VC Grid leads $1 Million Seed Round for Pikndel, Revolutionizing Quick Commerce Logistics

Posted on November 13, 2024November 13, 2024Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on VC Grid leads $1 Million Seed Round for Pikndel, Revolutionizing Quick Commerce Logistics

–          Saw participation from other investors such as Venture Catalysts, D2C Insider Angels, Breathe Capital –          Prominent industry leaders such as Akash Gupta from Zypp, Keshav Bhajanka and Sanjay Agarwal from Century Plywood, and Kanishka Sethia from Western Carriers, along with renowned family offices from Kolkata also participated in the Round VC Grid, a syndicate fund, today announced its participation in a $1 million seed funding round for Pikndel, an innovative logistics technology company transforming quick commerce delivery solutions for D2C and … Continue reading “VC Grid leads $1 Million Seed Round for Pikndel, Revolutionizing Quick Commerce Logistics”

Beluxe Inc. appoints Marquee Equity as their fundraising partner

Posted on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Beluxe Inc. appoints Marquee Equity as their fundraising partner

Founded in 2016, Marquee Equity acts as a bridge between start-ups and investors~ Marquee Equity, a SaaS fundraising platform, furnished with in-house AI technology, has helped several SMEs across the globe in their fundraising process. Recently, Beluxe Inc. signed up with Marquee Equity to facilitate the fundraising process for the Canadian company. Beluxe brand fashion and decor products are based on the pop art of Bev Hogue, whose blue paintings of women and wild kingdom creatures are collected worldwide. Her … Continue reading “Beluxe Inc. appoints Marquee Equity as their fundraising partner”

Marquee Equity Joins Hands with JJM Environmental Solutions in Fundraising

Posted on September 29, 2023September 29, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Marquee Equity Joins Hands with JJM Environmental Solutions in Fundraising

Marquee Equity, a SaaS platform that helps startups/ SMEs in the process of fundraising has recently onboarded JJM Environmental Solutions, LLC – a Florida-based company that has developed a “Patented” invention for on-site custom formulating and the precise application of essential all-natural, organic, and oceanic plant nutrients and supplements to our horticulture landscapes and agricultural food crops, for facilitation of their funding process. Marquee Equity acts as a bridge between the startups looking for funding and investors/venture capitalists/angel investors thus making the process of fundraising swift and … Continue reading “Marquee Equity Joins Hands with JJM Environmental Solutions in Fundraising”

Marquee Equity Aids eZdia, an e-Commerce Content Agency, in Raising 1 Million USD

Posted on July 25, 2023July 25, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Marquee Equity Aids eZdia, an e-Commerce Content Agency, in Raising 1 Million USD

Marquee helps raise funds using tech-driven, but time-tested solutions for the e-commerce content marketing firm, eZdia.  Marquee Equity, a SaaS platform that helps startups get funding, has helped raise an impressive amount of $1 million for the eCommerce content agency, eZdia led by StartupXseed Ventures for their new AI-backed SaaS platform Optiwise.ai. Marquee assisted eZdia at several steps of the fundraising process, one of which was to arrange multiple introductions within its built-in investor ecosystem.  Ash Narain, Founder & CEO … Continue reading “Marquee Equity Aids eZdia, an e-Commerce Content Agency, in Raising 1 Million USD”

Tan90 raises Rs 11.32 crore, co-led by Blue Ashva Capital and Capital A, 3i Partners and others; eyes overseas expansion

Posted on May 31, 2023May 31, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Tan90 raises Rs 11.32 crore, co-led by Blue Ashva Capital and Capital A, 3i Partners and others; eyes overseas expansion

–          Company to launch ‘Cooling as a Service’ to expand in tier-2 cities; targets Southeast Asia, EU markets Leading cooling solutions company Tan90 has raised a Rs. 11.32 crore pre-Series A investment round co-led by Blue Ashva Capital and Capital A, with participation from 3i Partners and a clutch of angel investors based out of Singapore, the Middle East, and India. The main purpose of this round is to expand overseas with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. Tan90 is also … Continue reading “Tan90 raises Rs 11.32 crore, co-led by Blue Ashva Capital and Capital A, 3i Partners and others; eyes overseas expansion”

