| Date | Title | Description |
| 21.10.2024 | Dairy tech firm Stellapps raises $26 million in a mix of equity and debt | ETtechRanjith Mukundan, CEO of Stellapps
Dairy technology solutions startup Stellapps has raised $26 million in a mix of equity and debt.
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| 14.10.2024 | ADIA-backed Purplle closes Series F at $178 mn, Sharrp Ventures joins cap table | Manish Taneja, CEO, Purplle
Omnichannel beauty platform Purplle Monday said it has closed its Series F funding round, having raised Rs 1,500 crore (around $178.4 million), led by existing investor Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The ... |
| 11.10.2024 | Ex-DealShare Cofounder Floats New Sportstech Startup, Bags $1.1 Mn To Scale Up Sports Academies | SUMMARY
Incorporated in March 2024, the sports tech startup will look to back and assist sports academies across India
The startup has so far raised INR 9.4 Cr in two tranches from the likes of Blume Ventures, Roots Ventures, and Kunal Shah... |
| 26.09.2024 | Secondary focused fund launched by Tribe Capital and Oister Global | With intentions to invest $500 million over the next two years, mostly into growth and late-stage startups, domestic financial investors Oister Global and Tribe Capital India have teamed up to launch their secondary franchise in India.
Oist... |
| 25.09.2024 | Atomicwork Raises Additional $3 Million in Seed Funding This is the second tranche of its seed round. It raised $11 million in September 2023 | Atomicwork, a B2B SaaS startup, announced it had raised an additional USD 3 million in its seed funding round, bringing its total funding to around USD 14 million.
The latest investment round was led by global tech leaders, including promin... |
| 18.09.2024 | Kaleidofin's New Funding: A Boost for Financial Inclusion in India | In the bustling streets of Chennai, a financial revolution is brewing. Kaleidofin, a fintech firm, has secured $13.8 million in fresh funding. This round was led by Rabo Partnerships, a Netherlands-based investor, which contributed $11 mill... |
| 18.09.2024 | Fintech Firm Kaleidofin Secures USD 13.8 Mn Funding Led by Rabo Partnerships The latest investment will fuel Kaleidofin's mission to expand its lending portfolio, enhance its credit scoring capabiliti... | Chennai-based fintech firm Kaleidofin announced that it has raised USD 13.8 million in a funding round led by Netherlands-based Rabo Partnerships B V, which invested USD 11 million.
The remaining capital came from existing backers, includin... |
| 16.09.2024 | Cohort-3 for early-stage D2C brands launched by D2C Insider | With over 10,000 founders as members, D2C Insider is a D2C community that recently introduced its third cohort of the popular Elevate Program.
Designed for early-stage consumer brands with monthly revenue up to Rs 25 lakh, this investment-b... |
| 13.09.2024 | Futwork's Funding Boost: A Leap into AI-Driven Contact Centers | In the bustling world of tech startups, Futwork has emerged as a beacon of innovation. The Mumbai-based company recently secured INR 21 crore in a Series A funding round. This investment was led by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and ... |
| 13.09.2024 | Futwork Secures INR 21 Cr Series A Funding to Scale AI-Driven Contact Center Solutions Previously, the Mumbai-based company had secured USD 1 million in a seed round led by Blume Ventures in 2022. | Mobile app-based contact center solution Futwork has raised INR 21 crore in a Series A funding round, led by the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and Artha Venture Fund, with participation from D2C Insider Angels and investor Abhishek Goya... |
| 01.09.2024 | Post-sales service company Servify raised $10 M debt and equity funding | With a combination of debt and equity, post-sales service company Servify has raised Rs 84 crore ($10 million) in a new Series D round led by Bajaj Holdings, Trifecta, and Innoven Capital.
According to Servify’s regulatory filings with the ... |
| 16.08.2024 | FASHOR Raises USD 5 Mn from Blume Ventures to Fuel Omnichannel Growth and Brand Expansion The new funding will be directed toward enhancing FASHOR's omnichannel growth, building brand presence, and op... | FASHOR, a Chennai-based D2C women's apparel brand specialising in trendy Indian and Indo-western clothing, has secured USD 5 million in funding from Blume Ventures. Sprout Capital and Private Circle served as the financial advisors for the ... |
| 07.08.2024 | IppoPay receives investment from CaratLane founder and Jaipur Gems’ CEO | Mithun Sacheti, the founder of CaratLane, and Siddhartha Sacheti, the CEO of Jaipur Gems, have contributed an undisclosed sum to the fintech startup IppoPay.
