Incubation/Acceleration
US-based early-stage startup accelerator Y Combinator has included 12 Indian startups as part of its Winter 2023 cohort. The Indian startups that made the cut are: Atri Labs: Atri Labs, founded in 2022 by Darshita…
PE Fund Investments
Curefoods, a Bengaluru-based cloud kitchen startup, has closed a funding round of about INR 300 crore led by Flipkart founder Binny Bansal's Three State Ventures. It includes primary and secondary investments in the…
Fund News
Speciale Invest, an enterprise technologies focused early stage VC firm, has launched Speciale Invest Growth Fund I - with a target size of INR 200 crore. The fund will make USD 1-2 million ticket-sized investments in…
Angel Investments
Bengaluru-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup Apptile has raised USD 2.5 million in its seed funding round led by Mankekar Family Office and Livspace founder Ramakant Sharma. Founded in 2021 by Rohit Modi…
Angel Investments
Chennai-based fintech company Paysharp has raised a pre-series A round of INR 10.5 crore at a valuation of INR 200 crore. Founded in 2019 by Krishna Kumar Mani and Sathish S, Paysharp provides a complete UPI payment…
Liquidity Events
Indian Angel Network (IAN) has exited from one of its portfolio companies, Woodenstreet. Some investors exited from the company with a 12x return in a period of a little more than two years. Jaipur-based Woodenstreet…
VC Fund Investments
Bengaluru-based green energy startup Ossus Biorenewables has raised USD 2.4 million in a pre-Series A round co-led by Rainmatter Capital and Gruhas. Co-founded in 2017 by Suruchi Rao, Shanta Rao, and Kamar Suhail…
VC Fund Investments
Surat-based Zero Cow Factory, a biotechnology company producing animal-free protein and dairy products, has raised USD 4 million (INR 32 crore) in a seed round co-led by Green Frontier Capital, GVFL and Pi Ventures…
VC Fund Investments
Bengaluru-headquartered LightMetrics, a video telematics startup serving commercial vehicles, has raised USD 8.5 million from Sequoia Capital India. The startup sells software that analyses video feeds from cameras…
PE Fund Investments
Pune-based electric mobility solutions provider Magenta Mobility has closed a Series A1 funding round with USD 22 million equity investment from the UK-based bp and Morgan Stanley India Infrastructure-managed…
