Venture Capital
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Accel Partners reveals why it invested in Flipkart at a time when it had no backers
Monumental. That's how Accel Partners described portfolio company Flipkart's $16 billion acquisition by US retail giant Walmart Inc. The venture ......
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How existing investors doubled down on ThoughtSpot and turned it into a unicorn
Palo Alto-based ThoughtSpot, an AI-driven analytics firm led by Nutanix co-founder Ajeet Singh, wanted to raise only $70 million (Rs ......
Consumer
QSR chain Charcoal Eats raises pre-Series A round from HNIs
Charcoal Eats, a quick service restaurant chain, has raised Rs 5 crore ($742,000) in its pre-Series A round of funding ......
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Venture debt firm Alteria Capital backs ed-tech startup Toppr
Venture debt firm Alteria Capital Advisors LLP has invested Rs 15.5 crore ($2.3 million) in Mumbai-based ed-tech startup Toppr Technologies ......
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Live-video debate app Wishfie gets seed funding
Bengaluru-based Wishfie, a platform launched in 2017 for live video debates on current affairs, has raised an undisclosed amount in ......
Finance
Dubai-based Relam Investment to pump $250-300 mn in India
Dubai-based Relam Investment LLC, a joint-venture between UAE-based Vault Investment and Vietnam-based MIG Holding, has committed to invest $250-300 million ......
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Intel Capital leads Series A investment in conversational AI platform Avaamo
Conversational artificial intelligence platform Avaamo Inc. has raised $14.2 million (around Rs 95 crore) in a Series A funding round ......
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Angels back P2P lending platform PaisaDukan in second seed round
Mumbai-based fintech firm BigWin Infotech Pvt. Ltd, which owns yet-to-be-launched peer-to-peer lending marketplace PaisaDukan.com, has raised $225,000 (Rs 1.5 crore) ......
Consumer
Sequoia-backed craft beer label Bira 91 raises $50 mn in fresh capital
B9 Beverages Pvt. Ltd, which makes craft beer under the brand Bira 91, has raised Rs 335 crore (around $50 ......
Finance
Trifecta Capital to raise $112 mn venture debt fund
Trifecta Capital is planning to raise its second debt fund with a target corpus of Rs 500 crore ($74 million), ......