Spice Story, a Mumbai-based startup firm has raised an undisclosed pre-series A round fund from Agility Ventures, Maxar.vc, Nafa capital and select FMCG industry leaders viz. Anupam Bokey, Anand Dhodapkar, etc. The raised capital will be primarily used to bolster the distribution network and continue to build scale on the online platforms. Earlier, the brand … Read more
Ramp, the finance automation platform and first corporate card designed to help businesses spend less, today announced $750 million in new financing, bringing its valuation to $8.1 billion. The raise included $200 million in fresh equity funding led by Founders Fund, with participation from all major existing investors including D1 Capital Partners, Thrive Capital, Redpoint … Read more
ekincare, an AI-powered health benefits firm, announced a $15 million Series B fundraising round headed by HealthQuad and Sabre Partners, with participation from previous investors Ventureast, Eight Roads Ventures, Siana Capital, and Endiya Partners on Thursday. ekincare is a customised, full-stack health benefits platform founded in 2015 by Kiran Kalakuntla, Srikanth Samudrala, and Dr Noel … Read more
Amagi, a media-focused SaaS firm, became the 11th to reach the unicorn club this year after raising $95 million in a funding round headed by Accel. Existing investors such as Norwest Venture Partners and Avataar Ventures joined the investment round as well. Amagi, which was founded in 2008 by Baskar Subramanian, Srinivasan KA, and Srividhya … Read more
Curelink, a health-tech platform, announced on Wednesday that it has secured USD 3.5 million (about Rs 26 crore) in a seed round led by Elevation Capital and Venture Highway. Curelink, founded by Aman Singla and Divyansh Jain in 2021, links doctors and patients via WhatsApp. “Curelink is now operational in Gurugram and Bhopal, with ambitions … Read more
FarMart acqui-hired fruits and vegetables (F&V) logistics platform, Subjimandi.app to optimize our logistics and expand our product portfolio by entering into the F&V categories. Subjimandi.app was set up in 2020 to replace the physical marketplace and has a strong network in India across the states of Maharashtra, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. Their approach has been … Read more
Webflow, the leading no-code visual development platform for the professional website and CMS market, today announced that it has closed a $120 million Series C at a $4 billion valuation, bringing the company’s total funding to more than $330 million. Y Combinator’s Continuity fund led the round, with participation from existing investors CapitalG, Accel, Silversmith, and Draper Associates. The company … Read more
Alt seafood pioneer Plantish, which uses plant proteins to create premium, whole-cut fish, has raised $12.45 million in seed funding, the largest seed round to date in the burgeoning alternative seafood market. The round was led by State Of Mind Ventures, with participation from Pitango Health Tech, Unovis Capital, TechAviv Founder Partners, SmartAgro, E2JDJ, Alumni … Read more
UpScalio, a digitally led ‘House of brands’ in the utility consumer goods space, has raised $15m in a pre-series-B round, led by Gulf Islamic Investments, with participation from a consortium of lenders including Northern Arc and Unity bank. This fund raise announcement comes shortly after UpScalio’s mega series-A round fundraise of $42.5M in August last … Read more
AiFi, the most flexible AI platform that enables retailers to affordably deploy and scale autonomous shopping solutions, today announced a $65 million Series B funding round with participation from ALDI South Group, Żabka Group, REWE, Verizon Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures LLC, among others. The strategic investments from our retail partners reflect a commitment to scale … Read more
Taiwan-based conversation management tool Cooby today announced that they have raised US$2.9 million to date led by Sequoia India’s Surge and Pear VC. In a messaging-first world, the tool helps businesses streamline engagement and individuals to organise their customer conversations and boost inbox productivity. Cooby is Surge’s first startup founded and based in Taiwan. With … Read more
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
Stella, a San Diego-based organization that equips, champions and funds women-led startups, has reached a momentous milestone by helping to connect women-led startups with $71 million in funding in 2021. Building on this momentum, the organization is broadening its investor network by launching a five-city Oxytocin Tour which kicks off on March 10, 2022 in … Read more
Volocopter, the pioneer of urban air mobility, has raised USD 170 million in the initial signing of its Series E funding round led by South Korean investor WP Investment, at a pre-money valuation of USD 1.7 billion. Composed of funds by new and existing investors, the money raised will assist with the certification of Volocopter’s … Read more
Calyptia, providers of the leading platform for First-Mile Observability, today announced it has closed a seed funding round of $5 million led by Sierra Ventures and Carbide Ventures, with participation from Bill Tai’s ACTAI Ventures and other angel investors. Calpytia Enterprise, based on the wildly popular open source projects Fluent Bit and Fluentd, enables every company to scale and … 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
