Meera Vankipuram
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Indian agri services firm Arya raises $6m from Omnivore, LGT Lightstone Aspada
Arya’s clients include farmers, farmer producer organisations, financial institutions, commodity traders.
Microsoft, Accenture tie up to help social-impact startups
The programme will focus on agriculture, education and healthcare.
Ahead of IPO, Freshworks India arm reports net profit of over $4m
This is a 76 per cent increase in net profit in 2017-18.
India: Trell raises $4m in pre-Series A from Sequoia Surge, Fosun RZ Capital
Trell will use the funds to strengthen its technology stack, acquire talent and grow the community.
Samsung Venture Investment leads $3m funding in India’s Flickstree
Flickstree plans to use the funds to further develop proprietary technology around video content and expand into SEA.
India: Unacademy, Byju’s success lifts fortunes of edtech startups
India saw 34 venture capital deals worth $399 million in the education technology space last year.
India: Agritech startup Clover raises $5.5m from Omnivore, Accel
Clover is an agritech platform that works with farmers across India and markets greenhouse-grown produce.
Inflexor Ventures launches $100m fund to invest in Indian tech startups
The VC firm will make 6-8 investments from the fund this year.
Indian tea cafe chain Chaayos raises $21.5m led by Think Investments
Chaayos plans to use the corpus to expand its store network, ramp up headcount, and invest in technology.
India’s CitiusTech earmarks $100m for acquisitions across geographies
CitiusTech, that has a strong presence in the US, aims to enter newer markets through the M&A route.
