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Consumer

17 May, 2022

Fashinza ropes in WestBridge Capital, Prosus as new investors to raise $100 mn; valn at $400 mn

Business-to-business (B2B) marketplace, Fashinza has raised nearly $100 million (Rs 775 crore) in a mix of equity and debt in ......

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Finance

28 April, 2022

WEH Ventures' second fund exceeds target corpus

Mumbai-based WEH Ventures has already exceeded its second fund's target corpus of Rs 100 crore and is set to announce ......

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TMT

14 March, 2022

FalconX earmarks up to $150 mn for acquisitions globally, eyes acqui-hires in India

Accel-backed FalconX Ltd is looking at acquisitions globally to scale its crypto product offerings while it  is planning to make ......

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31 January, 2022

B2B startups tapping social media, playing rap songs to create funding buzz

Earlier this month, business-to-business (B2B) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform Rocketlane played a rap song to announce their Series A funding. It went viral on social media with music entrepreneur Nikhil Chinappa offering to remix the rap.   Likewise, ......

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30 December, 2021

Sequoia retains most-active VC title; Alpha Wave Global new entrant

Sequoia Capital India retained its pole position as the most active venture capital firm this year while Tiger Global toppled ......

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Finance

24 November, 2021

Samunnati Financial hires bankers for new $100mn fundraise

Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Pvt. Ltd, an agricultural finance and commerce company, has hired investment bankers for its next ......

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Healthcare

18 November, 2021

Accel to bet on health tech platform floated by Practo executives

Leading venture capital (VC) fund Accel is in an advanced stage of discussions to invest in a health technology startup, ......

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10 October, 2021

For Accel and Tiger Global, we have possibly clocked the largest value of returns: Girish Mathrubootham

Freshworks Inc. created history last month by becoming the first software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup from India to list on Nasdaq, making ......

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15 September, 2021

Freshworks IPO to give 72% annualised return on total infusion by financial investors

The initial public offering of Freshworks Inc will hand 72% annualised return on the total investment made by financial investors ......

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17 August, 2021

Inside IFC-backed Coverfox's game plan to pop up on insurtech radar again

Coverfox was one of the early movers in the insurance aggregator space and once the closest rival of the now-market-bound ......