Event Tech Start-up Ticket 9 raises $120,000 USD Pre-seed Funding

Posted on May 26, 2023May 26, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Event Tech Start-up Ticket 9 raises $120,000 USD Pre-seed Funding

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-based Event Tech Start-up Ticket 9 raises $120K USD pre-seed funding from M2P Co-founder Prabhu Rangarajan, bitsCrunch’s Founder & CEO Vijay Pravin Maharajan and CTO Ashok Vardharajan, Ippopay’s Founder & CEO Mohan K, and CTO Jaikumar, Growfin’s Head of AI & ML Sudalai Rajkumar, Wilcosource Co-founder Sundararaman Ramasamy, Deliver.sg Co-founder Krishnamani Kannan, Witree’s CTO Selvamuthukumar and other Angels from the US, Singapore, Australia and Bangkok. The start-up intends to use the funds raised to enhance its product development … Continue reading “Event Tech Start-up Ticket 9 raises $120,000 USD Pre-seed Funding”

Moneyboxx Finance raises over INR 24 crores Equity to fund AUM growth

Posted on April 3, 2023April 3, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Moneyboxx Finance raises over INR 24 crores Equity to fund AUM growth

·             Raised Total Equity of INR 48.4 crores Equity in FY23 and INR 93.5 crores since inception ·             Doubled branch presence to 61 in FY23 and grew AUM by over 185% to INR 345 crores ·             Targets Equity fund raise of INR 160 crores in FY24, 100 branches and INR 1,000 crores AUM by Mar’24 Moneyboxx Finance Limited (Moneyboxx), a BSE-listed Non-Banking Finance Company that focuses on impact financing by providing business loans to micro entrepreneurs in Tier-III & below places, raised Equity Capital of over INR 24 crores by way of … Continue reading “Moneyboxx Finance raises over INR 24 crores Equity to fund AUM growth”

Cookr, a home food tech marketplace startup, secures USD 1 Million in pre-seed funding

Posted on February 15, 2023February 15, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on <strong>Cookr, a home food tech marketplace startup, secures USD 1 Million in pre-seed funding</strong>

Cookr, an early-stage home food tech marketplace startup, secures USD 1 Million (INR 8.25 Crores) pre-seed investment from a diverse group of angel investors, including employees and alumni of Microsoft, Amazon, Intel, TITAN Company, and founders of M2P Fintech, WilcoSource LLC, RXDataScience Inc, Quadrand Resouce LLC, and The Social Company to scale its innovative home kitchen food marketplace. Cookr, founded in 2022 by Praba Santhanakrishnan, Saravanakumar(SK) Kandasamy, and Nirmalkumar Muthu, with a vision to nourish humanity with wholesome food and … Continue readingCookr, a home food tech marketplace startup, secures USD 1 Million in pre-seed funding

Clean-tech Startup PadCare closes Rs.5 crore seed funding round to boost growth

Posted on February 8, 2023February 8, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on <strong>Clean-tech Startup PadCare closes Rs.5 crore seed funding round to boost growth</strong>

PadCare Labs, a Pune-based start-up for sustainable sanitary waste processing and recycling, has closed on a Rs.5 crore seed funding round led by Social Alpha with strategic investments from Lavni Ventures, 3i partners, Rainmatter, and Spectrum Impact. PadCare plans to utilize the seed capital to expand the operating geographies in India and beyond in the next 24 months, majorly to set up decentralized material recovery centres. The clean-tech start-up will also continue to invest heavily in advancing its patented 5D … Continue readingClean-tech Startup PadCare closes Rs.5 crore seed funding round to boost growth

Self Reliant India Fund backs Anicut Capital with its commitment of Rs. 75 crores for equity fund

Posted on January 3, 2023January 3, 2023Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on <strong>Self Reliant India Fund backs Anicut Capital with its commitment of Rs. 75 crores for equity fund</strong>

~ The Commitment has come across for Grand Anicut Fund 3~ ~Anicut Capital also onboards Arun Thathachari as Executive Director ~ Anicut Capital, an Indian investment firm managing alternative assets, announced that they have received a commitment of Rs 75 Crores from Self Reliant India Fund (SRI), for their equity fund. SRI Fund is a SEBI-registered Category II Alternative Investment Fund anchored by NSIC Venture Capital Fund Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC) and managed … Continue readingSelf Reliant India Fund backs Anicut Capital with its commitment of Rs. 75 crores for equity fund

