Way2News, a city-based vernacular short news app, has raised USD 16.75 million in a Series-A round led by WestBridge Capital and Sashi Reddi, a well-known venture financier. According to a press release from the firm, this is WestBridge Capital’s first investment in India’s media and entertainment sector. Way2News, which was founded in 2016, provides short … Read more
Gurgaon based Intents Mobi, a geospatial intelligence startup, today announced that it has raised $1 Million in a funding round led by DevX Venture Fund. The round also saw participation from other investors like Unnati Labs and multiple marquee strategic angels from Logistics & Mobility sector whose ventures are backed by Tier1 VCs. The company … Read more
Pepper Content, a content marketplace, revealed on June 9 that it has raised $14.3 million in a Series A fundraising round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, as the company wants to expand its position in the US and branch out into additional categories. Pepper Content, founded in 2017 by Anirudh Singla and Rishabh Shekhar, enables … Read more
Dubverse.ai, an AI-powered SaaS video content dubbing and creation platform has raised USD 800K in seed funding led by global funds including Kalaari Capital. Founded in 2021 by Varshul CW and Anuja Dhawan, Dubverse is the first-ever platform which supports end-to-end dubbing and produces ready-to-publish videos in real-time. The self-service platform allows full control to … Read more
India’s leading incubation & investment platform, AIC (Atal Incubation Centre)-Pinnacle Entrepreneurship Forum, supported by Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Ministry of MSME, and Ministry of Electronics and IT Govt of India, has announced its plans to incubate 30 new startups with estimated facilitation of funds up to 10 million in the current financial year. The … Read more
Short video app Sharechat’s parent company has raised nearly $300 million in funding from Google, Times Group, and Temasek Holdings. After backing Bengaluru-based unicorn VerSe Innovation’s Josh, Google has made its second investment in the short video industry in India. In 2015, IIT Kanpur alumni Ankush Sachdeva, Farid Ahsan, and Bhanu Singh formed Mohalla Tech, which owns … Read more
Dedoco secures US$3 million funding from True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV4 Plus) Fund to fuel its global expansion. TGV is an early investor of prominent projects such as blockchain unicorns Animoca Brands and Sandbox, as well as the recently listed marketplace trading platform, Forge Global in the US. Dedoco is a next-generation digital DMaaS (Document Management as-a-Service) that … Read more
OMTV, the only OTT network to showcase content pertaining to Indian Sanatan culture, today announced that it has secured funding of Rs 4 million. The company shared that it will be using this funding to cover its current operational cost and ramp up the production of original content. Raj Kumar Jalan and Subhash Jalan led … Read more
WSO2, a digital transformation solutions provider based in California, announced on Wednesday that it has closed its Series E growth-stage investment round, which included Redstart Labs as an investor. Redstart Labs contributed $3 million in the Series E round, which closed at $93 million with $90 million from lead investor Goldman Sachs Asset Management Private … Read more
TWU, a worldwide finance startup specialising in electric vehicle financing, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Delta Corp Holdings. Delta Corp Holdings is leading the newest funding round, which includes participation from existing investor Techstars. Investors from the Middle East, Europe, and Grip Invest also took part in the round. … Read more
Country Delight, a direct-to-consumer (D2C) milk and grocery delivery service, raised $108 million in a Series D fundraising round led by Nicholas Cator’s Venturi Partners and Temasek on Wednesday. SWC Global and Trifecta Capital joined the round, as well as returning investors IIFL Asset Management, Elevation Capital, Orios Venture Partners, and Matrix Partners. Country Delight’s … Read more
BEENEXT, Chiratae Ventures, and White Venture Capital were among the investors who contributed $6.1 million to ShopSe, a financial platform that offers quick EMI. The current funding comes after a $5.5 million seed round in April 2021. Pallav Jain, Abhishek Nimonkar, and Yagnesh Desai, all former PayU employees, started ShopSe in 2020. By working with … Read more
NextBillion.ai, a Singapore-based spatial data and mapping platform for businesses, announced on Monday that it has secured $21 million in a series B round headed by Mirae Asset Venture Investments. The round included existing investors Lightspeed, M12 (Microsoft’s Venture Fund), and Alphawave, bringing the total money raised since 2020 to $34 million, according to NextBillion.ai. … Read more
RAS Premium Oils, the first farm-to-face luxury skincare and personal care business, has received $2 million in pre-Series A funding from Sixth Sense Ventures, a domestic consumer-centric venture fund. RAS, which was founded in 2017 by Shubhika Jain, Suramya Jain, and Sangeeta Jain, has quickly grown into a niche premium D2C business. The company has … Read more
BluSmart, an electric ride-hailing network, has raised $25 million in a follow-up to its Series A fundraising round, which concluded in September 2021. The fundraising round included $15 million in equity and $10 million in venture loan. The equity fundraising round, led by BP Ventures and Green Frontier Capital, included previous investors, while the venture … Read more
SucSEED Indovation Fund, based in Hyderabad, has invested in Ving Hybrid Technologies India Pvt Ltd. Ving Hybrid Technologies is based in Singapore and India and was founded by two ex-Cisco executives. Ving Hybrid wants to democratise Video Conference Rooms by providing a “One Stop VC Room Solution” with the goal of “simplifying cooperation.” Ving offers … Read more
