New Delhi: AI-powered education startup YoLearn.ai has raised $500,000 in a pre-seed funding round at a valuation of $5 million. The investment was co-led by DataAlpha.ai and White Swan Global, with participation from a group of angel investors. The fresh capital will be used to strengthen the company’s voice-first AI tutoring platform, enhance product capabilities … Read more
Startups across Asia continue to attract strong backing from venture capital firms, growth-stage investors, and angel investors as they raise fresh capital to expand operations, enter new markets, and accelerate product development. From cybersecurity and fintech to healthtech, clean energy, and artificial intelligence, this week’s funding activity reflects the breadth and resilience of the region’s … Read more
Indian haircare startup Xtovia has secured ₹6.9 crore in pre-seed funding in a round led by V3 Ventures, with participation from Consumer Collective by Atrium and several angel investors. The fresh capital will support the company’s product innovation, intellectual property development, market expansion, and brand-building efforts. The funding comes as consumer demand for science-backed beauty … Read more
INFLUISH, an emerging creator economy platform focused on helping content creators grow, learn, and monetise their audiences, has secured pre-seed funding from a group of angel investors at a valuation of ₹25 crore. The funding round saw participation from notable investors including Pankaj Vermani, Jeetendra Tewani, and Sachin Harneja. While the company has not disclosed … Read more
Indian wealth management startup CREST has secured $3.1 million in pre-seed funding from a group of leading venture capital firms and angel investors, as it looks to strengthen its position in the rapidly growing family office and asset management market. The funding round was led by BEENEXT, Sparrow, Shastra VC, DeVC, Warmup Ventures, Atrium Ventures, … Read more
New Delhi: Natural sweetener startup The Sweet Change has secured ₹1.7 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Rebalance, with participation from investors associated with the IAN Angel Fund. The fresh capital will support the company’s plans to expand distribution, introduce new products, and strengthen its position in India’s rapidly growing sugar alternatives market. … Read more
Every time a factory in India flips on a diesel generator, it pays between ₹25 and ₹35 per unit of electricity. Grid power, by comparison, costs ₹6 to ₹9 per unit. Stored solar energy even less. That gap — between what India’s commercial and industrial sector pays for backup power and what it should pay … Read more
Sydney, Australia: Sports technology startup Nardo has secured AU$1 million (approximately US$716,000) in a pre-seed funding round, marking an important milestone in its mission to modernize how amateur sports clubs manage team apparel and uniforms. The funding round also attracted investment from former Australian football legend Tim Cahill, who has joined the company as a … Read more
Quash, a promising startup founded in 2023 by Ameer, Prakhar, and Ayush, has secured $650K in Pre-Seed funding to transform the mobile app quality assurance (QA) process. The funding round saw participation from prominent investors, including Arali Ventures, Java Capital, Peercheque, DeVC, and angel investor Abhishek Goyal from the DeVC Collective. Innovating the QA Process … Read more
Univest, a fintech startup making a sophisticated one resolution for inventory markets, secured funding from angel buyers in its pre-seed part. The fintech platform secured funding value ~3.8 crs, to be utilized in the direction of product launch and crew constructing. Univest – the brainchild of Pranit Arora and Avneet Dhamija, was began with the … Read more
Lightbulb.ai, an emotion ai and engagement analytics platform based in Mumbai, India, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. Chiratae Ventures and 9Unicorns led the round, with Anthill Ventures and VideoVerse joining as investors. Lightbulb.ai intends to use the new funds to expand the datasets for its machine-learning technology and to broaden its product offering … Read more
In a pre-seed fundraising round, ITO Angel Network (JAN), India’s only global community-based Angel network, funded an undisclosed amount in observability platform KloudMate, continuing with its vow to help India’s start-up ecosystem from the very early stages of its development. Amitava Saha, Pranab Buragohain, and Bidyut Baruah founded KloudMate, a deep tech platform that discovers … Read more
PointOne Capital, a pre-seed focused venture capital firm, has announced the final closing of its first 50 crore fund. The final close is less than a year after the first close, which occurred in December 2020. Successful Silicon Valley and India-based entrepreneurs, CXOs and seasoned corporate and startup leaders, as well as mid-sized family offices, … Read more