Anicut Capital receives SEBI approval for Rs. 1500 crores debt fund

Posted on November 30, 2022November 30, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on <strong>Anicut Capital receives SEBI approval for Rs. 1500 crores debt fund</strong>

~ Announces the approval of third debt fund leading to total five funds managed by AMC~ ~Onboards Chetan Prakash Sancheti as Partner on the debt side~ Anicut Capital, an Indian investment firm managing alternative assets- debt and equity, announced that they have received the SEBI approval of Rs.1500 crores,  including a green shoe option of Rs. 500 crores, for their third debt fund, Grand Anicut Fund 4. With the third debt fund, which is an AIF, Category II debt fund, … Continue readingAnicut Capital receives SEBI approval for Rs. 1500 crores debt fund

6 months after raising $1.5 million in Pre-Seed, YC backed Explorex raises $5 million in Seed round

Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on 6 months after raising $1.5 million in Pre-Seed, YC backed Explorex raises $5 million in Seed round

Explorex will use this fresh round of capital towards product development and market expansion activities Explorex, a startup catering to the restaurant industry has raised $5 million in a seed round of funding six months after announcing their Pre-Seed round from prominent angel investors based out of Silicon Valley. Explorex will use this funding round towards product development and growth-related activities which will include expansion in metros like Mumbai and Delhi. This round was led by Taher Savliwala – Super … Continue reading “6 months after raising $1.5 million in Pre-Seed, YC backed Explorex raises $5 million in Seed round”

Arvog announces Investment Plans in Vyapaar Vistaar Tech Private Limited, a futuristic tech-based distribution start-up

Posted on September 23, 2022September 23, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Arvog announces Investment Plans in Vyapaar Vistaar Tech Private Limited, a futuristic tech-based distribution start-up

Arvog Finance (Finkurve Financial Services Limited) is an advanced, rapidly-growing smart-tech-enabled diversified finance and venture growth investment company that has been recognized for lending simple yet relevant Finance and Leisure products and services. The brand’s approach is to provide a varied set of offerings through partnerships with well-known and significant industry players who share an alike vision. Arvog has been tactically making use of its venture arm for investments in the Indian start-up space, aiding and contributing towards the progression … Continue reading “Arvog announces Investment Plans in Vyapaar Vistaar Tech Private Limited, a futuristic tech-based distribution start-up”

Zipteams raises $700,000 in seed funding led by IndiaQuotient, to continue focus on deep conversational intelligence for inside sales teams

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Zipteams raises $700,000 in seed funding led by IndiaQuotient, to continue focus on deep conversational intelligence for inside sales teams

The funding will enable Zipteams to further strengthen their engineering and machine learning teams to accelerate product development and expand footprints across India and US Zipteams, a leading conversational intelligence platform for inside sales and customer success teams, today announced the successful closure of $700K seed funding led by IndiaQuotient and a group of angel investors. Zipteams uses AI to make customer conversations more contextual, engaging, and fruitful by enabling sales teams to bring the right data points to their … Continue reading “Zipteams raises $700,000 in seed funding led by IndiaQuotient, to continue focus on deep conversational intelligence for inside sales teams”

Spotnana Raises $75M in Series B Funding to Rebuild the Antiquated Infrastructure of the Travel Industry

Posted on July 26, 2022July 26, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Spotnana Raises $75M in Series B Funding to Rebuild the Antiquated Infrastructure of the Travel Industry

Company’s Travel-as-a-Service Platform Drives Transformative Change in the Trillion-Dollar Travel Industry and Powers Unparalleled Travel Experiences Spotnana, a leading provider of cloud-based travel technology, today announced it has raised $75M in Series B funding to continue building its breakthrough travel platform. The round was led by Durable Capital Partners LP, with participation from existing investors Madrona Venture Group, Blank Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, and Mubadala Capital. Spotnana was founded by two Indian entrepreneurs: Sarosh Waghmar, a serial entrepreneur with more than … Continue reading “Spotnana Raises $75M in Series B Funding to Rebuild the Antiquated Infrastructure of the Travel Industry”

Clensta raises ₹30 million as debt from Caspian Impact Investments

Posted on July 14, 2022July 14, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Clensta raises ₹30 million as debt from Caspian Impact Investments

