SleepyCat secures USD 3.8 Million in a funding round
16.August.2021 - SleepyCat, a D2C sleep management company, announced that it raised USD 3.8 million in a funding round. This funding round was led by Saama Capital, with the participation of Sharp Ventures and DSG Consumer Partners. SleepyCat states that it will utilize this capital raised to increase its R&D efforts to manufacture better quality products and bring new innovations. This...
US-based SaaS startup Everstage bags US$ 1.7 million in seed funding
Everstage, a US-based B2B SaaS startup has closed its pre-seed funding round on August 11 2021, with securing a fundraise of US$ 1.7 million from notable investors like 3one4 Capital and angel investors such as co-founder of Rippling Prasanna Sankar, co-founder of Rippling Krish Subramanian and Rajaraman Santhanam, partner at Angellist India Utsav Somani, CRO of Freshworks Sidharth Malik,...
US-based fintech startup Chime rakes in US$750 million in Series G funding, valuation soars to US$25 billion
Based in San Francisco, Chime Financial Inc. is a fintech startup turned Unicorn that offers financial services using a modern and mobile-centred approach for e-banking. The startup is currently standing at the valuation of US$ 25 billion (which is $10 billion higher than its last reported valuation of $15 billion in late 2020) after securing a US$ 750 million...
Edtech startup Whiz League secures US$ 300K in Seed funding
Whiz League, an India-based edtech startup delivering celebrity-driven and skill enhancement programs to both children and adults, has bagged US$ 300K in a Seed round led by ITI Growth Opportunities on 12 August 2021. Investors: ITI Growth Opportunities featured as the lead investor in the latest funding round with Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs India and Maheshwari Investments involvement. Purpose of the...
Indian AI-based EV startup MetroRide secures an undisclosed amount in seed funding
Bengaluru, India-based AI-based electric mobility platform MetroRide secured seed funding from Silicon Valley, New Jersey, and India-based investors on August 12 2021. The financing round included investors like the entrepreneur Sushant Divakar and senior executives like Sudhir Pai, Bhagirath Tanna and Shailesh Powdwal, who also partook in MetroRide’s pre-seed funding investment round. The 2020 founded startup MetroRide is now growing...
San Francisco-based fintech startup Carta raises US$ 500 million in Series G funding
San Francisco, California, based fintech management platform Carta raised US$ 500 million in Series G led by Silver Lake, the CEO Henry Ward announced in a blog post on Friday, August 13 2021. With this financing round, Carta withholds a total valuation of US$ 7.4 billion, increasing drastically from last year's figure of US$ 3.1 billion. https://twitter.com/cartainc/status/1426172887325581315 This latest fundraiser led...
Top 10 Digital Marketing Startups in the United Kingdom
Having an online presence for a business is necessary. For carrying out social media marketing and lead generation, digital marketing plays a vital role in running a business successfully. Digital marketing has proven itself more efficient than traditional marketing methods; it not only helps in lead generation to increase sales but provides an efficient analysis for ROI as well. Digital Marketing...
Robotics startup Miko raises US$ 28M in Series B funding
Miko, an India-based advanced robotics startup focusing on making an AI-driven robot to impart knowledge and amuse children, has secured US$ 28M in a Series B investment round co-led by Aroa Ventures, IIFL, Mankind Pharma on 11 August 2021. Investors: The funding round features Mankind Pharma, Aroa Ventures and IIFL as the lead investors with participation from Chiratae Ventures, YourNest Venture...
D2C brand Hash secures USD 3.5 Million in an angel round
13.August.2021 - Delhi-based Cigarette brand Hash, announced that it raised USD 3.5 Million ( INR 25 crore) in an angel round. This round was led by Amrac Investment Trust. This funding round was led by the Founder of CRED,Kunal Shah; the Founder and CEO of Bira91 ,Ankur Jain; the Co-founder of MagicPin, Anshoo Sharma; BharatPe, CEO Suhail Sameer; Jitendra Gupta,...
Locale.ai raises USD 1.3 Million in a seed fund
13. August.2021 - Local.ai, a location analytics startup announced that it raised USD 1.3 Million(INR 9.6 cr) in a seed funding round. This funding round was led by Better Capital and Chiratae Ventures. The round also saw the participation of angel investors like former CPO of Uber, Manik Gupta; former SVP of Clevertap, Kuldeep Dhankar; Sudu Ponnappa, SVP, Go-Jek; CEO...
