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Polestar Analytics Bags USD 12.5 Mn Funding, Appoints Michel Combes Chair of Board
The fresh funds will be deployed to enhance AI capabilities and accelerate the development of its proprietary 1Platform.
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Pet Care Startup Supertails Raises INR 125 Cr in Series B Led by RPSG Capital Ventures
Bengaluru-based startup Supertail plans to use the raised funds for business growth, acquisition of new customers, investment in tech, expansion of healthcare services (including Supertails pharmacy), and foray into an omnichannel approach
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Three Alternatives to Startup Venture Capital Funding
Options include friends and family, debt financing, and financing through clients.
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Digital Media Tech Startup Newsreach Receives INR 1 Crore Seed Funding
Launched by Darshan Shah and Soniya Kundani, Newsreach is India's first local news community, empowering vernacular hyper-local publications
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IAMAI Forms Committee To Address Issues Faced By VC Firms
The committee will play an essential role in highlighting sector-specific challenges faced by portfolio companies of VC firms
By Teena Jose
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Relocation Platform HappyLocate Raises $1.1 Mn In Pre-Series A Round Led By Inflection Point Ventures
This is IPV's 2nd round of investment in HappyLocate. The funding platform recently announced the launch of $50 million AIF Fund Physis Capital to invest in series A and B growth stage startups
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Student Scholarship Platform SuperScholar Raises $400,000
The edtech startup aims to offer 1 million scholarships by the end of 2022
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Skuad Raises $4 Mn In Seed Round From BEENEXT & Anthemis Group
With the latest capital infusion, the startup intends to grow their remote employment infrastructure and scale their growth team in multiple geographies
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Cashfree Raises $35.3 Mn as Part of Series B Funding Round to Launch New Products
The funding was led by Apis Growth Fund II and saw participation from existing investor Y Combinator
By Shipra Singh
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Venture Catalysts Bets on Organic Beverage Startup Brewhouse Tea Brewing
The company plans to use the fresh capital raised in pre-series A round to launch a range of SKUs and products relevant for the market at this point when consumers are staying at home
By Shipra Singh
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[Funding Alert] SaaS Platform Clientjoy Raises $800,000 In Pre-Series A Funding From GVFL
The firm will use the investment to grow sales, marketing, and engineering and will focus on expanding its product offering
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[Funding Alert] Digital Fitness Startup TREAD Raises $1.1 Mn In Seed Round
The startup will use these funds for scaling its product development and community expansion
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Sequoia and Redpoint Lead $12 Mn Funding in Virtual Events Hosting Platform Airmeet
The series A funding round led by Sequoia Capital India and Redpoint Ventures also saw participation from existing investors Accel India, Venture Highway and Global Founders Capital (GFC) along with Gokul Rajaram, Caviar Lead at Doordash
By Shipra Singh
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Waterbridge Ventures Backs Short-video Driven Social Commerce Startup Eloelo
Eloelo has raised USD 450,000 (about INR 3.29 crore) in seed funding round and will use it to build the core team, work on new product initiatives and user acquisition
By Shipra Singh
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Sequoia-backed Interiors Firm HomeLane Raises INR 60 Cr Funding
The Bridge round of funding was led by Stride Ventures, along with participation from existing investors Accel Partners, Sequoia Capital, Evolvence India and JSW Ventures
By Shipra Singh
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[Funding Alert] Yolobus Raises $3.3 Mln In Series A Round Led By Nexus Venture Partners
The Gurugram-based company said the fresh funds will be used to double down on investments across technology, customer and crew safety and sanitisation as well as expansion plans across geographies.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Furniture Platform WoodenStreet Bags $3 million In Series A Round
The Jaipur-based company said it will be using the investment to expand both in domestic markets as well as globally.
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[Funding Alert] Paytm, Others Back Sports Community Platform Rooter In $1.7 Mln Round
The fresh funds will be used to grow the company's user base over the next year and further capitalize on its upcoming e-sports and gaming content.
By Debroop Roy
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Coronavirus: Start-Ups, SMEs Scramble For Cash As Disruption Hits Hard
A Local Circles Survey found that only six per cent were covered, in terms of cash, for a period of more than six months.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Biopharma Start-Up Bugworks Raises $7.5 Mln In Fresh Financing
Founded in 2014, the company has been trying to design a completely new class of broad spectrum antibiotics that would be able to fight against increasingly drug resistant bacteria.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] API Platform YAP Raises $4.5 Mln In Series A Round
The fresh funds will be used to strengthen the team, build the technology further and offer enhanced products with focus on enabling access to credit, corporate banking, cross border payments and the neo-banking stack.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Yellow Messenger Raises $20 Million Series B Round To Fuel Global Expansion
The company said it would use the new funds to fuel international growth and invest further in product innovation.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Logistics SaaS Platform FarEye Raises $25 Mln In Series D Round
The company will use the new funds to further invest in the platform's predictive capabilities and grow faster in Europe, Asia Pacific and the United States.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Matrix Leads $8 Million Series A Round In Gaming Start-Up Zupee
The company said it would use the new funds to develop its technology further, build the team and in marketing.
By Debroop Roy
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Unicorn India Ventures Announces First Close Of 2nd Fund
The fund, with a total corpus of INR 400 crore was announced last year.
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Coronavirus: 91springboard Comes Up With Platform To Support Start-Up Ecosystem
It is meant to act as a consolidator for all efforts being taken by investors, government authorities and other stakeholders to tackle the pandemic.
By Debroop Roy
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[Funding Alert] Spacetech Start-Up Agnikul Raises INR 23.4 Cr In Round Led By pi Ventures
The company is developing a satellite launch vehicle for payload capacity of up to 100 kilograms. It said it plans to use these funds for ground testing, fabrication and team expansion.