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10club raises $40 mn in one of largest seed rounds in e-comm roll-up space

The funding round was co-led by Fireside Ventures and an international investor active in the space

Airblack raises $5.2 mn funding from Info Edge Ventures, Elevation Capital

Online makeup and beauty learning platform Airblack said it has raised $5.2 million in funding, co-led by Info Edge Ventures and Elevation Capital

NIRAMAI COVID screening solution receives funding from UK's CDC Group

NIRAMAI is an investee of Pi Ventures, a fund backed by CDC Group ("CDC", the UK's development finance institution and impact investor)

Edtech startup upGrad set to join unicorn club with $4-billion valuation

Eyes $400 million at 5 times current value

Homegrown game streaming platform Loco raises $9 million in funding

The seed round was led by South Korean gaming firm, Krafton, as well as Lumikai, an Indian gaming and interactive media fund.

Fintech firm Slice raises $20mn to challenge credit card industry in India

Slice has raised this amount from existing investors Gunosy, Blume Ventures among others.

Game streaming platform Loco raises $9 mn from Lumikai, Korea's Krafton

The round also saw participation by Hashed, Hiro Capital, North Base Media, Axilor Ventures, and 3one4 Capital

Fintech startup slice raises $20 mn from Gunosy, Blume Ventures and others

slice has also launched two new features, which, the firm said, makes the slice super card the best way for millennials and gen z to make payments.

Content startup Pratilipi raises Rs 20 cr in debt from Alteria Capital

Pratilipi has over 350,000 writers who have published over 4.5 million stories in 10 Indian languages including Hindi, Gujarati, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Urdu, and English among others.

Internet seer: Former Buddhist monk preps IPO for crowdfunding startup

Campfire helps individuals and small groups raise funds online, making it the biggest such business in Japan.

Classplus raises $65mn funding from Tiger Global, GSV Ventures, AWI

This is the fourth round of funding raised by the company in the last 15 months.

WINDO raises $500,000 in seed round led by Unicorn India Ventures

WINDO, founded in 2020, by second-time entrepreneurs Silus Reddy Chintapalli, Rakesh Vaddadi, is an Instagram commerce-focused tech startup

GoMechanic secures $42mn in Series C funding round led by Tiger Global

Sequoia Capital India, Orios Venture Partners & Chiratae Ventures also participated in the round.

Kazam raises Rs 7 cr in seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures

In a short span of 5 months, Kazam has built the hardware & software tech for affordable and smart EV charging infrastructure

CommerceIQ raises $60 million from Insight Partners, others

The startup will be using the funds for international expansion and product research and development

Speciale Invest: A VC fund that bets on disruptive tech at the seed stage

Among its investments are aerospace manufacturer Agnikul, space tech startup AstrogateLabs, The eplane Company, which aims to build all-electric flying taxis

Smart city player Quantela raises $40 mn growth capital from Digital Alpha

Bags the first outcome based project from Kerala government in India

CityMall raises $22.5 mn in funding from General Catalyst, others

Recently, the company has expanded beyond daily-use products like groceries and FMCG products, into fashion, electronics, electrical appliances, cosmetics and others.

India's unicorn tally touches 50, MindTickle the latest entrant

Industry experts have been saying that the Indian unicorn list is expected to only rise as fund houses with access to liquidity are looking at avenues for investment.

Tiger Global, Sequoia lead $25 mn round in financing startup Progcap

Founded by Pallavi Shrivastava and Himanshu Chandra, Progcap has over 300,000 retailers across 50 corporates and has disbursed over Rs 1,500 crore of loans so far