OneCell Diagnostics, Abyom SpaceTech, two others bag early-stage fundings
OneCell Diagnostics, Abyom SpaceTech & Defence, CredFlow, and Order For Health secured early-stage funding, the companies said Thursday. OneCell Diagnostics Genomics-based precision oncology firm OneCell Diagnostics has raised $16 million (Rs 135 crore) in a Series A round, led by venture capital firm Celesta Capital. The round was oversubscribed, it said. The diagnostics ......
Airbound, Mushin Innovative Labs, OnePlay pocket funding cheques
Drone technology startup Airbound, SaaS startup Mushin Innovative Labs and cloud gaming platform OnePlay have raised early-stage funding, the companies said Thursday. Airbound Airbound, a drone technology startup, has raised a $1.7 million seed round led by Lightspeed, with participation from gradCapital and other angel investors. With this funding, Airbound will ......
Physis Capital shifts timeline for maiden VC fund’s final close
Physis Capital, a venture capital firm set up by the founders of angel investment platform Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), is aiming to mark the final close of its maiden investment vehicle in 2026, pushing back its initial plan to close the fund in 2024. The investment vehicle, registered as a Category-II ......
Nearly half of startups wooing VCs catch investor attention at VCCircle’s The Pitch @Hyderabad
The Pitch, a multi-city startup pitching programme run by VCCircle, saw as many as 40 curated ventures make elevator pitch to a set of a dozen-and-a-half venture capital investors in its first chapter held at Hyderabad recently. The programme, now in its second year, seeks to facilitate curated startup discovery for ......
GPS ropes in former civil servant Deepak Agarwal to head project development arm
Bangalore-based biogas engineering firm GPS Renewables Pvt Ltd, which is backed by SBICap Venture, has appointed Deepak Agarwal, a former civil servant and green energy industry veteran to head its project development arm ARYA. Agarwal has worked across domains such as waste management and bio-CNG for over three decades and both ......
Venture capital firm RPSG Capital to rope in top Orios executive
Early-stage venture capital firm Orios Venture Partners, which is an investor in companies like Country Delight, ixigo, BeatO and Pharmeasy, suffered another top management exit, a year after partners Anup Jain and Rajeev Suri quit to float their own firm. Currently deploying capital from its $120-million fund, Orios’ chief financial and ......
Zopper onboards Elevation, Dharana Capital on its cap table in $25 mn round
Insurtech platform Zopper said on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in a Series D funding round, co-led by Elevation Capital and Dharana Capital, along with the participation from existing investor Blume Ventures. Zopper will use this fresh funding to ramp up its digital technology infrastructure by strengthening its insurance ......
Women founders-focussed Colossa Ventures looking to tap offshore LPs for maiden fund
Venture capital investor Colossa Ventures, which focusses on funding women entrepreneurs, is in talks to rope international limited partners (LP) for its maiden investment vehicle, a person aware of the matter told VCCircle. The Mumbai-based firm, which was floated by former executives of Crisil and Aditya Birla Private Equity, is in ......
Deal activity slow, but Indian wine sector may see more JVs: Report
By Prithvi Durai Deal activity in the Indian wine industry may seem to have stagnated, but several international wine brands are likely to forge joint ventures and partnerships with Indian players with evolution of India’s wine culture, Prowess Advisors said in its latest report, pegging the sector as “moderately attractive”. There ......
Blitz, Doodhvale Farms, Taqtics raise early-stage funding
Quick commerce logistics enabler Blitz, D2C dairy Doodhvale Farms, SaaS startup Taqtics have raised early-stage funding, companies said Wednesday. Blitz Blitz, a quick commerce logistics enabler, has raised Rs 51 crore in a Series A funding round, led by IvyCap Ventures. The fresh infusion will help enhance its 60-minute delivery infrastructure and expand ......