Tag: Startup

Ecosystem Weekly | 21st Jun '20

June 21, 2020
India’s Reliance Jio Platforms to sell $1.5 billion stakes to Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani has found yet another high-profile firm to write a massive check to his telecom venture Reliance Jio Platforms at the height of a global pandemic.
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o9 Solutions startup raises $100 M from KKR, plans to step up hiring in India
Integrated business planning software startup o9 Solutions on Wednesday said it has raised $100 million (around Rs 761 crore) from global investment firm KKR.
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  • Delhi-based online fashion store High Street Essentials which owns FabAlley and Indya has raised $3 Mn in pre-Series C funding from SAIF Partners and India Quotient
  • Mumbai-based Healthcare services HealWell24 has acquired Mumbai-based DocCare AI to ramp up its video consultation business
  • Bengaluru-based logistics startup LetsTransport has raised $1 Mn in debt funding from Stride Ventures
  • Telecommunications firm Bharti Airtel has acquired 10% stake in Mumbai-based ed-tech startup Lattu Media
  • Bengaluru-based dairy IoT firm Stellapps Technologies has raised an undisclosed amount from Stride Ventures to scale up operations
  • Mumbai-based logistic startup Leap has raised $1 Mn in debt and right issue funding from Pune-based Sargam Retails

Ecosystem Weekly | 14th Jun '20

June 14, 2020
Dr Reddy’s tweaks deal with Wockhardt on Covid-19 impact

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd said on Wednesday it has bought a plant as well as select divisions of Wockhardt Ltd’s branded generics business in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and the Maldives.
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US-based startup Postman raises $150 Mn in Series C round at $2 Bn valuation
Postman, the API development platform startup which was founded in Bengaluru and now headquartered in San Francisco, has secured a Series C funding of $150 million at a valuation of $2 billion.
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  • Gurugram-based intercity bus service startup Yolobus has raised $3 Mn in Series A round from Nexus Venture Partners
  • Mumbai-based edtech startup Toppr has raised $2 Mn from its existing investor Kaizen
  • Gurugram-based startup Hapramp has raised $1 Mn in a seed round from Anand Mahindra, Chairman of the Mahindra Group
  • Bengaluru-based Ameliorate Biotech has raised $260K for their product ASSURED from Villgro, Vinners, LetsVenture, SINE IIT Bombay and DERBI
  • Bengaluru-based Arkam Ventures has closed $43 Mn of its maiden startup fund. It will focus on early-to-growth-stage startups across financial services, healthcare, food, agriculture, and mobility space
  • Bengaluru-based startup WarmOven has raised an undisclosed amount from serial entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal

Ecosystem Weekly | 31st May '20

May 31, 2020
IndoStar Capital Finance raises $162 Mn from Brookfield

With this investment, Brookfield will become a co-promoter with 24.6% stake, along with IndoStar Capital Mauritius having 45.2% holding at present
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Serum Institute parent sells Czech unit to Novavax for $167 mn
Cyrus Poonawalla Group, the parent of vaccine developer Serum Institute of India has sold a Czech unit to Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company Novavax for $167 Mn in cash
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  • Gurugram-based Hoi Foods, which operates several cloud kitchens, has raised $2 Mn in a pre-Series A funding round from 1Crowd, Sprout, Angelist, and other HNIs
  • India subsidiary of Germany-based Dr Willmar Schwabe GmbH has acquired New Delhi-based nutraceutical business Sanat Products for an undisclosed amount
  • Mumbai-based video meta-tagging platform Toch has raised $1 Mn from SOSV and its accelerator, Chinaccelerator, 9 Unicorns Fund, and Inflection Point Ventures
  • Hyderabad-based drugmaker Granules India has completed the exit from Granules OmniChem an equal JV with Belgian firm Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services for a total consideration of $15 Mn
  • Delhi-based healthtech startup in the telemedicine vertical Remedo has raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-Series A round from River Rock Ventures, Inflection Point Ventures, AngelList, and other HNIs
  • Japan-based SoftBank will raise $500 Mn – $750 Mn for SBG Cleantech, which is a JV between SoftBank, India’s Bharti Enterprises and Taiwan’s Foxconn

