Ecosystem Weekly | 14th Mar ’21
Mumbai-based online insurance platform Turtlemint on Tuesday said it has raised a fresh round of growth financing from Singapore-based Jungle Ventures, bringing its Series D fundraise to $46 million.
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NODWIN Gaming, a subsidiary of Nazara Technologies, has raised Rs 164 crore (approximately $22.5 million) from Krafton, the South Korean developer of PUBG.
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- Bengaluru-based oncology technology startup 4baseCare has raised $2 million in pre-Series A funding from Mount Judi Ventures, growX Ventures, Season Two Ventures, First In Ventures and other HNIs
- Gurugram-based co-working aggregator platform Stylework has raised $548K in pre-Series A funding from Inflection Point Ventures
- Delhi-based OTT platform STAGE has raised $480K in angel funding from Inflection Point Ventures, Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Sprout Investments Fund and Giri Malpani
- Delhi-based student housing community Ezstays has raised $400K in seed funding from Richard Rekhy and other HNIs

Chennai-based digital debt platform Northern Arc on Tuesday announced it has received $50 million in debt financing from US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC).
Open-source distributed SQL database Yugabyte announced a $48 million funding round, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Greenspring Associates, Dell Technologies Capital, Wipro Ventures, and 8VC.

Info Edge on Monday said its investee company Zomato has raised $250 million (over Rs 1,800 crore) in funding from Tiger Global, Kora, and others, valuing the online food ordering platform at $5.4 billion.
Infra Market joins the unicorn club, raises $100 million in a Series C round led by Tiger Global. The new fund raise will enable Infra. Market to enhance its technological offerings, seed newer markets and advance their initiatives.

Tata Group plans to acquire 68% stake in BigBasket for Rs 9,500 crore
Fintech lending startup KreditBee raised $75 Million in Series C funding round

Fintech platform BharatPe raises $108 M in series D round
VerSe Innovation raises $100M from Qatar Investment Authority, Glade Brook Capital Partners
Online travel firm MakeMyTrip to raise $200M through debt securities issuance
Healthtech firm Indegene raises $200M from Carlyle Group, Brighton Park

Aditya Birla Fashion Buys 51% stake in Sabyasachi Couture for Rs 398 crore
Makers Hive raises $9M from Starfish Growth Partners, Investpad

Dunzo raises $40M in Series E round from Google, Lightbox, others
DeHaat raises $30M Series C investment led by Prosus Ventures, RTP Global

Unacademy’s lead investors increase stakes, buy additional shares worth $50M
Digital Insurance becomes First Unicorn of 2021 with $18 Mn fundraise 

Udaan raises $280M from existing and new investors
Made in India brand boAt raises $100M from Warburg Pincus, plans to expand its product line