Back in January 2022, the Chennai-based company had previously raised $2.1 million... |
| 26.07.2024 | IVCA's Climate and Sustainability Council 2024–26 to Catalyse a Green Investment Revolution in India | New Delhi, Delhi, India
India’s apex industry body for alternative assets, the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA), today introduced the new Climate and Sustainability Council for the term 2024-26. The council will be co... |
| 25.07.2024 | Компания Wiz, занимающаяся кибербезопасностью, отменила сделку с Google на $23 млрд | Израильский стартап в области кибербезопасности Wiz прекратил переговоры о сделке стоимостью $23 млрд с Alphabet, владеющей Google, в результате которой компания стала бы крупнейшим приобретением американского технологического гиганта, сооб... |
| 17.07.2024 | Fintech startup Multipl raises $1.5 million funding in round led by Blume Ventures, MIXI Global Investments | ETtechL to R: Paddy Raghavan, Jags Raghavan and Vikas Jain, founders, Multipl
Fintech startup Multipl has raised $1.5 million in a funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures and MIXI Global Investments.
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| 03.07.2024 | India’s Twitter Rival Koo Shuts Down After Acquisition Talks With Dailyhunt Fail | SUMMARY
The four-year-old startup’s decision to wind up was triggered after its likely acquisition by online media firm Dailyhunt failed
Despite raising over $50 Mn from prominent investors like Tiger Global, Accel, 3one4 Capital, Kalaari C... |
| 14.06.2024 | Ethereal Machines Revolutionizing Precision Manufacturing | Ethereal Machines, a cutting-edge manufacturing startup, recently secured a whopping $13 million in Series A funding from Peak XV Partners and Steadview Capital. This funding will fuel their research and development efforts, the constructio... |
| 14.06.2024 | Ethereal Machines raised $13 M Series A funding from Peak XV and Steadview | Peak XV Partners and Steadview Capital led a $13 million Series A round for advanced manufacturing startup Ethereal Machines. Participating in this round were Blume Ventures, Enam Investments, and Sandeep Singhal, three previous investors.
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| 31.05.2024 | Euler Motors raised $24 M Series C funding from Piramal Alternatives | Euler Motors, a manufacturer of commercial electric vehicles, has raised an additional Rs 200 crore ($24 million) in a Series C round led by new investor Piramal Alternatives India Access Fund. The funding tranche also included participatio... |
| 30.05.2024 | Euler Motors Raises INR 200 Crore in Series C Funding Round | Euler Motors, a commercial electric vehicle manufacturer, has secured an additional INR 200 crore in its Series C funding round. The funding was led by Piramal Alternatives India Access Fund, along with existing investors British Internatio... |
| 29.05.2024 | EV maker Euler Motors raises additional $24 mn, closes Series C round | Commercial electric-vehicle maker Euler Motors, which raised nearly $60 million in fresh capital in October 2022 and about $14.5 million in November 2023 as a part of its Series C round, has secured another Rs 200 crore, closing the round, ... |
| 29.05.2024 | Euler Motors raises $24 Mn led by Piramal Alternatives | Commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Euler Motors has raised Rs 200 crore ($24 million) more in Series C round led by new investor Piramal Alternatives India Access Fund. Existing investors British International Investment and Blume V... |
| 29.05.2024 | GIC-backed India's Euler Motors closes Series C round with additional $24m funding | Euler Motors, which is backed by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, has closed its Series C funding round with additional funding of Rs 200 crore ($24 million) led by existing investors British International Investment, Blume Ventures a... |
| 27.05.2024 | These Asian startups offer a silver lining to aging issues | Premium Content
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Elyssa Lopez · 11h ago · 9 min readThese Asian startups offer a silver lining to ag... |
| 15.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics: A Rising Star in Agritech Robotics | Niqo Robotics, formerly known as TartanSense, has been making waves in the agritech industry with its innovative approach to agricultural robotics. Recently, the company raised $9 million in funding from Brida Innovation Ventures, marking a... |
