Virtual events hosting platform Airmeet raises USD 12 million in its Series A round of funding led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and existing investors including Accel India, GFC Global Founders Capital and Venture Highway, according to reports . Rajaram Legal advised...

Poncho Hospitality, the parent company of foodtech startup Box8, has raised about $4 million (Rs 30 crore) in its ongoing Series C funding round from existing investors including IIFL Seed Ventures Fund, and Menlo park-based Mayfield Fund, in a stock-and-debt deal. — Yourstory Jerome Merchant + Part...

CESC Ventures on Thursday said it had acquired 8.49 per cent stake in Mumbai-based Peel-Works Private Ltd for ₹20.99 crore. The deal was made to support the group’s FMCG business that sells Too Yum brand snacks, the RP Sanjiv Goenka group company said. Peel-Works is a technology-driven distribution ...

Startup incubator and accelerator Venture Catalysts has recently led a Rs 8.5 crore investment in STAGE, a dialect based hyper-local OTT platform. — Yourstory Ikigai Law advised Stage led by a team of managing partner Anirudh Rastogi and principal associate Tanya Sadana . Also advising were Burgeon ...

BLOOMBERG : Mumbai-based digital entertainment firm Pocket Aces has secured ₹100 crore from Sequoia India, DSP Group and 3one4 Capital, besides other prominent investors, the company said on Tuesday. — Mint IndusLaw advised Pocket Aces led by a team of partner Nishant Singh , principal associate Khu...

Pureplay Skin Sciences (India) Pvt. Ltd, which sells beauty and skincare products under the brand Plum, said it has raised Rs 110 crore (around $15 million) in its Series B funding round. — VCCircle Samisti Legal advised Pureplay Skin Sciences (India) Pvt led by a team of partner Prashant Jain , pri...

Jerome Merchant + Partners advised IIFL India Private Equity Fund led by a team of partner Sameer Sibal along with associates Rishabh Amber Gupta, Nirav Bakshi and Paralegal Gayathri Kamath.

metadesc: Khaitan & Co advised Softbank (Sb Investment Advisers (UK) Limited) led by a team of partner Bharat Anand , principal associate Nidhi Killawala , Sales enablement platform MindTickle has raised $100 million in a mix of equity and debt funding, led by Japan’s SoftBank Vision Fund 2, al...

ShareChat, a Bengaluru-based social media company, said it raised $40 million in Pre-Series E round. It said the new round of funding had significant investment from Dr. Pawan Munjal, DCM Shriram Promoters Family Office, SAIF Partners, Twitter, Lightspeed Ventures and India Quotient. This current ro...

International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest $23 million in Srinivasa Farms, a move that will support the Hyderabad-based firm’s $83-million investment plans. — Business Standard AZB & Partners advised International Finance Corporation (“IFC”) led by a team of partners Gautam Saha an...

Damensch Apparel Private Limited, has raised around INR 50 crore in series A2 funding with participation from Matrix Partners India, Saama Capital, Whiteboard Venture Partners and Alteria Capital, according to reports . Rajaram Legal advised Matrix Partners and Saama Capital led by a team of partner...

Propine Technologies, a company engaged in the business of tokenisation, issuance and custody of digital assets along with related ancillary services, raised funds from Woodstock Capital Fund I and Woodstock Capital Fund II and three other venture capital funds. Halder & Associates advised Prop...

Gurugram-based social tech startup Josh Talks is expanding its vernacular reach in Southern and Northeastern India by launching channels in Kannada and Assamese. Also in the works are plans to go international. The startup, which announced a $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding led by New York-based...

Automobile classifieds portal CarTrade.com has raised Rs 321 crore ($42.5 million) from two of its existing investors in its Series H round of financing. — VCCircle AZB & Partners advised Highdell Investment Ltd (an affiliate of Warburg Pincus ) led by a team of partners Srinath Dasari and Nand...

Rajaram Legal advised Rupeek Fintech Private Limited in raising funding from series C round, according to reports . The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which provides loans against gold as collateral, said it will use the proceeds from the latest funding round to further invest in technology and to...

Bijnis, a business-to-business marketplace for unorganised retail segment, has raised Rs 63.9 crore in its Series A round from Sequoia, Matrix Partners and its existing investors WaterBridge Ventures and Info Edge. — Entrackr Link Legal India Law Services advised InfoEdge and WaterBridge led by asso...

Razorpay, a Bengaluru startup which provides end-to-end payments solutions to businesses, has raised $100 million in its series D round of funding. In the process, the venture has been valued by investors at over $1 billion, making it the latest fintech unicorn in India. This investment round was co...

Mumbai-based Pep Technologies Pvt Ltd, which owns caffeine-based skin and hair care brand mCaffeine, on Monday said it has raised Rs 42 crore in a Series B funding round from a consortium of investors led by Amicus Capital along with RPSG Ventures and existing investor Telama Investments. Pep Techno...

Portfolio companies of Brigade Real Estate Accelerator Program (REAP), including residential security company LiveSafe, painter aggregation platform Aapka Painter, home renovation solutions provider Renewate, and artificial intelligence and virtual reality-based customer engagement services provider...

Avataar.me, a 3D and Augmented Reality software that helps enterprise customers create immersive shopping experiences for end-users, has raised $7 million from Sequoia Capital India. Avataar’s technology aims to bridge the gap between offline and online experiences by replacing the current 2D visual...