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Lio raises $5 mn in seed funding led by Lightspeed India, Sequoia

Lio is used for a variety of tabulation, calculation and organising needs, such as creating tables of customer/stock/payment data for businesses or organising to-do lists

Digital farm advisory startup BharatAgri raises $6.5 mn in Series A round

BharatAgri offers farmers an app-based platform for AI-based agronomy services on a paid subscription basis

B2B networking platform Anar raises $6.2 mn in seed funding round

The Anar business app caters primarily to small-and-medium businesses (SMBs) across the value chain, from manufacturers to retailers and resellers, helping them connect and interact with one another

Apna acquires unicorn status after $100 mn fundraise led by Tiger Global

Owl Ventures, Insight Partners, Sequoia Capital India, Maverick Ventures and GSV Ventures also participate. With this, Apna has a total valuation of $1.1 billion

Esports platform MPL raises fresh funds at $2.3 billion valuation

Esports platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) on Wednesday said it has raised fresh funds in a funding round led by Legatum Capital at a pre-money valuation of USD 2.3 billion.

Shadez raises $200K in pre-series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures

The startup is operating across Mumbai, Pune & Vadodara and has painted over 200 homes in Mumbai till date with over 400,000 sqft

Online retail store Gobbly raises Rs 7.2 crore in angel funding round

The company said it would use the funding to strengthen its position as one of the fastest-growing retail tech startups in India

Jungle Ventures raises $225 mn to invest in India, Southeast Asia startups

Many of its existing investors in previous funds backed the latest one, founding partner Amit Anand said in an interview

Media tech company Amagi raises $100 mn from Accel, Premji Invest, others

Amagi is tapping the $50 billion cloud-based video content creation, distribution, and monetisation market

Biotech startup immunitoAI raises $1 million in seed funding

Biotech startup immunitoAI on Wednesday said it has raised $1 million (over Rs 7 crore) in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital fund pi Ventures

CollegeDekho raises $26.5 mn funding from Winter Capital, ETS, Man Capital

CollegeDekho on Wednesday said it has raised USD 26.5 million (about Rs 200 crore) in an ongoing funding round, led by Winter Capital Partners, ETS Strategic Capital and Calega.

Gigforce raises $3 mn from Endiya Partners, Unitus Ventures and others

On-demand staffing platform Gigforce on Tuesday said it has raised USD 3 million (about Rs 22 crore) in funding, led by Endiya Partners. Existing investor Unitus Ventures and key angels also participated in the pre-series A round, a statement said. Unlike classifieds, lead sharing and job-search platforms, Gigforce offers full-stack staffing solutions and provides pre-screened and pre-trained gig workers to various enterprises. "The market is underserved today because of the lack of suitable technology to manage scale. India's top five staffing companies together manage a workforce of one million," Gigforce co-founder and CEO Chirag Mittal said. He added that this is set to change with strong tailwinds, including the proliferation of inexpensive smartphones, ubiquitous Internet access for blue and grey collar workers, maturing technology platforms, simplification of labour codes, and the huge growth trajectory that India will witness in the next 10 years. "With this fundraise, we

Cross-border sourcing tech startup Geniemode raises $2.25 mn seed funding

It is an end-to-end e-commerce platform to make global sourcing more efficient, convenient across fragmented, tech-strapped supply chains in furniture, home furnishing, fashion.

Geniemode raises $2.25 mn in seed funding round led by Info Edge Ventures

The platform ensures order visibility at each step, adherence to strict global quality checks and managing end-to-end supply chain for the buyer thus becoming a one-stop shop for them.

RevFin Services looks to raise around $40 mn via securities this fiscal

RevFin Services Pvt Ltd plans to raise around USD 40 million through debt and equity by the end of this fiscal to accelerate its lending, according to a top company official

Startup Sugar.fit, which aims to reverse diabetes, to raise $10 million

Health and fitness firm Cure.fit and two others to invest the funds in a deal likely to by September

Walton Street Blacksoil fund gets commitments of Rs 360 cr for its new fund

The Rs 500 crore fund has an additional green-shoe option of Rs 250 crore

Skeps raises $9.5 mn in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments

Financial technology startup Skeps has raised USD 9.5 million (about Rs 70 crore) in series A funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments. Existing investor Accel also participated in this round, the company said in a late-night statement on Tuesday. "The company intends to use the funds to expand the sales, marketing, engineering, and product teams, grow their merchant and lender client base, and broaden services offered to their customers," the statement said. Founded in 2018, Skeps said it has headquarters in India (Gurugram) and the US (New York). "We are excited to welcome Bertelsmann India Investments to the Skeps family for this latest round. With this latest fundraise, Skeps will continue to serve clients by providing them with the next generation in POS financing solutions that can be readily deployed on their merchant site, physical stores, or any partner platform where their customers are shopping, Skeps CEO Tushar Srivastava said. Skeps' platform provides a sui

Voice AI company Skit raises $23 mn in Series B led by WestBridge Capital

This follows a Series A round last May, led by Exfinity Ventures and Kalaari Capital, AngelList. The latest funding brings the startup's total raise to $30 million

Rattle raises $2.8 mn in seed round led by Lightspeed and Sequoia Capital

Angels such as Amy Chang (EVP, Cisco & Disney board member), Ellen Levy (investor in Outreach), Jake Seid (investor in Brex & Carta), and Krish & Raman (Chargebee founders) also participated