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Funding Of The Week (25th June – 30th June 2018)
30Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments
FUNDING

Funding Of The Week (25th June – 30th June 2018)

This week we witnessed a good number of funding activities. A few companies raised a considerable amount of funding from various investors and thus, we have come up with a summary of all the fundings that took place this week i.e. from 25th June 2018 to 30th June 2018.     1) PolicyBazaar.com ETechAces and Consulting which operates PolicyBazaar.com has raised over USD 200 million (around Rs 1,360 crore) through a fresh round of investment led by Japan's SoftBank. The current round of funding will value the company over USD 1 billion. The funds would be used to grow the lending, investment and insurance business along with new initiatives such as healthcare tech and services and international expansion. PolicyBazaar.com has raised a total of USD 366 million throu...
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FinTech Startup Sqrrl Raises Pre-series A Funding
30Jun By NitishNo Comments
FUNDING

FinTech Startup Sqrrl Raises Pre-series A Funding

Gurgaon-based startup Sqrrl Fintech has raised USD 1 million in their Pre-Series A funding round from Equanimity Venture Fund. Launched in March 2017 by trio Samant Sikka, Dhananjay Singh and Sanjeev Sharma the app is aimed at helping young Indians to build the habit of savings and investments. Post this funding round, Rajesh Sehgal, the Managing Partner of Equanimity Investments, will join the board of Sqrrl Fintech. It allows users to invest in high performing (zero-commission) mutual funds based on their investment needs, risk horizons & goals. Further, with a feature to round up your spending to INR 100 or INR 500, Sqrrl automatically invests the leftover amount, making it extremely convenient for the young generation to save while they spend. Sqrrl is a mobile app only ap...
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