Online learning platform Unacademy has secured $21 million in a series C funding round. This funding round saw the participation of Sequoia India, SAIF Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and other existing investors as well. Followed by this funding round, the valuation of the company crossed $100 million. Apart from the above-mentioned investors, Blume Ventures also participated […]
Unacademy, the popular online learning technology platform is gearing up towards raising a series-C funding round of $25-30 million led by Sequoia Capital along with another clutch of investors. The investment round will bring company’s valuation close to around $100 million. Pixr8 had earlier reported Unacademy raising an INR 75 crores Series B round in […]
Capital G, the growing arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet has led a $22 million (Rs 147 crore) funding round in a microlending platform Aye Finance, a move that marks company first bet in the Indian financial sector. The Series C funding round witnessed participation from investors such as LGT and SAIF partners. The is […]
Acko Technology, an online insurance startup raised $12 million in a fresh round led by e-commerce giant Amazon India as informed by the company on Sunday. The funding round witnessed participation from new investor Ashish Dhawan and existing investor Catamaran Ventures (Owned by Narayana Murthy). The new infusion has taken Acko’s total equity funding to […]
Online Food Delivery Startup Swiggy is eyeing to raise $250 million instead of $150-200 Mn as speculated earlier. This development has come into play at a time when the Bengaluru headquartered company is seeing intense investor interest that would help the firm to amp up its valuation and raise more money. Major Technology giants such […]
Gurugram based fintech platform Aye Finance raises another Rs. 30 crores debt funding from India’s leading public sector bank State Bank of India (SBI). Earlier Aye Finance raises Rs 30 crores as debt financing from BlueOrchard Finance Ltd. Also, this is the second time that the SBI has extended a debt facility to Aye to lend more money […]
Toppr, the personalised e-learning and online test preparation platform, recently raised a debt funding round worth $2.3 Mn from Alteria Capial – a new investment fund launched by Ajay Hattangdi and Vinod Murali. The Mumbai-based company was founded in 2013 by Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti to assist students preparing for competitive entrance exams such […]
Unacademy, an edtech startup raised INR 3.84 crore funding from existing investors – Sequoia Capital, Saif Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Blume Ventures in a Series B equity round. Its parent company, Sorting Hat Technologies Private Limited allotted 400 Series B1 preference shares of Rs 100/- each and a premium of Rs 96,127.10/- per share. […]
India’s online insurance platform, Coverfox has managed to secure $22 million in a series C fundraising exercise led by IFC, a World Bank off-shoot, and Transamerica. Some of the company’s existing investors also participated in the round. Company’s former fundraising round that combined Series A and B together had received $17 million from leading investors such […]
Travel Triangle, India’s fastest growing travel marketplace recently raised Rs 78 crore Series C funding from Fundamentum, a growth-capital fund for mid-stage tech startups in India financed by Nandan Nilekani and Sanjeev Aggarwal. This funding round also saw the participation of several existing investors such as SAIF Partners, Bessermer Venture Partners, RB investments and a […]
India is now a clear contender to become the capital of startups. Foreign investment and governmental initiatives such as start up India are all driving forces encouraging and promoting the start up culture in India. In this article we are going to take a look at the ‘Top 5 most promising startups in India 2018’. […]
Goodera, the Menlo Park and Bangalore-based CSR and sustainability management platform have raised ₹79 Cr funding in a Series B round. The existing investors Nexus Venture Partners and Omidyar Network are leading this round. Saif Partners also participated in this funding round. Phanindra Sama,and Sunil Chandiramani of Nykaa are the Angel investors who invested early in Goodera. Founded in […]