Page 52 - Start Ups

With an eye on online shoppers. YouTube buys social commerce startup simsim

The simsim app serves as a platform to connect local businesses, influencers and customers. The company had raised $16 million in 2020

Bella Vita Organic raises $10 million to scale up personal care products

The firm, which has a portfolio of face care, body care and hair care products, has been profitable since inception and plans to push the pedal on growth with this fund-raise

SmartCoin secures debt funding to bring fin services to small entrepreneurs

The company has seen strong demand for micro-credit from tier-2 and 3 cities through the second wave as people grappled with a lack of capital for medical situations and businesses

Meet the man who plans to disrupt the retail coffee biz by democratising it

Chaitanya Chitta's brand SLAY has a three-pronged strategy aimed at ushering a marked shift in coffee drinking from indulgence to habit among millenials, in much the same way as pizza

Automovill raises $500,000 in bridge round from Mumbai Angel Netwrok

With the latest fundraise, the startup has raised $1.2 million since its inception

Blackstone's $250 mn to make Simplilearn world's top digital skills co: CEO

The firm, which is already global, will use the funding to double down in its primary markets such as the US and India and expand in Europe and LatAm

BharatPe offering BMW bikes, iPads and Dubai trips to attract tech talent

The fintech firm aims to triple the strength of its technology team and is hiring 100 candidates

BMW bikes to T20 WC tickets: What BharatPe is offering to its tech joinees

The bike and gadget package is available to anyone referring tech talent to company

Thrasio-like startup GlobalBees raises $150 mn to create a house of brands

This is the largest Series A round by a Thrasio-style startup in the country. With this round, Vikas Agnihotri of Softbank, Harsha Kumar of Lightspeed and others join the GlobalBees board

Globus Infocom expects to grow business by 70% to Rs 350 cr by FY22

Digital classroom solutions company Globus Infocom expects to grow business by around 70 per cent to Rs 350 crore by the end of the current financial year

Droom founder, family office to invest in 10-12 startups every year

Droom founder Sandeep Aggarwal and his family office have invested over Rs 25 crore in 18 startups, they are looking at backing about 10-12 companies a year in startup ecosystem

Andhra Pradesh govt to launch flagship startup promotion scheme

The Andhra Pradesh government will launch a flagship startup promotion scheme Accelerate Startups in AP (ASAP) for early stage startups to offer plug-and-play office space

Google backs Indian voice assistant as a service startup Slang Labs

Slang Labs raised funding from the Google Assistant Investments program. It would use the funding to grow its Voice Assistant as a Service business

Paytm submits draft papers for its $2.2-billion IPO to market regulator

SoftBank-backed Paytm has filed for an initial public offering of up to $2.23 billion, draft papers submitted to the country's market regulator showed on Friday

Vedantu ties up with AI-based interactive digital books platform Pedagogy

The Tiger Global-backed edtech firm intends to make Pedagogy's unique product accessible to Vedantu's 30 million students at an affordable price.

SaaS platform Bookee raises pre-seed funding from Antler India, others

Founded in 2020 by Vistar Singh and Rajat Hans, Bookee is a complete business solution developed with the needs of fitness entrepreneurs at its core

In a first, BASF Venture Capital GmbH invests in Indian startup UrbanKisaan

Conceptualised in 2017, UrbanKisaan operates several suburban greenhouses and vertical indoor farms in Hyderabad and Bangalore

AdmitKard raises Rs 10 cr in pre-series A round from startup founders

The pandemic certainly wreaked havoc on the start-up industry, however, ed-tech has been one of the sectors to witness growth in traction

Pankhuri raises $3.2mn from Surge, India Quotient and Taurus Ventures

Pankhuri is a platform for women in India to network, learn and shop through live streaming, chat, and cohort-based sessions

Flipkart's valuation crosses $37.6 bn after raising $3.6 bn in funding

Flipkart is now among the 10 largest e-commerce companies in the world by valuation, according to experts