June 9, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Venture debt firm Stride Ventures on Wednesday announced a debt round of Rs 50 crore in fintech startup UNI. Stride Ventures claims to have created a portfolio by sanctioning over Rs 1,600 crore in 65+ companies across consumer, fintech, logistics, agritech, B2B commerce, healthtech, B2B SaaS, mobility, and energy solutions (EV). Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, Founder […]
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Juni jumps on $206M to help e-commerce players manage their own money better
June 10, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
The e-commerce market is on track to pass $5.5 trillion in revenues this year, which speaks not only to how much consumers are shopping online these days, but also to how many businesses there are out there now selling to them. Today, a startup from Gothenburg, Sweden, called Juni is announcing $206 million in funding […]
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Fintech startup Uni raises Rs 50 Cr in debt from Stride Ventures
June 9, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Venture debt firm Stride Ventures on Wednesday announced a debt round of Rs 50 crore in fintech startup UNI. Stride Ventures claims to have created a portfolio by sanctioning over Rs 1,600 crore in 65+ companies across consumer, fintech, logistics, agritech, B2B commerce, healthtech, B2B SaaS, mobility, and energy solutions (EV). Ishpreet Singh Gandhi, Founder […]
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AI platform Continual raises $14.5M Series A and comes out of beta
June 9, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Continual, a startup that focuses on simplifying operational AI on top of a modern data stack, today announced that it has raised a $14.5 million Series A funding round led by Innovation Endeavors. In addition, the company today announced that its cloud platform is now generally available. The company, which focuses its AI efforts on […]
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MS Dhoni invests in drone startup Garuda Aerospace
June 8, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has invested an undisclosed amount in the Chennai-based drone startup Garuda Aerospace. With this, Dhoni is joining the startup’s cap table as a stakeholder. Founded in 2015 by Jayaprakash, Garuda Aerospace is a drone-as a-service (DaaS) startup. The startup designs, manufactures and customises drones for various use cases such as deliveries, […]
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Edtech startup PhysicsWallah joins unicorn club, raises $100M in Series A
June 8, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Edtech platform PW (Physics Wallah) said on Tuesday it has raised $100 million in Series A funding from UK-based Westbridge and GSV Ventures, a global VC fund focused on digital education, at a valuation of $1.1 billion. This makes PW India’s 101st unicorn. In a statement, the startup said it will use the funds to […]
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Agritech startup Arya.ag acquires Prakshep
June 4, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Agritech startup Arya.ag has acquired agriculture data science company, Prakshep for an undisclosed amount. Arya.ag connects sellers and buyers of agriproduce. Arya.ag is currently developing a public agri blockchain ledger. Prakshep’s deeptech experience and expertise will add further farm level integration and provide historical farm activity data to Arya.ag’s blockchain ledger, it said. Arya.ag seems […]
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Vendekin Technologies raises pre-Series A round led by Better Capital
June 4, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
SaaS startup Vendekin Technologies has raised Rs 8.5 crore in its pre-Series A round led by Better Capital with participation from existing investors CP Gurnani’s Family Office and Vineet Nayyar’s Family Office. The capital will primarily be used to strengthen R&D and technology teams to drive superior consumer buying experience at vending machines further plans […]
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JupiterOne raises $70M at a $1B+ valuation to help track, manage and secure complex cyber assets
June 4, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
One of the by-products of today’s IT environments — which can involve multiple clouds and data warehouses, on-premise servers, thousands or even millions of connected devices and users, a multitude of apps and more — is that this size and complexity is a minefield when it comes to security. Malicious hackers have a lot of […]
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Orange Health raises $25M from Bertelsmann India Investments, others
June 2, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Orange Health a diagnostics lab service startup, on Wednesday, said it has raised $25 million in a Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments and General Catalyst. Existing investors including Accel, Y Combinator, Good Capital, and Uncorrelated Ventures also participated in the round. The startup will use the capital for product development, generating a […]
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Joywell Foods raises $25M to bring sweet proteins to market
June 1, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, Interview, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
When consumed in moderation, sugar is not bad for us, and humans’ ability to detect sweetness is etched into our DNA, but with the abundance of it in today’s food and drinks, we are getting more than we should. Companies have created alternatives to sugar over the years, like Stevia, while others have tapped into […]
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