Ecosystem Weekly | 24th May '20

May 25, 2020
Reliance’s Jio Platforms raises $1.5B from private equity giant KKR

The investment follows significant fund infusions in Jio Platforms from Facebook ($5.7 Bn), Silver Lake Partners ($747 Mn), Vista Equity Partners ($1.5 Bn), and General Atlantic ($870 Mn)
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Abu Dhabi’s ADQ announces new $300m VC fund to invest in Indian startups
ADQ has announced a new $300 Mn venture capital fund, Alpha Wave Incubation. The AWI Fund will be investing in early-stage startups across SEA and India, and help them set up base in Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City.
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  • Walmart-owned Flipkart has received a cash infusion of $89 Mn from Singapore-based Flipkart Marketplace and Flipkart
  • Mumbai-based educational technology startup WhiteHat Jr will raise $50 Mn from the sovereign wealth fund of Singapore, Renuka Ramnath-led home-grown private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management and marquee venture capital firm Sequoia Capital
  • Singapore-based startup specializing in next-generation networking and wireless technology Ray Pte has raised $263K from Pune-based Quick Heal Technologies
  • Fanbuff Esports India which operates e-sports community engagement platform Fanclash will raise $460K from IE Venture Fund I
  • Technology-focussed Venture Capital fund Iron Pillar has raised a $45 Mn top-up fund. The fund will provide Iron Pillar additional capital to back specific Fund I portfolio companies
  • International Finance Corporation will invest $20 Mn in Endiya Partners Fund and Mumbai-based extended warranty and after-sales services provider for appliances and consumer electronics Onsitego
  • Bharti Airtel has acquired a 10% stake in Gurugram-based conversational artificial intelligence technologies startup Voicezen India for an undisclosed amount

Ecosystem Weekly | 17th May '20

May 17, 2020
Carlyle to take over SeQuent Scientific in its biggest India control deal

PE firm Carlyle has agreed to acquire up to 74% of animal healthcare company SeQuent Scientific Ltd for $210 Mn in what would be its biggest control-oriented deal in India
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Sequoia India bets more on Indonesian coffee chain Kopi Kenangan
Sequoia Capital India Advisors, the domestic arm of the global venture capital firm, has led a $109 Mn Series B funding in Kopi Kenangan, an Indonesian beverage retailer.
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  • Samast Technologies which operates hyperlocal discovery startup Magicpin has raised $4 Mn in Series C1 funding from Lightspeed Venture Partners, The Bunting Family Private Fund, Moonstone Investments, WaterBridge Ventures and Srivatsan Rajan
  • Bengaluru-based Rento Mojo operated by Edunetwork has raised $3 Mn from Chiratae Ventures, Accel, Bain Capital and French entrepreneur Renaud Laplanche
  • GaragePreneurs Internet which operates fintech firm Slice will raise $3 Mn debt funding from Gunosy Capital Pte., investment and consulting arm of Gunosy Inc., a Japan-based news and technology services company
  • New Jersey-based physician engagement startup Doceree has raised $1 Mn in seed funding from a group of angel investors from India and the US
  • Coimbatore-based Juicy Chemistry which operates an eponymous consumer brand that is focussed on organic-based skincare products has raised $650K in its Series A funding round from Akya Ventures
  • Gurugram-based AI-driven tech startup Spyne has raised an undisclosed amount in its pre-Series A funding round from Angellist, Smile Group, Manish Amin, Anil Goel, Anubhav Sonthalia, Deepak Mittal and other HNIs

Ecosystem Weekly | 10th May '20

May 10, 2020
GSK sells $3.35 Bn stakes in Hindustan Unilever
GlaxoSmithKline sold its stake in Unilever’s Indian business for $3.35 Bn, which Refinitiv says is the largest block trade ever to have been carried out in India.
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Reliance gets third investor for Jio, sells $1.5 bn stake to Vista Equity
US-based Vista Equity Partners will invest $1.5 Bn in Reliance Industries’ digital unit, Jio Platforms Ltd.
The firm’s investment will translate into a 2.32% stake in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis.
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  • Bengaluru-based AI-based SaaS startup Vernacular.ai has raised $5 Mn in Series A funding from Exfinity Ventures, Kalaari Capital, AngelList, IAN Fund, and LetsVenture
  • Mumbai-based merchants payment platform Mintoak Innovations has raised $2 Mn in a pre-Series A funding round from Pravega Ventures and existing investors
  • Delhi-based sports community platform Rooter has raised $2 Mn in pre-Series A funding from Paytm, leAD Sports, Rockstud Capital and Founder Bank Capital
  • Bengaluru-based Terrals Technologies owned mobile-first healthcare services platform Phable has raised $1 Mn in a pre-Series A funding round from Inflection Point Ventures
  • Bengaluru-based Business-to-business agritech startup Clover Ventures has raised $922K in venture debt from Alteria Capital
  • Noida-based Aadventure Infotech, which owns and operates fintech platform LoanAdda, has raised an undisclosed amount from ah! Ventures, PRAAK Investments and Ratnaafin Group

Ecosystem Weekly | 3rd May '20

May 3, 2020
M&A-minded Piramal near $500M deal to sell pharma stake to KKR

India’s Piramal Enterprises may sell a 20% minority stake in the pharma unit—a slice valued at $500 million—to private equity giant KKR & Co.
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Paytm in funding talks with Microsoft to build war chest
The proposed fundraise, which may amount to around $100 million is likely to be an extension of a planned $1 Bn fundraising that the company had initiated last year.
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  • Delhi-based technology platform for rooftop solar energy solutions for industry, SMEs/MSMEs, and homes MYSUN has raised $4 Mn as a part of its Pre-Series A round from General Catalyst & existing investors
  • SaaS platform which allows Facebook community admins to manage their groups Convosight has raised $4 Mn in its pre-Series A round from IvyCap Ventures and Sequoia Capital’s accelerator programme called Surge
  • Fintech startup offering small-ticket loans to blue and grey-collared workers via its mobile app and website NIRA has raised $2 Mn in Pre-Series A round from existing & new angel investors in the UK, Europe, and India
  • Pune-based online fitness startup Fittr has raised $2 Mn in pre-series A round from Sequoia Capital’s accelerator programme called Surge
  • OncoSeek Bio incubated at the University of Hyderabad has been selected for Covid-19 funding by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) to develop an in vitro Lung Organoid model
  • Gurugram-based startup incubator Huddle has launched an incubation Program inviting early-stage and growth-stage ventures offering innovative solutions to combat the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic

