Venture Capital
Finance
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...
TMT
Zetwerk raises $210 mn from Greenoaks Capital, others at $2.7 bn valuation
Business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing services marketplace Zetwerk Manufacturing Business Pvt Ltd has raised nearly $210...
TMT
SecureNow raises $6 mn from Apis Insurtech Fund I, others
SecureNow, an insurance broker focused on selling commercial insurance policies to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and...
Consumer
D2C space in India thriving; no post-pandemic blues
Direct-to-consumer (D2C) or digitally-native brands in India have matured over the last couple of years, and giving a stiff challenge...
Consumer
Mamaearth parent raises $52 mn at unicorn valuation from Sequoia affiliate
Honasa Consumer Pvt Ltd, parent company of personal care brand Mamaearth and The Derma Co, has raised a little...
Consumer
SoftBank-backed GlobalBees joins unicorn club with $111.5 mn funding
SoftBank-backed GlobalBees Brands Pvt Ltd, a Thrasio-style direct-to-consumer (D2C) venture that aggregates and...
Finance
Beenext invests in two lending-focused fintech startups
Singapore-based venture capital fund Beenext has invested in two local lending-focused fintech startups in a latest transaction,...
Consumer
Automobile startup Motozite raises undisclosed sum from We Founder Circle
IIM Lucknow-incubated startup, Motozite has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Seed round from We Founder Circle, the company...
Finance
VC firms end 2021 with big-bang tech IPOs, doubling of deals, mushrooming unicorns
Calendar 2021 is proving to be a landmark year for the venture capital (VC) ecosystem on the back of big-bang ......
People
B2B platform Vendor Infra raises angel funding
Vendor Infra, a business to business (B2B) platform for the infrastructure and construction industry, has raised $265,000 (around Rs...
