Page 24 - Startup

Asian cuisine brand MasterChow raises Rs 3.5 cr in seed led by WEH Ventures

Angel investors Aditya Singh and Ravi Shroff also participated; funds to be used to double down on manufacturing capabilities, product development, hiring new talent and geographic expansion

Insurance Samadhan raises Rs 5.5 cr in pre-Series A round

The start-up will use the funds to upgrade from offering just claim redressal services to an app providing claim management, insurance portfolio analysis and policy servicing features

EV start-up Ultraviolette raises $15 million from TVS Motor, Zoho Corp

Firm is setting up manufacturing and assembling unit in Electronics City, Bengaluru; will use investment for production and launch of its high-performance e-bike, F77; first batch out in H1 of 2022

Fullife Healthcare gets $22 mn funding from Morgan Stanley Pvt Equity Asia

This round of funding will support Fast&Up and Chicnutrix to expand their domestic presence, enhance manufacturing capabilities and accelerate momentum globally

Ed-infra startup Teachmint launches in 25 countries, eyes more markets

Available on both Google Play Store and App Store, its platform has also been localised in languages like Arabic, Thai, Indonesian Bahasa and Vietnamese to meet the needs of educators in those regions

B2B e-commerce startup Udaan gives Reliance's JioMart a run for its money

Nearly 45% of the total 301 retailers in a survey said they selected Udaan as distribution partner versus 33% for JioMart

MyGate acquires group buying platform MyCommunity Genie for cash and stocks

The acquisition would allow MyGate to scale its community commerce segment

D2C personal care start-up Clensta raises Rs 20 cr in Series A funding

The five-year old start-up founded by Puneet Gupta in 2016, started with the flagship products based on waterless products

Airtel, Invest India join hands to launch 'Startup Innovation Challenge'

Bharti Airtel on Thursday launched 'Airtel India Startup Innovation Challenge' in partnership with Invest India that will let early-stage technology companies demonstrate differentiated solutions.

Clensta raises Rs 20-cr funding from Hem Angels, Venture Catalysts, others

Clensta said it has raised Rs 20 crore funding from Hem Angels part of Hem Securities Ltd, Venture Catalysts and Inflection Point Ventures

This start-up aims to disrupt market in which 60 mn samosas are sold a day

QSR brand Samosa Party raises $2mn in Pre Series A funding from Kalaari Capital

Motherson participates in EV charging start-up Exponent's $5 mn fundraise

YourNest VC, 3one4 Capital & AdvantEdge VC doubled down on their earlier investment within 8 months

Indian used-car platform Spinny valued at $1.8 billion in new funding round

India's Spinny said on Tuesday it had raised $283 million in a funding round led by Abu Dhabi-based ADQ and Tiger Global, giving the used-car retailing platform a valuation of about $1.8 billion

Cred to acquire expense management start-up Happay at $180 mn valuation

Happay is a business expense, payments and travel management platform serving over 6,000 businesses

Urban Company launches free video consultations for appliance repairs

Initiative will enable the consumer to understand exact issue with an accurate diagnosis and cost estimate, leading to instant resolution, all through a video call

Proptech start-up NoBroker enters unicorn club with $210 mn funding

More than 7.5 million properties are already registered on the portal

Medkart raises Rs 40 cr in Series A co-led by Alkemi, Insitor Partners

Having grown from scratch to 75 stores, predominantly in Gujarat, Medkart plans to use the funds for expansion to touch 250 stores by 2023

Global leaders join unicorn Apna to build world's largest job platform

Ropes in Uber's Karna Chokshi as COO. Karthik Manivannan from Mckinsey (UK) and Roshan Agarwal from OYO are others to join

Test prep startup Toppersnote raises $1 mn in seed fund led by IPV

Active in 70-plus exams such as UPSC, GATE, NEET, IIT, SSC and state govt job exams, the firm has over 300,000 aspirants primarily from tier 3 and below towns on its platform

Indian startups received $6.1 billion in funding in Q3CY21: Nasscom report

This is a quarterly fall of about 6%; greater focus towards late stage startups, accounting for over 50% of deal value