| 15.05.2024 | Dunzo-backer Blume Ventures looking to tap India's greying population | Dunzo- and Unacademy-backer Blume Ventures is turning its attention towards the elderly in India as the world’s most populous country starts to grey. |
| 15.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics raised $13 M Series B funding to scale globally | The agritech robotics company Niqo Robotics (previously TartanSense) revealed that Brida Innovation Ventures led a $13 million Series B round of funding. Significant contributions were also made to the round by Omnivore, an existing investo... |
| 14.05.2024 | Niqo Robotics raises $13 Mn in Series B round to scale globally | Agritech robotics firm Niqo Robotics (formerly TartanSense) on Tuesday announced that it has raised $13 million in a Series B round led by Brida Innovation Ventures. The round also saw significant investments from new investor Fulcrum Globa... |
| 03.05.2024 | 5 Venture Capitalists Who Recently Closed Their Funds Here are the India-focused VCs that announced the closing of their funds. | - |
| 10.04.2024 | Sprinto Revolutionizes Compliance Management with $20M Funding | Sprinto, a leading security compliance and risk platform, has secured a $20 million Series B funding round to enhance its automation capabilities and expand its customer base. The company aims to streamline the cumbersome compliance managem... |
| 10.04.2024 | Compliance Automation Startup Sprinto Secures USD 20 Mn from Accel, Elevation Capital, and Blume Ventures The San Francisco and Bengaluru-based platform aims to deploy fresh funds for R&D, with a ... | - |
| 10.04.2024 | Sportstech platform Hudle raised Rs 7 Cr Pre-series A funding | In its pre-Series A funding round, which was spearheaded by Inflection Point Ventures and Sky Impact Capital, sportstech platform Hudle has raised Rs 7 crore. Survam Partners and Anay Ventures also participated in the round.
The company sta... |
| 09.04.2024 | Sprinto raises $20 million in funding from Accel, Elevation Capital, Blume Ventures | ETtechL to R - Sprinto cofounders Girish Redekar and Raghuveer Kancherla
Sprinto, a risk and compliance automation platform for businesses, has raised $20 million in an equity funding round led by Accel, with participation from existing inv... |
| 09.04.2024 | Sprinto raises $20M to bring automation to security compliance management | Sprinto, a security compliance and risk platform, has raised a $20 million Series B round to build more automation into its compliance management platform and widen its customer base to include the wide gamut of companies that operate digit... |
| 07.04.2024 | Indian risk compliance firm secures $20m to fuel R&D in AI, automation | InvestmentsNews
Miguel Cordon · 1d ago · 2 min readIndian risk compliance firm secures $20m to fuel R&D in AI, automation
Sprinto founders Girish Redekar (left) and Raghuveer Kancherla / Photo credit: Sprinto
Cybersecurity startups, esp... |
| 05.04.2024 | Revolutionizing Sales with AI: SiftHub Secures $5.5M Funding | SiftHub, an AI startup founded by Manisha Raisinghani, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to enhance sales efficiency. The platform aims to streamline sales processes by providing accurate responses and up-to-date information through A... |
| 04.04.2024 | AI platform SiftHub Secures USD 5.5 Mn Led by Matrix Partners India and Blume Ventures The majority of the funding will be used by the US-based AI platform for early go-to-market (GTM) motion and prod... | - |
| 04.04.2024 | Indian AI startup banks $5.5m seed round to help salespeople sell better | Artificial IntelligenceInvestmentsNews
Putra Muskita · 6h ago · 2 min readIndian AI startup banks $5.5m seed round to help salespeople sell better
SiftHub founder Manisha Raisinghani / Photo credit: SiftHub
When a customer enters a sales me... |
| 03.04.2024 | SaaS entrepreneur Raisinghani’s new AI venture nabs $5.5M to boost sales efficiency | SiftHub, an AI startup founded by the former CTO and co-founder of LogiNext, Manisha Raisinghani, has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to build out its AI assistant, which is aimed at helping sales and presales teams focus more on buildi... |
| 22.03.2024 | Wearable technology firm Ultrahuman raised $35 M Series B funding | The wearable technology company Ultrahuman has raised $35 million in its Series B round from Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, and Alpha Wave, using a combination of debt and equity.
