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Dental care startup Dezy raises addl $6-M from Alpha Wave, Chiratae, Surge

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Indore-based den tal care startup Dezy (formerly Smiles.ai) has raised an additional USD 6 M (around INR 50.3 crore) from existing investors Alpha Wave, Chiratae Ventures and Peak XV Surge. The fundraise is a part of its ongoing USD 8-10 million round. The funds will be used to expand its clinic network.Founded by Hitesh Kakrani and Jatin Kakrani in 2019, Dezy offers dental care products and services like online consultation, dental walk-ins and dentist at-home options to its customers. Currently, the startup has around 22 offline clinics across Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Indore, Chennai and Pune.

Between Nov 2020 and Jan 2022, Dezy had raised about USD 23.8 M from Alpha Wave Global, Chiratae Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Spring Marketing Capital and others.