Friday, March 29

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Top Five Funding of the Week (29th Oct – 3rd Nov)
FUNDING

Top Five Funding of the Week (29th Oct – 3rd Nov)

As we all know that funding is a major part of the startups. Every now and then we hear one or the other startup raising funds for expansion or various other purposes. So, every week we come up with the top five funding activities of the week that took place in the startup world. This week was also quite active in terms of funding activities and the company that raised the maximum amount of funds was financial research platform Sentieo that raised an amount of $19 million. Let’s now have a look on the top five funding activities of the week:     1) Captain Zack A pet care grooming startup called Captain Zack has raised an amount of $1.5 million in Pre-Series A round. The particular funding round was led by industrialists Kushal Desai and Chaitanya Desai through ...
Financial Research Firm Sentieo Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding
FUNDING

Financial Research Firm Sentieo Raises $19 Million in Series A Funding

Financial research platform Sentieo that is based in San Francisco and Delhi has secured funds amounting to $19 million (about Rs 140 crore) in its Series A round of equity funding. This particular funding round was led by growth equity firm Centana Growth Partners. Along with this, the three-year-old company counts a host of leading corporate executives and investment managers among its backers. The company’s existing investors also participated in this round. “We are incredibly excited to join them as they grow into a major player in the financial research technology industry, a market that is long overdue for the kind of innovation that Sentieo is providing,” Eric Byunn, partner at Centana Growth partners said. The company is planning to use the funds so raised to expand global gro...