The founder and CEO of Zomato, D... |
| 21.03.2024 | Ultrahuman Revolutionizes Health Tech with $35M Funding Boost | Ultrahuman, a trailblazer in wearable health tech, secures $35M in Series B funding to fuel growth and innovation. Led by top investors like Blume Ventures and Steadview Capital, this funding marks a significant milestone for Ultrahuman, pr... |
| 21.03.2024 | Wearable Tech Startup Ultrahuman Raises USD 35 Mn in Series B from Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital and Others The Bengaluru-based health monitoring device maker will allocate the funds to enhance ma... | - |
| 21.03.2024 | Ultrahuman raises $35 mn to accelerate growth, research in health space | Wearable tech company Ultrahuman has raised a $35 million equity and debt investment round. The Series B funding round saw participation from venture capital firms Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital, Nexus Venture Partners, Alpha Wave, and Z... |
| 20.03.2024 | Smart ring maker Ultrahuman has its eye on Oura’s crown | India’s Ultrahuman is prepping for a growth tear. Today it’s announcing the close of $35 million in Series B* funding, a mix of equity ($25M) and debt. The smart ring startup is a less familiar name than category veteran — and market leader... |
| 20.03.2024 | Health monitoring device maker Ultrahuman raises $35 million in mix of equity and debt funding from existing investors | ETtechMohit Kumar, cofounder and CEO, Ultrahuman
Ultrahuman, which sells wearable devices and services that help users track metabolic health, has raised a $35 million financing round in a mix of equity and debt.
The round was co-led by exi... |
| 20.03.2024 | Ultrahuman Scores $35M to Expand Smart Ring for AI-Powered Health Tracking | What You Should Know:
– Ultrahuman, a pioneer in wearable health technology raises $35M in Series B funding led by prominent like Blume Ventures and Steadview Capital.
– Ultrahuman is set to achieve a significant milestone by the end of 202... |
| 24.02.2024 | Blume Ventures led Rs 14.9 Cr raised by healthcare edtech Virohan in extended Pre-Series B round | In an extended pre-Series B round headed by Blume Ventures, healthcare edtech startup Virohan raised Rs 14.9 crore, or $1.8 million. The Gurugram-based company had a 14-month break before this funding round.
Along with Suneight OK Partnersh... |
| 04.10.2023 | Blume Ventures and IndiaQuotient Back Fintech Startup DPDzero with $3.25M Seed Investment | DPDzero, a fintech startup that helps lenders scale their collections via its repayments stack, has raised $3.25 million (Rs 27.05 crore) in a seed funding round co-led by Blume Ventures and IndiaQuotient. Angel investors Sunil Gulati and N... |
| 25.07.2023 | Blume Ventures, Peak XV’s Surge led $7.3 M funding raised by Ethereal Machines | A player in advanced manufacturing, Ethereal Machines, has raised $7.3 million in a fresh round that included funding from Blume Ventures, Peak XV’s Surge, and individuals like Ganapathy Subramaniam and Lip-Bu Tan. Other investors in the ro... |
| 06.07.2023 | Battery Smart raises $33 million in funding from Tiger Global, Blume Ventures, others | ETtechBattery Smart founders Pulkit Khurana (left) and Siddharth Sikka.
Battery-swapping firm Battery Smart on Thursday said it had raised $33 million from investors in a 'Pre-Series B funding round'.
The round saw investments by existing i... |
| 24.06.2023 | Blume Ventures closes first $25 M tranche of its new opportunity fund | The first close of Blume Ventures’ brand-new opportunity fund, Fund 1Y, has been announced. This is Blume’s third growth fund, and of the intended Rs 400 crore ($50 million), Rs 200 crore ($25 million) has already been raised.
This new fund... |
| 22.06.2023 | Fundraise. Blume Ventures closes its first opportunity fund with ₹200 crore | Blume Ventures has announced the first close for its new opportunity fund, Fund 1Y, by securing ₹200 crore out of the targeted ₹400 crore.
This new fund comes soon after the close of a $290 million Fund IV last year in a market perceived as... |
| 22.06.2023 | Blume Ventures Aims to Bet on Its Current Portfolio With the New Opportunity Fund On Thursday, Blume Ventures announced the first close of its new opportunity fund, Fund 1Y. This is Blume's third grow... | - |
| 05.01.2023 | EV charging aggregator ElectricPe closes pre-Series A round at $5 million led by Blume Ventures | ElectricPe will use the combined capital of $8 million to deepen technology investments and scale operations.
