US-based event engagement platform Airmeet secures US$ 35M in Series B
Airmeet, a Lewes-based full-stack event-led customer interaction startup enabling users to hold virtual workshops, summits, meetups, including virtual social lounges for networking, has raised US$ 24 million in a Series B funding round on 8 February 2022. Investors: The latest investment round featured Nexxus Global, Prosus Ventures, Sistema Asia Fund, RingCentral Ventures, KDDI Open Innovation Fund and DG Daiwa Ventures as...
Korean micro-mobility startup Swing secured USD 24M in Series B
Swing, a Seoul-based startup offering personal mobility services allowing users to commute anywhere using electric scooters, has raised US$ 24 million in a Series B funding round led by White Star Capital on 6 February 2022. Investors: The latest investment round featured White Star Capital as the lead investor with participation from Hashed and TIER Mobility. The startup has managed to...
Indian Blockchain startup BlockSurvey raises USD 500K in a Pre-Seed round
BlockSurvey, an Indian blockchain-based survey platform, has raised USD 500K in pre-seed funding round from A41 Ventures, Stacks Accelerator, DeSpread and others on 7 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round drew participation from Stacks Accelerator, Gossamer Capital, DeSpread, GBV Capital, A41 Ventures, Zanavu Ventures, Badhouse Ventures, Trevor Owensa and Jun Gong, former co-founder of Dappcom. The Objectives behind the funding:...
Indian space-tech startup SatSure raises USD 5 million in a Pre-Series A round
SatSure, a Bengaluru-based space tech startup, has raised USD 5 million in a Pre-Series A funding round co-led by ADB Ventures, Asian Development Bank’s venture arm and Baring Private Equity India on 7 February 2022. Investors: Baring Private Equity India and ADB Ventures, Asian Development Bank’s Venture arm, co-led the latest funding round with participation from Flowstate VC, Force Ventures,...
Indian Agritech startup EekiFoods raises USD 2 million in the latest funding round
EekiFoods, an India-based Agritech startup, has raised USD 2 million in the latest funding round led by Avaana Capital with participation from Better Capital and Icebreaker VC on 4 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round was led by Avaana Capital with participation from Better Capital and Icebreaker VC. The round also drew participation from many angel investors, including Kunal...
Indian DeFi startup Pillow raises USD 3 million in a Seed round
Pillow, an India-based decentralised finance startup, has raised USD 3 million in a seed funding round led by Elevation Capital on 4 February 2022. Investors: The latest funding round was led by Elevation Capital with participation from several angel investors, including FalconX co-founder Prabhakar Reddy, Polygon founders JD Kanani and Sandeep Nainwal, Livspace’s Ramakant Sharma and Dunzo’s Mukund Jha. Founded in...
Colombian e-commerce startup Melonn raises USD 20 million in Series A
Colombia-based Melonn, an e-commerce company that allows retailers to offer same-day or next-day orders to consumers using fulfilment and back-end services, raised USD 20 million on 4th February 2022. Investors: The investment was led by QED Investors. Global Founders Capital (GFC) and Alter Global. Several existing investors, including VC funds NFX, Pear, Wollef (formerly Jaguar Ventures), and high-profile angel investors,...
Estonian cybersecurity startup Binalyze raises USD 10 million in Seed round
Estonia-based Binalyze, a cybersecurity startup developing digital forensic tools for enterprises to better understand cyber breaches and respond effectively, raised USD 10 million on 4th February 2022. Investors: The investment round was led by European venture capital firm OpenOcean and Earlybird Digital East, which led Binalyze’s seed funding last year. Purpose of funding: The startup will focus on developing next-generation Enterprise...
Indian brick manufacturing startup ZERUND secures an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A
ZERUND, an Assam-based startup manufacturing lightweight waste plastic bricks using state-of-the-art technology, has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-Series funding round led by North East Venture Fund on 3 February 2021. Investors: The latest investment round saw participation from North East Venture Fund. The startup has managed to raise, in total, USD 535K to date. Purpose of the funding: The startup...
UK-based venture capital startup SuperSeed launches US$ 67.7M fund
Superseed, a London-based venture capital startup backing organisations working towards industrial and business automation, finished the premier closing of its Fund II programme led by British Business Bank at USD 42 million on 4 February 2022. Investors: The Fund II programme featured British Business Bank’s Enterprise Capital Fund programme as the fundamental investor. The startup targets the final close of...
