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Entrepreneurs

SaaS Platform Rupyz Raises 1.2MN USD From Merak Ventures To Unlock The Potential Of B2B E-Commerce

Merak Ventures, a sector-agnostic early-stage venture capital (VC) firm is the lead investor in the round.

Thought Leaders

Starting a Business Is Impossible Without One Thing — and It's Not Cash

The importance of social capital, especially for startups, is more than just a cliche.

Finance

Kore.ai Secures $150 Million Strategic Growth Investment to Drive AI-powered Customer and Employee Experiences

Kore.ai, a leader in enterprise conversational and generative AI platform technology, announced $150 million in funding.

News and Trends

UGRO Capital Raises $30 Million from Asian Development Bank Via NCDs

Listed on NSE and BSE, UGRO had assets under management worth INR 83,638 million as of December 2023. Over the last five years, it has raised a total of INR 91,378 million in Equity and Debt from diverse institutional sources

News and Trends

Infographic: India in 2023 Saw the Lowest Funding in 5 Years

The last quarter (Q4) recorded the lowest funding of $957 million to date, marking it the lowest-funded quarter since Q3 2016. The decline is primarily due to the biggest drop in late-stage funding, by over 73% to $4.2 billion in 2023 from $15.6 billion in 2022

News and Trends

ClearTrust Raises $1.9 Mn In Pre-Series A Funding Led By Ideaspring Capital

ClearTrust, a leading new-age ad tracking and fraud detection platform, has announced that it has raised US $1.9 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Venture Capital firm Ideaspring Capital with participation from Piper Serica Angel Fund.

Growth Strategies

"We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Silkhaus Raises Undisclosed Multi-Million-Dollar Pre-Series A Round As It Doubles Down On Expansion Plans

Silkhaus' tech-driven platform promises asset owners an income that is 20-40% more than what can be earned via traditional rental models.

Buying / Investing in Business

Want to Raise Money? Ignore These 3 Sources of Conventional Wisdom

Entrepreneurs often turn to the same sources of conventional wisdom to improve their odds in the fight for venture capital dollars. Entrepreneurs need to abandon the shackles of conventional wisdom and strive to create unique pitches.

News and Trends

AquaExchange Bags USD 6 Million in Series A Funding Led by Ocean 14 Capital

Previously, it raised Pre-Series A funding worth USD three million from Endiya Partners and Accion Venture Lab in 2022

News and Trends

MSME Financer FinAGG Technologies Bags USD 11M Led by Blue Orchard and Tata Capital

The raised funds will be deployed towards expanding its offline and online presence, enhancing global outreach, and driving product innovation

News and Trends

Ecommerce Startup BuyEazzy Secures USD 4.25M Led by Info Edge Ventures

The funds will be utilised towards expanding BuyEazzy's presence to 40+ cities, onboarding 2M+ offline users, and continuing to disrupt the traditional supply chain in Bharat

News and Trends

Web3 Infrastructure Startup Zbyte Secures USD 5M to Fuel Blockchain Innovation

Founded in 2022 by Kupathil, Nitin Kumar, Ankush Tiwari, and Saurabh Radhakrishnan, zbyte offers its low-code/no-code-decentralized platform (dPlat) to streamline the creation of dApps

News and Trends

Wow! Momo Foods Raises Over INR 350 Crores From Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Wow! Momo Foods, the operator of Wow! Momo, Wow! China and Wow! Chicken has raised over INR 350 crores from Khazanah Nasional Berhad ("Khazanah"), the sovereign wealth fund of Malaysia.

Growing a Business

10 Reasons Your Capital Raising Strategy Is Failing

Have your capital-raising efforts been unsuccessful? Here are a few key areas you need to focus on.

News and Trends

Agritech Startup Kisankonnect Raises INR 31cr Pre-Seris A funding led by Green Frontier Capital

According to the official statement, the startup aims to utilize the funds towards increasing its activities in climate-smart agriculture interventions with its 5,000 farmers, expand its offerings outside Mumbai and Pune, and strengthen its fresh-produce supply chain technology