Founded in 2021, ElectricPe has built 10,000 live charging points in Bangalore till date.
The funding round was led by Green Front... |
| 03.01.2023 | OTT platform STAGE raises Rs 40Cr led by Blume Ventures | Advertisment
The platform has produced many web series in Haryanvi, including Akhada, Group-D, College Kaand, Opri Parai, etc. On the back of this strong product-market fit and customer love, STAGE launched the Rajasthani dialect in June 2... |
| 03.01.2023 | Shark Tank S2 participant STAGE raises ₹40 crore in a Series A round | Indore-based Indian OTT platform STAGE claims it has over 225,000 paid subscribers across Haryana and Rajasthan.
The startup aims to launch content in top 20 dialects in India, which have a potential to reach over 200 million households.
NB... |
| 03.01.2023 | Regional OTT startup Stage raises Rs 40 crore in funding round led by Blume Ventures | ETtechStage founders Parveen Singhal, Vinay Singhal, Shashank Vaishnav
Stage, a dialect-based over-the-top (OTT) platform, said on Tuesday it has raised Rs 40 crore in funding in a round led by Blume Ventures, with participation by NB Ventu... |
| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures Closes Its Fourth Fund At Over $250 Million | - |
| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures closes fourth fund at over $250 mn, exceeds target | (L-R) Karthik Reddy, Ashish Fafadia, Sanjay Nath, co-founders, Blume Ventures
Early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures has marked the final close of its fourth fund at over $250 million (around Rs 2,000 crore), exceeding its target c... |
| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures announces closing its fund for start-ups at $250 mn | Blume Ventures, the homegrown venture capital firm focused on early-stage technology start-ups, said on Wednesday it has closed its Fund IV at more than $250 million. The company’s assets under management (AUM) stand at over $600 million.
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| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures Closes Its Largest-Ever Fund At $250 Mn | The fund has been backed by Indian and global family offices, sovereign wealth funds and Fund of Funds
Blume invests in startups operating in diverse sectors including edtech, fintech, health, commerce, consumer internet, AI, SaaS and enter... |
| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures closes fourth fund at over $250 mn, exceeds target | Blume Ventures closes fourth fund at over $250 mn, exceeds target 2 min read . Updated: 07 Dec 2022, 11:35 AM IST Shubhobrota Dev Roy,Malvika Maloo
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| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures closes $250-million fourth fund | Homegrown VC Blume Ventures has announced the close of its Fund IV at over $250 million bringing the firm’s AUM (assets under management) to over $600 million.
Blume focuses on early-stage, technology-led startups building to solve large im... |
| 07.12.2022 | India's Blume Ventures raises over $250 million for new fund | - |
| 07.12.2022 | Unacademy, Dunzo backer Blume Ventures closes largest India-dedicated fund at $250m | Early-stage venture firm Blume Ventures, which has backed the likes of Dunzo and Unacademy, has raised $250 million for its fourth India-dedicated fund, as it looks to make inroads into the country despite a slowdown in deal activity global... |
| 07.12.2022 | Homegrown VC firm Blume Ventures closes Fund IV at $250M | Advertisment
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| 07.12.2022 | Blume Ventures closes its largest India-dedicated fund at $250 million | ETtech(From left) Karthik Reddy, cofounder and partner; Ashish Fafadia, partner; Sanjay Nath, co-founder and partner
Early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures has made the final close of its fourth India-dedicated fund with a corpus o... |
| 06.12.2022 | India’s Blume Ventures more than doubles in size, raises over $250 million for new fund | Indian venture firm Blume has raised over $250 million for a new fund, its fourth and largest, as it looks to get more aggressive in courting early-stage startups and going deeper into supporting its portfolio firms at a time when the deal ... |
| 26.09.2022 | Blume Ventures Announces First Close Of Fund IV At $105 Million | - |
| 16.07.2022 | Multicoin Capital Announces $430 Million Venture Fund III | Multicoin Capital, a crypto fund founded in 2017, announced last week its latest venture fund, $430 million Venture Fund III. |
| 12.07.2022 | Blume Ventures led $2.5 M Pre-series A funding raised by Aerem | Aerem, an Indian company that finances solar panels, has secured US $2.5 million in a pre-series A round that was co-founded and financed by Blume Ventures.