Aims to touch 5 crore households in 5 years, thereby reaching a revenue of ₹ 1000 crore The company plans to use these funds to expand the D2C business and continues to work towards creating social and environmental impact in a responsible, transparent and sustainable manner Clensta, a Gurgaon-based new-age start-up focusing on personal and home care products has raised ₹30 million as debt from impact investors Caspian.  In addition to this, Clensta had also raised ₹20 crore funding from Hem Angels, … Continue reading “Clensta raises ₹30 million as debt from Caspian Impact Investments”

Real estate investment platform PropReturns raises funding via strategic round from Cred’s Kunal Shah, DoorDash’s Gokul Rajaram, Mamaearth’s Varun Alagh among others

Posted on July 12, 2022July 12, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Real estate investment platform PropReturns raises funding via strategic round from Cred’s Kunal Shah, DoorDash’s Gokul Rajaram, Mamaearth’s Varun Alagh among others

Other investors include Karan Virwani, Kunal Shah(founder of Cred) Sandeep Agarwal(Co-Founder of ShopClues and Droom), Nitin Jain( Co-Founder, OfBusiness), Yash Malhotra (Director, Landmark Hotel and founder, +nineone Warehouse), Sunny Mirchandani (Director, AK Capital Finance and IndiaBonds), Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi( MD,Springer Nature Group), Raj Shamani( YouTuber), 1947 Rise (Investor in Jar, Notion, and other unicorns) Fund to be utilised for scaling up by adding more asset classes, expansion of tech team, entering new markets , increasing investor base and more Real estate … Continue reading “Real estate investment platform PropReturns raises funding via strategic round from Cred’s Kunal Shah, DoorDash’s Gokul Rajaram, Mamaearth’s Varun Alagh among others”

Lightbulb.ai Raises USD 1.5 Million in Pre-seed Funding Round

Posted on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Lightbulb.ai Raises USD 1.5 Million in Pre-seed Funding Round

The pre-seed funding round was led by Chiratae Ventures & 9Unicorns with participation from Anthill Ventures & AI-led video-editing company, VideoVerse The funds raised will be deployed towards strengthening the product, building out a robust engineering & sales team & facilitating an early launch in the US market Lightbulb.ai, an emotion ai & engagement analytics platform, announced that it has raised a pre-seed funding round of USD 1.5 Mn, with reputed investors Chiratae Ventures & 9Unicorns leading the round. The … Continue reading “Lightbulb.ai Raises USD 1.5 Million in Pre-seed Funding Round”

Godrej Capital introduces LAP 25, an industry-first product offering with a 25-year loan tenure

Posted on June 30, 2022June 30, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on Godrej Capital introduces LAP 25, an industry-first product offering with a 25-year loan tenure

Tenure of up to 25 years, making LAP 25 an industry-first product offering Repayment flexibility through Design Your EMI  Godrej Capital’s flexible offering focuses on becoming a preferred lender for the SME segment Godrej Capital Limited (GCL), through its subsidiaries, today announced the launch of a new offering in its Loan Against Property (LAP) portfolio called LAP 25, an industry-first product offering with a tenure of up to 25 years. The offering is primarily focused on Small and Medium Enterprises … Continue reading “Godrej Capital introduces LAP 25, an industry-first product offering with a 25-year loan tenure”

ah! Ventures sets up INR 150 crores Angel Fund to back early-stage GLOCAL start-ups in India

Posted on June 28, 2022June 28, 2022Categories Funding News   Leave a comment on ah! Ventures sets up INR 150 crores Angel Fund to back early-stage GLOCAL start-ups in India

ah! Ventures, a premier full-spectrum investment platform, today, launched its maiden angel fund to empower start-ups with Glocal ambitions across India. The SEBI registered Category I AIF-VCF-Angel Fund with a target corpus of ₹100 crores (~USD 14 million) and a greenshoe option of up to ₹50 crores (~USD 6 million) will focus on early-stage, Pre-Series A start-ups with GLOCAL ambitions. “Over the last few years, homegrown start-ups with a local focus and global approach have been the game-changers for the Indian economy. … Continue reading “ah! Ventures sets up INR 150 crores Angel Fund to back early-stage GLOCAL start-ups in India”