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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli invest in vegan meat start-up Blue Tribe

The company's products contain pea, soybean, lentils, grains, and other vegetarian ingredients that mechanically extract proteins, vitamins, and other nutrients

Dental care startup Smikes nets $23 mn from Alpha Wave, Sequoia, Chiratae

Dental care startup Smiles.ai has raised USD 23 million (around Rs 172 crore) in Series A funding led by Alpha Wave Incubation that is managed by Falcon Edge Capital, and with strong participation from existing investors Sequoia Capital India and Chiratae Ventures. The Bengaluru-based startup said the other investors in the round include MBX Capital, Wami Capital and angel investors - Peyush Bansal & Amit Chaudhary of Lenskart, Aakrit Vaish of Haptik, Revant Bhate of Mosaic Wellness, Miten Sampat of CRED, Sambhav Rakhyan of WTW. Smiles.ai marks US-based healthcare focused fund, MBX Capital's first investment in the country, it added. This funding comes within a year of the company raising a USD 1 million seed round co-led by Sequoia Capital India and Chiratae Ventures with participation from some angels and family offices. Smiles.ai will deploy this funding for expanding its footprint nationally, strengthening the leadership team, and building innovative tech-driven dental care ...

What lessons does Elizabeth Holmes' fall have for startup investors?

Billionaire Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty of defrauding investors. What lessons does the Homes-saga hold for startup investors back home, this report finds out

Record number of unicorns in 2021 as race for such valuation takes longer

Karnataka has emerged the biggest source of start-ups in India

Financial security firm MetaMap raises Rs 530 cr for business expansion

Start-up offers solutions for fraud prevention, identity and financial qualification, and credential sourcing.

Robotics firm ARAPL Raas raises funding for warehouse automation

Company says its technology reduces the cost of operations for companies in instant commerce.

Start-up Electra EV sees turnover doubling for its product as demand rises

25% of e-four-wheelers on Indian roads had an Electra EV powertrain in FY20, the company says.

Healthtech platform Innovaccer raises $150 mn at $3.2-bn valuation

Company announces new Innovation Accelerators to help customers tackle the most common and high-impact clinical, operational, and financial use cases

HR tech start-up Skillr raises $1.2 mn from Binny Bansal, Kunal Shah

The funds will be used to build a strong team, boost product development, and co-build powerful hiring solutions with early customers in India and the United States~

SaaS start-up Spry, led by ex-CTO of Ola, raises $3 mn in seed round

Capital to bolster product development and drive expansion in India and US

EV start-up Oben raises $1.5 mn to launch 100% homegrown electric bike

The one-year-old company says it will deliver its first batch of EVs in next six months

Chennai-based WEGoT raises $1.5 million to expand footprint across India

Strategic round was led by GRUHAS Proptech (promoted by Abhijeet Pai of Puzzolana Group, Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha), Rahul Talwar-DLF Family Office, Harshad Reddy-Apollo Hospitals Family

Farm e-commerce start-up AgroStar raises $70 mn in Series D from Hero, CDC

The company has over 5 million farmers on its platform across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh

Cybersecurity start-up CloudSEK raises Rs 50 crore in Series A funding

The round will be used to speed up CloudSEK's sales and marketing across Asia-Pacific, West Asia, and North America. The firm will also ramp up its R&D to combat sophisticated global threats

TechEagle delivers lifesaving medicines using hybrid drone in Meghalaya

The collaboration with the state govt is aimed at transforming the healthcare supply chain for hard-to-reach population

Grammarly raises fresh capital fund at a valuation of $13 billion

Grammarly uses machine learning to assist not only with basic writing, but also spell-check, grammar, tone of language and context.

EV startup Rivian could be worth nearly as much as Honda in U.S. IPO

The startup is looking to raise up to $8.4 billion, setting it up to be the third-largest initial public offering (IPO) by funds raised in the past decade in the United States.

RaRa Delivery raises $3.25 mn led by Sequoia Capital's Surge, East Ventures

RaRa Delivery is Southeast Asia's only last-mile logistics company in the one to three-hour deliveries segment for e-commerce

Logistics-tech start-up Pickrr raises $12 million in Series B round

The start-up will use the funding to drive product development and expand its network of fulfilment centres across the country

Zomato raises $1.26 bn in IPO, valuation to reach $8 bn: Report

The company, which is backed by Ant Group, will be valued at up to $8 billion following the IPO which is the first for a food delivery group in India.