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Robotics firm Miko raises Rs 50 cr to fund product, geographical expansion

The firm now has a user base in more than 140 countries, and their engagement rose three times through the pandemic

6 start-ups join unicorn club this week; 150 likely by 2025, say experts

The pandemic is expected to accelerate big-ticket venture capital, private equity as well as consolidation related deals in unicorns and soonicorns in the country

Mohalla Tech, Gupshup become latest entrants to the unicorn club

Six firms, including these two, have been added to the club just this week

Gupshup becomes sixth unicorn this week, raises $100 mn from Tiger Global

Announcement came shortly after Mohalla Tech, parent firm of short video app Moj and Indic language social media platform ShareChat, said it had raised $502 mn, valuing it over $2.1 billion

ShareChat parent raises fresh funds, becomes fifth unicorn this week

Joins the club with its latest fundraise of $502 million, valuing the company at a little over $2.1 billion

Groww's valuation shoots past $1 billion with $83 mn Series D funding

Funding round was led by Tiger Global; The company has so far raised a total of $142 million

Started by former Paytm execs, food firm Daalchini onboards marquee clients

Apart from TCS, Byju's, Cognizant and others, the enterprise has also tied up with leading managed office spaces such as Smartworks and 91Springboard that house thousands of professionals

Cred joins unicorn club with $215 million fund raise

Valuation touches $2.2 bn; startup initiates ESOP buyback worth $5 million

Trial & error: How India's new unicorn Meesho cracked social commerce code

Born in December 2015, Meesho's goal is simple-to help small businesses get online and sell through social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram

AR-based toy startup PlayShifu raises $17 mn in Inventus-led Series B round

Existing investors Chiratae Ventures and Bharat Innovation Fund also participated in the round. With this round, the company has so far raised a little over $25 mn

Swiggy is closing $800-mn fundraising round, CEO informs employees

Falcon Edge Capital, Think Investments, Goldman Sachs are among the new investors in the food delivery platform whose valuation is nearing $5 bn

Oye Rickshaw raises Rs 24 cr from Alteria Capital to expand EV energy infra

Electric vehicle energy solutions firm Oye Rickshaw on Monday said it has raised Rs 24 crore from Alteria Capital to expand smart lithium-ion batteries swapping stations across India

Venture debt fund Trifecta Capital may see unicorn base doubling in 2 years

The fund currently has nine unicorns in portfolio such as BigBasket, Urban Company Cars24, Rivigo

Govt sanctions over Rs 25,000 cr to 114,000 accounts under 'Stand-Up India'

Centre has sanctioned an amount of Rs 25,586 crore under the 'Stand-Up India' scheme to over 114,000 accounts up to March 23 since the inception of the scheme

Startups help make public transport safer for the commuter post Covid

How contact-less payments, voice-enabled ticketing and NFC are changing your travel on public transport

Cred boss, Unacademy co-founder, others back healthcare startup Onsurity

The startup which began its journey last Feb has on boarded 700 SMEs as healthcare partners

Uniphore raises $140 million as demand for enterprise AI increases

2020 sped up digital imperatives for companies as it put focus directly on AI and automation to drive that transformation of what experts agree is projected to be a $500 bn-plus market opportunity

Zoko raises $1.4 mn from Y Combinator, Binny Bansal's family office, others

Tech platform Zoko said it has raised $1.4 million in seed funding from Y Combinator and marquee angel investors like Ryan Hoover and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal's family office

B2B startup Udaan witnesses huge surge in business across Bharat

Categories such as lifestyle, food and electronics accounted for over 1,350 sellers across the country last year, says Udaan co-founder

Meet the former Paytm execs who are building a pocket money app for kids

Shankar Nath and Ankit Gera are digitising pocket money for children while nurturing financial knowledge and discipline in them at an early age via their startup Junio