Actor Rashmika Mandanna has invested in vegan beauty and personal care brand Plum. She is also the brand ambassador for the firm.. The brand is currently sold across e-commerce marketplaces such as Amazon, Flipkart…
Lithium-ion battery recycling startup BatX Energies Pvt Ltd has raised USD 1.6 million (INR 12.5 crore) in a seed funding round led by JITO Angel Network. The family offices of the promoters of Mankind Pharma, Excel…
Unicorn merchant commerce platform Pine Labs is to acquire Bengaluru-based Setu, an API (application programming interface) focused fintech startup. The deal value is estimated at USD 70-75 million. Setu works with…
Gurugram-based electric vehicle charging network startup Statiq has raised USD 25.7 million (over INR 200 crore) in a Series A funding round led by Shell Ventures. Statiq enables users to locate and book EV chargers…
Appsmith, a Bangalore-based open source platform for internal development teams to build custom apps, has raised USD 41 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Partners with participation from existing…
Sequoia Capital India has announced that its early-stage startup accelerator programme Surge will be extending its seed funding range to USD 3 million (which is double the current average).
Mumbai-based portfolio management company Piper Serica has launched a Category 1 Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) – an angel fund with a corpus of INR 100 crore to invest in early-stage startups. The tech-focussed…
HouseEazy, a Delhi-NCR-based proptech firm, has raised USD 375,000 in a pre-seed round, that saw participation from angel investors and founders, including Deep Bajaj (co-founder, Sirona Hygiene) and Neeraj Jindal…
Gurugram-based Perfora, an oral beauty and wellness brand, has raised INR 7 crore (USD 894,000) in a seed round led by Sauce.VC and strategic investors such as Lotus Herbals Family Office, Shiprocket Group, and…
CloudFeather Games, a Bengaluru-based provider of real-money gaming (RMG) and Web 3.0 tools for game developers, has raised USD 1.25 million from Lumikai. VH Capital and angel investors such as Maninder Gulati, global…