Skippi Ice Pops – India’s 1st Ice Popsicle brand received funding of a whopping 10 million INR for 15% equity in the 1st edition of Shark Tank India aired on Sony Entertainment Television on Monday, 27th December 2021. Led by Kabra Global Products Pvt. Ltd., India, Skippi Ice Pops launched with an aim to introduce … Read more

Indians Increase their Commitment to SIPs says ETMONEY SIP Insights Report 2021

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ETMONEY presents the SIP Insights Report 2021, which looks at a 5-year trend analysis of investor behaviour towards SIPs in India, after passing the milestone of processing over 1 million SIPs each month. According to the research, India’s smaller cities are now leading the charge, with 64 percent of SIP inflows coming from outside of … Read more

Halo Series B Funding Round Completed At $400 Million Valuation

Halo, the world’s most advanced pet safety and training technology, announced that it is fully subscribed for its Series B funding round. Founded by IOT visionaries Ken and Michael Ehrman with dog behaviorist Cesar Millan, Halo achieved a valuation of $400 million. The raise marks a monumental moment for Halo and supports the company’s overall … Read more

Univfy Raises $6M in Series B Financing to Expand Fertility Benefits and Advance Fertility Prognostics

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Univfy, a global leader in using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to personalize counseling and increase access to fertility care, today announced that it raised $6 million of its Series B funding round led by a portfolio company of Atlantic Street Capital. Known by fertility specialists and patients for its flagship Univfy PreIVF Report, Univfy has commercialized a … Read more

Insurtech firm Probus Insurance raises $6.7M

Probus Insurance, a Mumbai-based insurtech company, has raised $6.7 million in a fundraising round headed by BlueOrchard Impact Investment Managers of Switzerland. Probus, which began as a typical insurance brokerage firm in 2003 and has now evolved into a tech-enabled platform, has built a strong framework and ecosystem in the online retail distribution arena. Probus … Read more

YipitData raises up to $475 million in Series E funding from Carlyle

YipitData today announced a Series E funding round, led by global investment firm Carlyle . YipitData has gained rapid momentum among institutional investors and corporations with its highly accurate, detailed research and analytics on the most disruptive and digitally enabled sectors in the world, including ridesharing, e-commerce marketplaces, payments and streaming video. YipitData will use … Read more

Tiger Global Invests USD 40 Mn in BOX8 and MOJO Pizza’s Parent Company, Now Rebrands to EatClub Brands

EatClub Brands, which operates popular brands like BOX8 & MOJO Pizza has raised $40 million in a round led by Tiger Global. EatClub Brands is a technology first, full-stack cloud kitchen company, and it has one of Asia’s largest cloud kitchen networks. Currently, a total of 8 brands operate out of its 150+ kitchens, GLOBO … Read more

Indiamart Intermesh Acquires Stake In M1xchange For Rs 32.4 Crore

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Indiamart Intermesh, a B2B e-commerce startup, has purchased a share in M1xchange, a trade receivable discounting system services firm, for Rs 32.4 crore, the fintech firm announced on Monday. Indiamart had previously announced a plan to buy 7.7% of M1xchange for Rs 32.4 crore, and the transaction is now complete with the fintech firm receiving … Read more

Vedantu Announces a USD 3 Million ESOP Buyback

Vedantu, a pioneer in LIVE online learning, announced today a $3 million ESOPS  liquidity initiative for all qualifying employees. The founders will not be part of the repurchase, but top executives and qualifying active employees who have completed the vesting term will be able to sell their ESOP shares. Vedantu launched a $100 million Series … Read more

Tesla Will Invest Usd 188 Million To Expand Its Plant Capacity In Shanghai

According to the state-owned Beijing Daily newspaper, Tesla Inc wants to invest up to 1.2 billion yuan to boost manufacturing capacity at its Shanghai factory, allowing it to hire 4,000 additional staff. The material was ascribed to a Shanghai government website for companies’ environmental information submissions, according to the newspaper. Tesla’s Shanghai factory was meant … Read more

India looking at USD 2.5 Bn Investment in Textiles Sector, Create 0.75 Mn Jobs

The ‘Textile Week’ kicked off yesterday at the India Pavilion in EXPO2020 with the country looking at a fresh investment of INR 19,000 crore (USD 2.5 Bn) in the sector, which would be key to a ‘Self-reliant India’ and becoming a preferred global sourcing partner in textiles. The textile industry will showcase India’s rich cultural … Read more

Welspun One signs a MoU with Tamil Nadu Government to invest INR 2500 Cr in the state

Welspun One Logistics Parks (WOLP), a pan-India integrated fund, development, and asset management platform, part of the USD 3.5 billion Welspun Group, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guidance – the Government of Tamil Nadu’s nodal agency, for investment promotion and single window facilitation. This is towards setting up warehousing facilities across the state. The projects … Read more