Page 14 - Funding

Edtech major Byju's to raise $700 million in fresh funding round this month

The latest funding round comes as Byju's is aiming to repay a huge $1.2-billion term loan it had secured in November 2021

Housing finance company Aviom raises $30 million in a funding round

Housing finance company Aviom has raised USD 30 million (over Rs 246 crore) in a funding round through a mix of primary and secondary investments by Nuveen, a global investment manager. The company is focused on affordable housing sector and the funding will help in expanding its loan book and widen its operations to newer geographies, said its chief executive officer Kajal llmi. With the series D funding, the company plans to extend financial assistance to around 60,000 families additionally in the new fiscal by disbursing around Rs 1,200 crore, she added. The company currently has a customer base of around 50,000. Stephen Lee, senior director & head of Asia at Nuveen's private equity impact investing team, said, Aviom has disrupted micro-mortgage lending landscape by catering to a hitherto underserved segment. This new equity investment will propel Aviom to grow 6-fold by 2026, Lee said. Over the next six months, Aviom looks to increase its monthly disbursement to Rs 150 crore

Nainital Bank raises Rs 100 cr via rights issue to meet future requirements

Nainital Bank, a subsidiary of public sector lender Bank of Baroda (BoB), on Monday said it has raised around Rs 100 crore through a rights issue to meet future capital requirements. BoB holds 98.57 per cent stake in Nainital Bank. The amount was raised on March 29, 2023, Nainital Bank said in a statement. Nainital Bank has a presence in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi & NCR, Rajasthan and Haryana with 168 branches, it said. The bank's business touched the Rs 12,305-crore mark as on March 31, 2023. Net NPA stood at 2.50 per cent, Provision Coverage Ratio at 80 per cent and Capital to Risk Assets Ratio (CRAR) at 16 per cent as per latest figures (unaudited), it said. The board of BoB in December approved a proposal to sell its majority stake in Nainital Bank. Mumbai-based BoB had taken over Nainital Bank in 1973 on the directions of the Reserve Bank of India.

User engagement platform CometChat Raises Rs 40 crore in venture debt

Funding round led by Utah-based Zions Venture Fund; CometChat offers a full-fledged messaging and communications platform within apps and websites to improve a brand's user engagement

Roman Abramovich secretly bankrolled Vitesse, show leaked papers

The financial information has come to light in the Oligarch files, a cache of leaked data originating from the Cyprus-based offshore service provider MeritServus

Funding for Healthtech companies falls 55% to $1.4 bn in 2022: Tracxn

Drop is mostly due to a 75% dip in late-stage investments, from $2.4 billion in 2021 to $606 million in 2022

Programming platform CodeChef hives off from Unacademy amid funding crunch

Firm will now function as an independent unit run by its current team; Unacademy will, however, hold 30% in it as an investor, has also infused some capital to help it run for next 12-18 months

80% of early-stage start-ups looking to expand workforce in 2023: Report

These enterprises, the study by Ficci and Randstad says, are well capitalised and have raised series A and B funding rounds

G20 push: Over 30 big cities on list to tap municipal bond market

Surat, Vizag may issue bonds soon as Centre renews urban infra focus

Finance Bill 2023: Angel tax another hiccup for start-ups amid funding woes

Angel tax another hiccup for Indian startups amid the funding winter

No thaw seen in start-up funding winter despite 231 deals this year

India-focused VCs sitting on dry powder worth $12.88 bn, highest in 7 yrs

Stop funding new oil & gas plans, expanding reserves: UN Chief Guterres

G20 leaders should aim for a new set of carbon reduction targets by November, says Guterres

Fundraising woes remain for fintechs in the face of a revival of big bets

Investments among fintech start-ups in India saw a decline of 47 per cent year-on-year (YoY) in 2022 at $5.65 billion, compared with $10.7 billion the previous year, according to data from Tracxn

PhonePe raises Rs 1,649 crore in additional funding from Walmart

PhonePe, one of India's largest fintech platforms, on Friday said it has raised an additional USD 200 million (around Rs 1,649 crore) in primary capital from Walmart, at a pre-money valuation of USD 12 billion. This new funding comes as a part of PhonePe's ongoing fundraise of up to USD 1 billion in capital, following its domicile shift to India last year. With this tranche, the company has raised USD 650 million (around Rs 5,360 crore) from several global investors, PhonePe said in a statement. The USD 12 billion pre-money valuation makes Walmart-owned PhonePe the most valuable fintech in the country, surpassing payment services provider, Razorpay which was last valued at USD 7.5 billion. PhonePe competes with Google Pay and Paytm. "The company expects further investments, which will be announced in due course," the statement said. "PhonePe plans to deploy these funds to build and scale new businesses like insurance, wealth management, lending, stockbroking, ONDC-based shopping an

Funding woes remain for Indian fintechs despite revival of big bets

Investments among fintech start-ups in India saw a decline of 47% YoY in 2022 at $5.65 billion, compared to $10.7 billion the previous year

SVB crisis: IBA panel meet next week may discuss strategy to back start-ups

Banks need a multi-pronged strategy to boost presence in start-up ecosystem following SVB's collapse, say experts

Ayurveda firm TAC raises Rs 100 cr in funding for business expansion

Company will use money for manufacturing, research, expanding offline presence

SVB fallout: Fintech, venture capital companies come to the rescue

Razorpay is offering domestic start-up clients to move their money into their Indian current accounts as FDI through the firm's partner banks

Unicorn proptech start-up NoBroker raises $5 mn from Google for expansion

Unicorn proptech startup NoBroker has raised USD 5 million from technology major Google as part of its expansion plan. NoBroker has bagged funding from Google, which joins existing investors General Atlantic, Tiger Global and Moore Strategic Ventures in its Series E round, the Bengaluru-based firm said in a statement. In November 2021, NoBroker.com raised USD 210 million from investors, including General Atlantic and Tiger global to expand its business across 50 cities. The Series E funding round was led by General Atlantic, Tiger Global Management and Moore Strategic Ventures. NoBroker platform helps in renting, buying, selling, home services, financial services to society management services through NoBrokerHood. "One of the key areas where we will leverage this partnership will be to build unique solutions that help simplify the lives of the residents of NoBrokerHood societies. Our objective is to aggressively grow and reach 1 lakh societies in the next few years," said Akhil ..

Bike startups had boomed just before the bans rolled out in Mumbai, Delhi

Funding, number of new startups had both risen significantly since the pandemic began