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Digital Lending in India Expected to Grow to $100 Billion by 2023

A joint study by Omidyar Network and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has reported that digital lending to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in India can grow upto 7 lakh crore by 2023, a 15x increase in annual disbursements. “As of 2018, most of the credit demand for $600 billion is being met through informal sources,” said Roopa […]

Top 5 Funding of The Week (10th Sept – 15th Sept)

Like every week, we have come up with the glimpse of the top five funding activities that took place this week. As you might already know, funding is an essential part of a business, especially for the startups. Without funding, the startups cannot look forward to grow and expand as per their plans. This particular […]

Pune-based Fintech Startup Secures $1.1 million in Seed Funding

Pune-based fintech startup Bon has reportedly raised funds amounting to $1.1 million (Rs 7.8 crore) in seed funding. The particular round was led by Omidyar Network, Axilor Ventures and Better Capital’s AngelList India Syndicate. The funds raised by the company will be utilized towards helping the company’s further partnerships with banks, non-banking financial companies (NBFC). Also, it plans to […]

Digital Insurance Platform Raises $1.5 million From Kalaari Capital & Others

Gurugram based Digital insurance platform Toffee has raised $1.5 million (around Rs 10 crore) seed funding led by venture capital firm Kalaari Capital, impact investors Omidyar Network and Accion Venture Lab. Founded by Nishant Jain and Rohan Kumar, the digital-only platform launched its beta version in December 2017. Toffee’s tech platform can analyse, predict and customise […]

Vernacular Chatbot Platform Raises Seed Funding From IIM-Ahmedabad

DheeYantra Research Labs, the company behind vernacular chatbot platform dhee.ai, recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a seed round led by Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), the incubator-cum-investment arm of IIM-Ahmedabad. This funding round also witnessed the participation of Gopal Krishna, former managing director of Maxim India Integrated Circuits and stock […]

IIM Ahmedabad Launches its Own $25 Million Startup Fund

India’s top management institute IIM-Ahmedabad has launched USD 25 million fund for startups working in the areas of financial inclusion, livelihood, education, and health over the next three to four years. The initiative is known as the Bharat Inclusion Initiative, which aims to invest in startups in fintech, education etc with the help of CIIE. […]

FinTech Startup AffordPlan Raises Funding from Lok Capital

AffordPlan, the healthcare financial planning platform recently raised a funding round of Rs 55.8 crore in a Series B funding round from Lok Capital and Omidyar Network. This funding round also saw the participation of existing investors Prime Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital. The company which is owned and operated by Usekiwi Infolabs Private Limited […]

Funding Fest : All the Funding of the Past Week (2nd-9th April)

All the funding articles starting 2nd April to 9th April compiled in one. This week’s edition contains 14 startups which raised a combined amount of approximately $ 460.35 Million. The highest funding of the week was recorded by PayTM Mall. To get additional details about the funding of a particular company, click on its hyperlink. […]

Chennai based Fintech Platform Raises $2.8 Million

Kaleidofin, a Chennai based fintech platform raises $2.8 million seed funding to accelerate customer acquisition pan-India, expand the company’s network of strategic partners, and enable deep investments in technology and analytics. The funding round was led by Omidyar Network, a Silicon Valley-based impact investing firm established by Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay, Blume Ventures, and individual […]