Prasannata Patwa
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Indian micro-delivery startup Milkbasket raises $7m funding led by Mayfield
Existing investors Kalaari Capital, Unilever Ventures and Beenext Pte Ltd also participated in the round.
India: Prime Venture backs Foodybuddy’s pre-Series A funding round
The company will use the funds to develop the product and expand the team.
Japan’s Sansan bags $26.4m from T. Rowe, DCM Ventures to boost India growth
Sansan raised $26.43 million in Series E funding from Japan Post Capital, T. Rowe Price, SBI Investment and DCM Ventures.
India: Online marketplace Shop101 in talks with Kalaari, Unilever to raise $11-12m
The funds will be used for technological development and expanding into new categories such as beauty and personal care.
India: Local language news aggregator Dailyhunt looks to raise $100m funding
Dailyhunt raised over $6 million in a bridge round of funding in September but is now looking for fresh capital to build a war chest as it takes on ne
Saas startup Verloop raises $3m from IDFC Parampara Fund, others
Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan, and Ranjan Pai, chairman, Manipal Education and Medical Group, also participated in the funding round.
Online tutoring platform Vedantu raises $11m led by Omidyar Network
Vedantu competes with online education startups including Byju’s and Unacademy.
India: Robotics startup DeTech raises $3.3m led by SAIF Partners
Existing investors such as Bharath Innovation Fund, Axilor Ventures and BlueHill Capital Pvt Ltd joined the round.
InnoVen leads $6m funding in Indian weight loss app HealthifyMe
The company said it will use the capital to get 100 million new customers on the platform in India and abroad, starting with Malaysia and followed by
Farm produce delivery platform NinjaCart in advanced talks to raise $20-25m
Existing investors of NinjaCart include Accel Partners, M&S Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Nandan Nilekani’s NRJN Trust and Mistletoe.
