Pocket FM, an audio-focused over-the-top (OTT) service, has secured $22.4 million in a round headed by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The fresh investment also includes the Times Group and Tanglin Ventures. The money will be used to expand the Gurugram-based startup’s operations and establish a larger content creator community, as well as expand its presence across … Read more
Learning Matters, a Bengaluru based ed-tech company that uses Artificial Intelligence and voice technology to reinvent teaching and learning has received funding from Lavni Ventures and a group of angel investors. The company will use the capital to accelerate development of its flagship ed-tech solution ‘Tara’ – a virtual voice teacher – as well as … Read more
Satvacart, an online grocery delivery service, has closed a pre-Series A round of funding led by Kuldeep Puri, Shailendra Kumar, Siddhartha Garg, Madhu Sudana Rao Kalagarla, and Sirinivas Kotta. In the following 18 months, the corporation wants to use the capital to build 100 clusters in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Noida. Satvacart is an online grocery company founded in 2014 by Deepika and Rahul that sells 5000 goods using an inventory-driven business strategy. The company is now solely active in Gurgaon, where it operates its own computerised dark stores in densely populated regions.
AG Ventures (AAGV), the fast-growing Play-to-Earn (P2E) guild and P2E / Learn-to-Earn (L2E) platform, is pleased to announce that it has successfully raised over $12 million in a private funding round that concluded this week. This is the 2nd largest private round for P2E guilds or guild platforms reported to date. The Private Round was … Read more
Immensitas Private Limited has raised $2.3M in a Pre-Series A1 round co-led by growx ventures, Artha Venture Fund (AVF), and DSP Investment Managers Pvt. Ltd. The round also saw participation from LogX Ventures and Atrium Angels, the ISB alumni sponsored micro VC fund. In July, the company had raised a round from AVF and LogX. … Read more
Simpl, a cardless payment network with embedded 1-Tap Checkout, Buy Now Pay Later and Buyer Protection, has raised a $40M Series B round led by Valar Ventures & IA Ventures with participation from LFH Ventures and other internal investors. This investment brings the total capital raised by the company to $83M. With Simpl, online merchants … Read more
Ten Indian start-ups showcased their innovations to global investors from the UAE and around the world at the third session of the ‘Elevate’ pitching series held on Sunday in Dubai. Gracing the occasion was Dr. Aman Puri, Consul General of India in Dubai, and Mr. Duncan Mulima, Consul General of Zambia in Dubai. The Indian … Read more
Premagic, a workflow management platform for photographers, has received a pre-seed fundraising round of INR 2 crore from 300 venture capitalists and angel investors. Premagic, a B2B SAAS product for event photography founded in 2018 by Anup Mohan, Anenth Vishnu, and Mevin Chirayath, helps photographers streamline their workflow and substantially improve the efficacy of client … Read more
ABL Workspaces, a coworking space provider, has raised Rs 15 crore from Ethik Inc, a Canadian company, for expansion. ABL Workspaces, which opened its first location in Delhi-NCR in December 2017, now has nine locations. ABL Workspaces stated in a statement that company has raised Rs 15 crore in a Series A fundraising round from … Read more
Mumbai Angels Network sponsored a $1 million round of funding for D2C firm Jade Forest. In November 2020, the company raised a $250k seed round. The new money will be put toward expanding geographically and entering the ready-to-drink beverage category. Jade Forest is a luxury non-alcoholic beverage brand founded by Shuchir Suri and Punweet Singh … Read more
ZenOnco.io, an oncology healthcare platform, has raised $1.4 million in a seed round led by Enzia Ventures, with Better Capital, Apollo Hospitals, Titan Capital, Dr Arvind Kumar, and other angel investors participating. According to a news statement from ZenOnco.io, the funds will be used to expand the company’s current activities and introduce new products. ZenOnco.io … Read more
Digiboxx a startup offering cloud storage as a service has raised further financing, bringing its total pre-series A funding to $15 million. CapGro Private Ltd led the investment round. The funds will be invested in product development, expanding into new markets, scaling operations, expanding the company’s personnel, and enhancing its technology platform. Digiboxx, a digital … Read more
21K School, India’s first online-only school, just raised $5 million in a pre-Series A financing led by Ronnie Screwvala, Co-Founder and Chairman of upGrad. Santosh Kumar, Yeshwanth Raj Parasmal, Dinesh Kumar, and Joshi Kumar founded 21K School in 2020 with the goal of creating a 100% online school that offers children aged 3 to 18 … Read more
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
Pepperfry founders Ambareesh Murthy and Ashish Shah have invested $1 million in food-tech firm Adonia Hospitality. In the next six months, the funding will be used to open six more eateries. The company was founded by Rupesh Kumar Shah and now has 6 restaurants in its portfolio. It is profitable with an ARR of Rs … Read more
Rebel Foods, the parent company of Faasos, has raised an additional $14.5 million in its Series F round. The company had recently raised $175 million in this round at a valuation of $1.4 billion, making it the first full-stack foodtech company to join the coveted club of unicorns this year. The company, founded by Jaydeep … Read more