Anand Jain, a former investment banker at Lehman Brothers who founded Aerem last ye... |
| 02.02.2022 | Data Snapshot: Seed stage deals more than doubled for India agrifood startups in FY21 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 11.01.2022 | SaaS startup GlamPlus raises $700K in a pre-Series A round led by Blume Ventures, IPV | Advertisment
According to Glamplus, the raised capital will be utilized in vertical tech SaaS capabilities along with the expansion of its B2B marketplace business. " New Funds will be utilized in enhancing tech capabilities, going de... |
| 03.01.2022 | Exotel raises $40M for its full-stack customer engagement platform | Exotel said on Tuesday it has raised $40 million in a financing round, just three months after securing $35 million in funding, as the Bangalore-based startup demonstrates growth for its full-stack customer engagement platform in emerging m... |
| 17.12.2021 | Bureau Unveils Secure Transactions for Global Emerging Markets with Easy ID Verification and Guaranteed Fraud Protection | “We are excited to see Bureau’s growth and ambition to become the gold standard to ensure that people and businesses can truly trust one another enough to transact safely, and deliver digital and financial inclusion.”
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| 15.12.2021 | Data Snapshot: India’s farm tech startups raised $527m in total last year | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 15.12.2021 | Data Snapshot: Funding to India’s farm tech startups increased 22% to $527m in FY2021 | Data Snapshot is a regular AFN feature in which we analyze agrifoodtech market investment data provided by our parent company, AgFunder. Click here for more research from AgFunder and sign up to our newsletter to receive alerts about new re... |
| 24.11.2021 | Blume Ventures Announces First Close Of Fund IV At $105 Million | - |
| 23.11.2021 | India’s Blume Ventures raises $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund | Blume Ventures said on Wednesday it has raised $105 million in the first close of its fourth fund, less than two years after finalizing its previous fund, as investment activity intensifies in the world’s second largest internet market.
The... |
| 25.08.2021 | BREAKING: FMC, Omnivore lead $5m investment in Indian ag robotics startup TartanSense | TartanSense, an Indian startup devleoping robotics solutions aimed at smallholder farmers, has raised $5 million in Series A funding.
FMC Ventures, the VC arm of US agrochemicals giant FMC, led the round alongside Mumbai-based agrifoodtech ... |
| 30.06.2021 | Fintech startup Slice raises $20 million from Gunosy and Blume Ventures at over $73.7 million evaluation | Bangalore-based Fintech startup Slice has acquired $20 million in investment funding from their present investors Gunosy and Blume Ventures at an undisclosed estimate. The credit card platform allows customers’ flexibility in handling credi... |
| 01.06.2021 | Jai Kisan nets $30m Series A funding from Mirae Asset, Syngenta | Indian ag fintech startup Jai Kisan has raised 2.17 billion rupees ($30 million) in a Series A round comprising equity and debt funding. |
| 30.05.2021 | BREAKING: Jai Kisan nets $30m Series A funding from Mirae Asset, Syngenta | Indian ag fintech startup Jai Kisan has raised 2.17 billion rupees ($30 million) in a Series A round comprising equity and debt funding.
South Korea’s Mirae Asset led the round, with existing investors Arkam Ventures, Better Capital, Blume ... |
| 30.05.2021 | Jai Kisan’s fintech for farmers nets $30m Series A from Mirae Asset, Syngenta | Indian ag fintech startup Jai Kisan has raised ₹2.17 billion ($30 million) in a Series A round comprising equity and debt funding.
South Korea’s Mirae Asset led the round, with existing investors Arkam Ventures, Better Capital, Blume Ventur... |
| 17.03.2021 | India’s Pixxel scores $7.3m to bring hyperspectral imaging to ag & beyond | Indian satellite imaging startup Pixxel has emerged from stealth mode with $7.3 million in seed funding, it revealed today.
