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Legal platform Legistify raises $500,000 in round led by Titan Capital

Indiamart, GSF Accelerator, Java Capital also participate in pre-Series A funding; early investors make a partial exit with 5x cash payout

FloBiz raises $31 mn in Series B round led by Sequoia, Think Investments

Existing investors Elevation Capital and Beenext also participate along with host of angels

Tiger Global leads $35 mn funding in AI semiconductor company Deep Vision

Deep Vision's AI processor helps provide camera-based applications like smart retail, driver-monitoring systems, smart city, drones, and factory automation

Ease of doing business helped create more startups: Piyush Goyal

Simplification, facilitation and ease of doing business has helped India create more startups, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday.

Kerala CM inaugurates Digital Hub; aims to have 15K start-ups in next 5 yrs

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has inaugurated "Digital Hub" with a capacity to support 200 start-ups via video conferencing, said a press release from Chief Minister's Office

Kerala aiming for 15,000 start-ups by 2026: CM Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala is working towards a four-fold increase in the number of startups by aiming to take their total to 15,000 in the next five years, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, here on Saturday.

Taking steps towards building more diverse organisation: Grofers

The company has over 2,000 employees

Fintech startup Paytail raises $1.5 mn seed from Cholamandalam, others

Along with Cholamandalam, Paytail is committed to building a network of other large financial institutions to cater to the pre-approved loan offers for consumers

Two Tamil Nadu angel networks join hands to fund startups in the state

Both networks will coordinate and plan common pitch sessions on a case-by-case basis, will also support startups in select activities

Startup Ayu Health raises $6.3 mn in funding for expanding services

Ayu got the Series A financing from Vertex Ventures and Stellaris Venture Partners

Digital farm advisory startup BharatAgri raises $6.5 mn in Series A round

BharatAgri offers farmers an app-based platform for AI-based agronomy services on a paid subscription basis

Gaming start-up Mobile Premier League valued at $2.3 bn, joins unicorn club

In February, MPL was valued at $945 million after raising $95 million in a Series D round

B2B networking platform Anar raises $6.2 mn in seed funding round

The Anar business app caters primarily to small-and-medium businesses (SMBs) across the value chain, from manufacturers to retailers and resellers, helping them connect and interact with one another

Apna acquires unicorn status after $100 mn fundraise led by Tiger Global

Owl Ventures, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital India, Maverick Ventures and GSV Ventures also participate. With this, Apna has a total valuation of $1.1 billion

Eyes in the sky: Drones aim to deliver vaccines, drugs in India amid Covid

The success of these trials could transform the manner in which remote areas get essential healthcare supplies

Shadez raises $200K in pre-series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures

The startup is operating across Mumbai, Pune & Vadodara and has painted over 200 homes in Mumbai till date with over 400,000 sqft

Vahan raises $8 million in funding round led by Khosla Ventures

Blue-collar jobs platform Vahan on Wednesday said it has raised USD 8 million (around Rs 59 crore) in a funding round led by existing investor Khosla Ventures

Mobile Premier valued at $2.3 bn, becomes India's second gaming unicorn

Bangalore-based startup raised capital from investors led by Legatum Capital with participation from Accrete Capital and Gaingels LLC.

PharmEasy buys majority stake in healthcare supply chain start-up Aknamed

API's subsidiary PharmEasy, which is planning an IPO, will acquire 975,937 equity share in the company

B2B edtech Eupheus Learning raises $10 mn in Series C from Lightrock India

Eupheus will use the funds to scale faster, pursue inorganic growth via acquisitions. It aims to democratise access to 21st Century learning solutions to school students