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Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan raises $30 mn in funding from Mirae Asset

Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan on Monday said it has raised USD 30 million (about Rs 217 crore) in a combination of equity and debt funding led by Mirae Asset

Jai Kisan, startup for financial services in rural India, raises $30 mm

Jai Kisan said it will use the funds to expand in tier-2, tier-3 cities and rural parts of the country.

Finland start-up targets to remove car addiction, cut carbon emissions

MaaS Global says its app can fix urban congestion and reduce pollution.

FanCode raises $50 mn from Dream Sports, plans 100 million user base

The company said it has live-streamed nearly 30,000 hours of sports content and aims to have a user base of 100 million in a year

After crossing $1 bn in valuation, Moglix plans to expand globally

The industrial B2B startup for manufacturing plans to tap emerging markets such as Middle East, Southeast Asia, Africa and countries such as Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal

Corporate card provider Kodo raises $8.75 mn seed from slew of investors

Card spends on Kodo have grown 45 per cent month-on-month for the past 12 months, the company claims

IvyCap leads $6 million funding round in mobility platform Get My Parking

Existing investor IAN Fund also participates. With this Series-A round, startup has raised $10.5 million in all so far

N+1 Capital makes first ever India investment, parks Rs 5 cr in Clensta

Clentsa recently entered a strategic tie-up with pharma brand Cipla for its first commercialised products, Waterless Bodybath and Waterless Shampoo

Yalo raises $50 mn funding led by existing venture investor B Capital Group

Yalo will use the financing to deepen its presence in Latin America and Southeast Asia

Covid-19 impact: Many startups, MSMEs stare at closure, says survey

Startups and MSMEs have been in the race for survival, especially since the onset of the Covid-19 outbreak in 2020

Lithium buys out Pune-based SaaS mobility platform company for unknown sum

With the deal, Lithium will be able to provide a full range of transport solutions across vehicle categories including conventional internal combustion engine ones

These entrepreneurs are helping restaurants go contact-less in Covid times

In the past 10 months or so, their firm Airmenus has got on board restaurants, home chefs, gourmet stores all over the country, and several craft breweries in Maharashtra

Tiger Global leads $30 mn investment in microblogging website Koo

Koo's valuation crossed $100 million with the new funding, says the company.

IIM-A, BITS grads launch $1 mn fund to support & invest in student startups

Abhishek Sethi and Prateek Behera, graduates from IIM-A and BITS Pilani, respectively, have launched $1 million fund to support and invest in startups founded by college students

New crop of agri-tech startups go beyond farm-to-fork to serve niche areas

Their initiatives span areas as diverse as sericulture and fisheries using niche solutions like IoT-based farm management and using AI to ensure freshness of produce

Global delivery management platform FarEye raises $100 mn in Series E round

The firm caters to a multibillion-dollar delivery management market that continues to show double-digit year-on-year growth

Venture debt player Stride Ventures launches Rs 1,000-cr second fund

Announces greenshoe option to raise an additional Rs 875 cr

Medlife to cease operations, merge with PharmEasy this week

PharmEasy cofounder Dhaval Shah wrote on LinkedIn that the merged entity will be India's largest online healthcare delivery platform, serving over 2 million families every month.

Chocolate maker Smoor to raise Rs 50 cr, open over 100 outlets in 5 years

Smoor will also be launching an experience centre in Bengaluru where visitors would be able to experience the craft of exquisite chocolate making.

Stride Ventures announces new fund, targets corpus of up to Rs 1,875 crore

Investment firm Stride Ventures on Tuesday announced a debt fund for Indian startups with corpus that can go up to Rs 1,875 crore