Agrifoodtech specialist VC Omnivore and US accelerator Techstars were among the new investors to come on board, join... |
| 10.03.2021 | Mumbai based investment firm Blume Ventures raises INR 350 crore | Blume Ventures, a Mumbai based investment firm, announced early in March 2021 that it has raised Rs. 350 crore for its new secondary fund, Fund 1x, that was launched together with Avendus Capital. |
| 05.03.2021 | Blume Ventures raises Rs 350 Cr secondary vehicle fund in partnership with Avendus | Blume Ventures, the homegrown and early-stage venture capital firm has successfully closed a differentiated secondary vehicle fund at Rs 350 crore in partnership with Avendus, a leading investment banking firm.
Called the Blume Ventures Fun... |
| 08.01.2021 | Blume Ventures Backs Chingari, Indiagold Through New Founders Fund | Early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures has announced the launch of a ‘Blume Founders Fund’ through which it has invested in five companies so far. These include short video app Chingari, fintech platform Indiagold, lifestyle DTC br... |
| 08.01.2021 | Blume launches ‘Founders Fund’ to back startups outside its core investment program | Venture capital firm Blume Ventures has launched its ‘Founders Fund’ to invest in startups outside its core investment program and engage with more founders.
According to Blume, the program will utilise 1-2% of the core investment funds and... |
| 30.12.2020 | Sequoia Tops Indian Startup VC Charts In 2020 Amid Massive Unicorn Run | Despite the pandemic and the lockdown, the growth of Indian startups remained unfettered in 2020. The ecosystem grew up to be the third largest startup ecosystem in the world, with a new startup entering the unicorn club practically every m... |
| 17.09.2020 | Blume Ventures’ Karthik Reddy on Indian startup ecosystem, geo-political tension with China and coronavirus | Despite the coronavirus outbreak, which has slowed down deal-making across the world, dozens of startups in India have raised considerable amounts in recent months. Unacademy, which raised $110 million in February, closed a new round of $15... |
| 25.08.2020 | Top 10 EdTech Startups in India | BYJU’S- The Learning App is the brand name of popular Indian EdTech startup Think and Learn Private Ltd. It was founded by Byju Raveendran in 2011. The startup is headquartered in Bengaluru. |
| 17.06.2020 | Fintech startup Jai Kisan banks $3.9m to give India’s smallholder farmers access to cheaper finance | Ask any shopkeeper, milkman, dhobi (launderer), or other merchant in India how many people owe them money for their services, and how much they’re owed. You’re likely to get two high numbers.
In fact, it’s common across the board for Indian... |
| 19.05.2020 | SoftBank reports $24bn loss on startup investments, with agrifood performance unclear | SoftBank – one of the world’s most active agrifoodtech investors last year – has reported a ¥1.9 trillion ($17.7 billion) annual loss on its Vision Fund startup portfolio.
This staggering deficit from the Vision Fund – which SoftBank launch... |
| 25.02.2020 | Blume Ventures raises a USD 41 million opportunity fund for portfolio startups | Indian early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures on Monday said it has raised a USD 41 million “opportunity fund” to invest in a select group of portfolio companies. Formally known as Fund IIA which is meant for follow-on investments,... |
| 24.02.2020 | Blume Ventures closes opportunity fund at $41M | Home-grown early-stage VC firm Blume Ventures on Monday announced that it had completed the final close of its opportunity fund, Fund IIA, in December 2019. The final close was at $41 million, raised from both domestic and international inv... |
| 23.02.2020 | Blume Ventures raises $41 million opportunity fund | Karthik Reddy, managing partner at Blume Ventures. (Mint) Blume Ventures raises $41 million opportunity fund 2 min read . Updated: 23 Feb 2020, 11:19 PM IST M. Sriram
The fund is designed to invest in best performing portfolio companies
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| 19.02.2020 | Facebook backs Indian education startup Unacademy | Unacademy, one of India’s fastest growing education startups, has just received the backing of a major technology giant: Facebook.
The social juggernaut has participated in the four-year-old Indian startup’s Series E financing round, source... |
| 19.02.2020 | Blume Ventures announces final close of Fund III at $102M | Home-grown early-stage VC firm Blume Ventures announced the final close of Blume Ventures Fund III at $102 million. The VC firm made its first close in late 2018, of which the final close was in December last year.
Started in 2011, Blume Ve... |
