June 6, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Gupshup, a conversational messaging unicorn, has acquired OneDirect, an omnichannel customer service platform for brands in India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will strengthen Gupshup’s suite of conversational solutions. It will also enable omnichannel engagements with a live Agent Assist solution that can scale to thousands of agents […]
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Spendflo raises $4.4 Mn in seed round
June 16, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
SaaS buying platform Spendflo, raised $4.4 million in seed funding from Accel India and venture partner Together Fund. The round saw participation from BoldCap and Signal Peak Ventures, along with investments from a bunch of founders of companies such as Airbase, Zuora, Ivanti, CleverTap and Slintel. Spendflo, with 35 employees now, will use the capital […]
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Gupshup acquires OneDirect
June 6, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Gupshup, a conversational messaging unicorn, has acquired OneDirect, an omnichannel customer service platform for brands in India, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will strengthen Gupshup’s suite of conversational solutions. It will also enable omnichannel engagements with a live Agent Assist solution that can scale to thousands of agents […]
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Hesa raises $2.3 Mn in pre-Series A round led by Venture Catalysts
June 6, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
RuralTech startup Hesa has raised $2.3 million in its pre Series A round led by Venture Catalysts. The round also saw participation from Venture Catalysts USA Chapter, Faad, IPV, WFC and other angels.The funds raised will be used towards expansion to more geographies and to develop the product. Founded by Vamsi Udayagiri and Hema Nandiraju, […]
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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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Alternative data platform Synaptic raises $20 M in Series B round
June 1, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes / 0 comments
Gurugram-headquartered alternative data platform for investors, Synaptic, has announced raising $20 million in a Series B round of funding led by Valor Equity Partners. The company will utilise the capital for product innovation, doubling down on data science capabilities, partnerships with data vendors, and expanding its go-to-market teams. Synaptic was incubated as part of Vy […]
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Lumos Labs raises $1.1 Mn in seed round
May 30, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes
Lumos Labs, an innovation management firm, has announced the launch of a developer-centric Metaverse platform where developers can learn, earn and explore developer-centric opportunities after raising over $1.1 Million in a seed round. The round was led by Global Web3 venture fund Delta Blockchain Fund, and includes funding from VCs such as Superblock, Next Web […]
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Zoho backs robotics and AI company Genrobotics
May 25, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes
Chennai-headquartered technology company Zoho Corporation has announced that it is investing Rs 20 crore (approximately $2.6 million) in Trivandrum-based robotics company, Genrobotics. Genrobotics develops robotics and AI-powered solutions for hazardous working conditions. This marks Zoho’s seventh investment in Indian startups. Prior to Genrobotics, Zoho had invested $5 million in Bengaluru-based Voxelgrids, which builds Magnetic Resonance […]
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Zoho backs robotics and AI company Genrobotics
May 25, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes
Chennai-headquartered technology company Zoho Corporation has announced that it is investing Rs 20 crore (approximately $2.6 million) in Trivandrum-based robotics company, Genrobotics. Genrobotics develops robotics and AI-powered solutions for hazardous working conditions. This marks Zoho’s seventh investment in Indian startups. Prior to Genrobotics, Zoho had invested $5 million in Bengaluru-based Voxelgrids, which builds Magnetic Resonance […]
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Lenskart backs location AI startup GeoIQ
May 23, 2022 / by Aditi Pathak / Funding, investment, News, Startup, StartupLanes
Bengaluru-based hyperlocal performance prediction startup GeoIQ has raised $2.25 million from Lenskart, along with its existing investors : 9Unicorns and Ecosystem Ventures. The fresh funding will allow the location AI firm to expand into international geographies, strengthen its proprietary data stack and leverage communities of data scientists to build diverse AI models. According to Lenskart, […]
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