Ecosystem Weekly | 5th Apr '20

April 5, 2020

MedGenome Raises $55 Mn In Fresh Funding To Expand In Tier 2-3 Markets
Bengaluru-based health-tech startup MedGenome has raised $55 Mn in a fresh funding round. The investment has been reportedly led by LeapFrog Investments.
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Unicorn India Ventures has announced the first close of its $52 Mn Fund II with a corpus of $12 Mn
The fund will be used to invest in early-stage startups, in Pre-Series A and Series A rounds, across several sectors.
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  • Bengaluru-based fintech startup Recko has raised $6 Mn from Vertex Ventures and Prime Venture Partners.
  • Aster DM Healthcare has sold its Kuwait subsidiaries, Aster Kuwait Pharmaceuticals & medical equipment firm WLL to Pharmazone and Palestine Pharmacy Company for an undisclosed amount
  • Bengaluru-based agritech supply chain startup Ergos has raised $5 Mn in a Series A funding round from Aavishkaar Group’s equity investment arm Aavishkaar Capital
  • Gurugram-based edtech startup focused on building a global online school for K-12 Camp K12 has raised $4 Mn in a seed funding round from Matrix Partners India and SAIF Partner
  • Mumbai-based Tapits Technologies which owns and operates fintech startup Fingpay has raised $4 Mn in a Series A funding round from IvyCap Ventures
  • Mumbai-based edtech startup Lido Learning has raised $3 Mn in Series B funding from Rocket Internet founder Alex Samwer-backed Picus Capital and Paytm president Madhur Deora

Ecosystem Weekly | 29th Mar '20

March 29, 2020

NTPC to buy out govt from two hydel firms for $1.54 Bn
India’s largest power producer, govt-owned NTPC Ltd, has said it will acquire entire central govt stakes in two hydropower companies THDC India Ltd & NEEPCO for $1.54 Bn
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Kubota Corp buys 10% stake in Escorts for $139 Mn
Kubota Corporation (Kubota), a leading global tractor and machinery manufacturer from Japan, will acquire 10% equity stake, on a post capital reduction basis, in Escorts Ltd. (Escorts), a leading engineering conglomerate in India
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  • Mumbai-based Checkers India Technology which operates B2B platform Excess2Sell has raised $1 Mn in funding from Gautham Madhavan, an angel investor & a director at Florintree Advisors
  • Pune-based IT firm Nihilent has acquired cross-disciplinary advertising platform Hypercollective, operated by Hyper Collective Creative Technologies for an undisclosed amount
  • Hyderabad-based education services startup Univariety which is operated by International Educational Gateway will raise $1 Mn from Info Edge the parent of jobs portal Naukri.com
  • The India team of the US-based PE firm TA Associates will acquire a stake in Accion Labs a software engineering product company focused on emerging technologies for an undisclosed amount
  • Bengaluru-based SME-focused fin-tech Rupifi has raised an undisclosed amount as part of its pre-seed funding from Ashneer Grover, Kunal Shah, and other angel investors
  • Bengaluru-based online grocery platform BigBasket, operated by Supermarket Grocery Supplies has fully acquired Bengaluru-based micro-delivery startup DailyNinja for an undisclosed amount

Ecosystem Weekly | 23rd Feb '20

February 23, 2020

JSW Energy to acquire 100% stake in GMR Kamalanga Energy

Sajjan Jindal-owned JSW Energy has acquired Odisha-based subsidiary GMR Kamalanga Energy for $745 Mn.
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Swiggy Raises $113 Mn Series I funding from Prosus

Food delivery giant Swiggy has raised $113 Mn Series I funding from Prosus N.V, Meituan Dianping and Wellington Management Company.
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  • Early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures has finally closed its Fund III at $102 Mn. The fund has been raised from anchor investors in India, US, Japan and Asia
  • US-based investment firm Falcon Edge Capital has set up a new venture capital fund of $300 Mn for India. The fund is backed by UAE based Limited partners
  • Mumbai based JioSaavn has received a $20 Mn infusion from parent entity Reliance Industries. Reliance has picked up 10 K equity shares in the company
  • Gurugram-based prop-tech startup Zvesta has raised $6 Mn from media company Hindustan Media Ventures. The company will now focus on brand building
  • B2B e-commerce platform for Kirana stores, MaxWholesale has raised $3 Mn in Series A funding from Indian Angel Network Fund I and Abu Dhabi-based Al Falaj Investment Company
  • Video editing and content creation software maker Invideo has raised $3 Mn from Sequoia Capital India’s early-stage accelerator programme surge

 

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