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The below brands have announced their latest fund raise.

The capital will be used to expand Mufin Green Finance's lending activities across electric vehicle, solar, and health insurance premium financing segments.

The investment will fund Iscon Balaji Foods' next growth phase, including capacity expansion, stronger farmer linked supply chains, improved processing and cold chain infrastructure, new value added product launches, and expansion into additional international markets.

Acquisition will help create a new business model for the Internet by transforming original content into high-quality, AI-ready data and facilitating transparent value exchange in the AI era.

The Series A round was co-led by TDK Ventures and BIG Capital, along with Accel, Prosus, YourNest Capital, BlueHill Capital, Campus Fund, and Riceberg Ventures participation.

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The below brands have announced their latest funding rounds.

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The fund aims to invest in around 14–15 companies, with cheque sizes ranging from INR 2 crore to INR 14 crore.

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As part of the move, Pync founders Harsh Prateek, Mayank S and Dev Priyam will join Snabbit in senior roles, focusing on operations and business functions.

With this move, IHCL will gain majority ownership of Brij Hospitality, which operates boutique luxury hotels and resorts under the Brij brand across several leisure destinations in India.

The below brands have announced their latest funding rounds.

Sohi will be supported by Atin Kumar Saha, who has joined as Vice Chairman, Wealth Management, and Sanjay Sharma, appointed Executive Director, Wealth Management.

The Sequence deal is expected to close this month, while the Coinme acquisition is planned for the second quarter of 2026, pending regulatory approvals and standard closing conditions.

Cities across the world face the same stubborn problem of rising waste, aging infrastructure, and public systems that struggle to keep up with growing demand.

Pawar is putting that belief to work as one of the founding engineers at Kalos, a startup building AI-powered systems for B2B marketing.

The funds raised through the transaction will be used to meet working capital requirements and to support further growth opportunities.

The funding round was co-led by Cencora Ventures and Optum Ventures, with participation from Oncology Ventures, Z21 Ventures, Ventureforgood founder John Simon, and existing investor Binny Bansal of Flipkart co-founder.

The round comprises USD 7.3 million in equity led by Stellaris and Orios, and USD 1.7 million in venture debt from Stride Ventures.

The funds will be deployed to expand global infrastructure, enhance AI-driven predictive maintenance and SCADA analytics platforms, and scale business development across India and key international wind markets.

Lightspeed and Z47 also participated in the round.

Through ACOF II, KKR's Asia Credit platform has already signed 10 investments, representing USD 1.9 billion in commitments from KKR.

With more than 400 employees working across 20 international cities, the One group represents a combined annual revenue of USD 150 million.

Mitra founder Abhishek Kaushik will become Promoter and Managing Director of the merged entity.

The funding comes after CloudSEK was selected as a top startup at VentureClash, a global investment pitch competition organised by Connecticut Innovations.

In 2025, 20 venture-backed startups went public, nine new unicorns emerged, taking India's ecosystem to USD 419 billion, with over 1,540 unicorns overall, including 28 profitable companies.

At a time when digital trust is continuously tested by breaches, outages, and regulatory scrutiny, the guidance offered in Secrets Management System is both timely and necessary.

Without transparent auctions or bidder-level data, publishers couldn't tell whether they were underpricing inventory, losing demand to latency, or being routed through inefficient supply paths.

Mumbai-based ChrysCapital will make the investment through three of its affiliates — ChrysCapital Fund X, Two Infinity Partners, and Blue Wave Investments Ltd — which invest across multiple sectors.