Page 11 - Fundings

Bharat Value Fund Series 3 secures Rs 1,250 cr, eyes Rs 2,500 crore target

Managed under the India Inflection Opportunity Trust, BVF Series 3 targets a total corpus of Rs 2,500 crore, including a Rs 1,000 crore green-shoe option

Quick-service app Snabbit raises $5.5 million led by Elevation Capital

Snabbit aims to simplify urban living by connecting households with trusted and trained professionals for everyday home tasks

At $1.9 billion, Fintech funding declines for third year in a row

The sector raised a high of $8.3 billion in 2021 across 665 funding rounds

New Shop looks to raise $25 million to accelerate store expansion

New Shop recently agreed to acquire 24Seven stores as part of an asset transfer deal

EMO Energy raises $6.2 million in Series A led by Subhkam Ventures

The company will utilise the raised funds to scale its two-wheeler energy solution to over 1 lakh vehicles over the next two years while advancing the deployment of 1 GWh of energy storage

CoinSwitch moves to acquire WazirX users offering Rs 600 cr in recovery aid

At present, CoinSwitch has a base of over 20 million users. The programme aims to target about 4 million users of the WazirX platform

Accel's $650 mn India fund to focus on AI, fintech startups, manufacturing

One of the opportunities identified by Accel under the consumer theme is 'Bharat', where startups cater to the top 30 per cent of households in India's Tier-2+ regions

UP govt plans Rs 4,000 cr corpus to boost startups, innovation ecosystem

The proposed corpus will be facilitated by the state government and the investment managers under the aegis of the UP Innovation Fund (UPIF)

Venture capital firm Accel secures $650 million for eighth India fund

Accel earned a 35x gain on its investment in Swiggy's initial public offering (IPO), marking one of the biggest gains for the Silicon Valley fund

Funding via primary mkt surges, while secondary mkt funding slows in 2024

Over 70 listed companies raised Rs 1.13 trillion through the QIP route. Vedanta, Zomato and Adani Energy Solutions each raised over $1 billion in fresh capital via this route

VC investments hit $16.7 billion this year powered by tech sector

At $6.50 bn, tech accounted for largest share, followed by consumer discretionary and financial sector

AI firm Databricks raising $10 bn Series J Investment at $62 bn valuation

Funding led by new investor Thrive Capital. Company expects to cross $3 bn in revenue run rate and achieve positive free cash flow in fourth quarter

Snapmint raises $18 mn in debt & equity to expand merchant network

The new funds will be used to expand its partnership with more shopping portals, grow its merchant network, and expand its balance sheet

IPO-bound Rebel Foods raises $210 million in funding round led by Temasek

Other participants included existing investor Evolvence. The Series G round which was a mix of primary and secondary share sales also facilitated exits for certain investors, the company said

FirstClub raises $8mn in seed funding round from Accel and RTP Global

The company was founded by Ayyappan R, former senior VP at Flipkart, chief business officer at Myntra, and the erstwhile CEO of Cleartrip

Rebel Foods raises $210 million funding ahead of planned 2026 IPO

Rebel Foods was founded by McKinsey & Co. alumnus Jaydeep Barman with the goal of building a range of online-only brands

B2B robotics startup Haber raises $44 mn in funding from Creaegis, BEENEXT

Haber plans to use the capital primarily to scale its operations internationally, with a particular focus on the Americas, where demand for AI-driven industrial automation solutions is rising rapidly

Pixxel raises $24 million, total Series B funding reaches $60 million

Funding will enable Pixxel to speed up the deployment of its Firefly constellation and other upcoming missions

Annapurna Finance raises $109.5 mn via multilateral ECB transactions

Micro and SME lender Annapurna Finance has raised USD 109.5 million (around Rs 927 crore) through a multilateral syndicated social loan facility under the external commercial borrowing framework, a statement said on Saturday. The funds have been raised from 10 known financial institutions from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa, the Odisha-based SME lender said in the statement. The facility involves a green-show option to raise an additional USD 40 million (around Rs 338 crore), it added. The funds will be used for on-lending to microfinance borrowers with a focus on rural women and underserved populations, the company said. The initiative aims to expand access to financial services, enhance economic participation, and contribute to development in underbanked regions of India. Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) arranged the loan facility. Annapurna Finance, an NBFC-MFI, serves over 2.9 million borrowers across 21 states through over 1,500 branches in 424 districts.

Orange Health Labs raises $12 million in funding led by Amazon Smbhav

The company offers diagnostics directly to customers' doorsteps, with booking available through its website or app