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News of the Day: Funding News Of The Week (18th-23rd June)
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News of the Day: Funding News Of The Week (18th-23rd June)

This week was quite eventful in terms of funding activities. Few of the well-known firms raised a substantial amount of funds from different investors. So, here you can have a glimpse of the major funding activities that took place this week starting from 18th June 2018 to 23rd June 2018. The recap of funding for the week is as follows: 1) Swiggy Food Delivery Platform Swiggy sealed its much awaited $210 million funding with Russian billionaire Yuri Milner’s’ DST Global thereby finally making entry into the prestigious “Unicorn” club. The total capital of the company crossed $466 million followed by this round. Swiggy will be using the freshly raised capital in revamping its supply chain network and expanding to new markets. With an expected market valuation of $1.2 billion, ...
Micro Lending Platform SMECorner raises $7 Mn Funding from Capital First
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Micro Lending Platform SMECorner raises $7 Mn Funding from Capital First

Digital Micro-Lending Platform SMECorner has raised around $7 million ( Rs. 47.5 crores) from NBFC Capital First Ltd and a clutch of investors including Accion Ventures. The capital raised is a mix of debt and equity with 25 crores in debt and Rs. 22.5 crore in equity. Post the investment, Capital First will own a 14.2% stake in SMECorner. As informed by the NBFC in its stock exchange filing, the deal is aimed at sealing a partnership with Digikredit for loan orientation. It is backed by Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and private equity firm Warburg Pincus. SMECorner which helps SME's to access loans from banks will be using the capital to scale its loan book by expanding to offline branches and honing its platform.   Samir Bhatia, founder and chief executive at SM...