Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has committed to investing INR 5,683.50 Cr in Reliance Jio
Postman has raised $150 Mn at a $2 Bn valuation in its Series C investment round
Overall, 11 startups raised around $167.8 Mn funding and one startup acquisition took place
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Every week, more than a dozen startup secure funding and many get acquired. In this weekly series, we bring the latest deals from the Indian startup ecosystem consolidated at a single page.
We bring to you the latest edition of Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week!
In one of the biggest funding rounds, United Arab Emirates-based sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) has committed to investing INR 5,683.50 Cr in Reliance Jio Platforms for 1.16% equity stake. The investment has come at an equity value of INR 4.91 Lakh Cr and an enterprise value of INR 5.16 Lakh Cr.
Meanwhile, US-based Texas Pacific Group, popularly known as TPG Capital, is reportedly in talks to be another investor in Jio Platforms. TPG Capital has been in talks with Reliance Jio for the past few weeks and is expected to invest close to $1 Bn to $1.2 Bn.
Overall, 11 startups raised around $167.8 Mn funding and one startup acquisition took place in the Indian startup ecosystem this week. (This funding report is based on startups that disclosed funding amounts).
Indian Startup Funding Of The Week
- Postman: $150 Mn
- HealthPlix: $6 Mn
- WayCool: $5.5 Mn
- Yolobus: $3.3 Mn
- Toppr: $2 Mn
- Hapramp: $1 Mn
- Knocksense: Undisclosed
- MyKaam: Undisclosed
- WarmOven: Undisclosed
- Myelin Foundry: Undisclosed
- Innoviti: Undisclosed
- Postman
- HealthPlix
- WayCool
- Yolobus
- Toppr
- Hapramp
- Knocksense
- MyKaam
- WarmOven
- Innoviti
- Myelin Foundry
Deeptech startup Myelin Foundry has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Kris Gopalakrishnan’s family office “Pratithi”. The funds will be used for penetration in the OTT market in India and internationally.
Startup Acquisitions Of The Week
- Digital payment solutions startup Infibeam Avenues has acquired Bengaluru-based unified digital technology platform Cardpay Technologies Limited in an all-share deal. With this acquisition, Cardpay will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infibeam. However, Cardpay founders, Manik Singla and Srinivasan, and its team will continue to lead GRIT’s operations and spend management business.
Other Developments Of The Week
- Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) based startup hub NSRCEL has shortlisted 25 fintech startups for a 15-month programme. Many of the selected startups will get funding from the CSR fund of ICICI Securities. Shortlisted startups include Wellmo, WIMWISURE, Zimyo, Tradebeat, Purpletrades, WhatsLoan, Credochain, Mudra Circle, 7Prosper, Jarvis, Capital Quotient, Patten Effect Labs, MinksPay, Paperking, Paymatrix, Phi-Commerce, Zopnote, KhaaliJeb, NearPe, GIM Books, IDOS India, Hylo Challenger and Docboyz.
- The government’s Centre for Augmenting WAR along with Covid-19 Health Crisis (CAWACH), has shortlisted 52 startups developing solutions to tackle the pandemic. CAWACH aims to quickly scale up responses to detect, test, treat and reduce Covid-19 transmission in India.
- Indian Angel Network has announced a partnership with Indifi Technologies to launch a Growth Stage Debt Fund to help IAN portfolio companies get working capital.
- Indian fine jewellery brand Melorra is raising INR 9.3 Cr from Beeline Impex Private Limited, Chowdry Associates and existing investor Lightbox Ventures.
- Account aggregator promoting platform Sahamati has announced India’s first ‘Account Aggregator Hackathon’ which is going to be conducted in July.
- Facebook is reportedly hiring tech investors to help the social media giant set up a multimillion-dollar investment fund.
- Enterprise automation tool JIFFY.ai has raised $18 Mn in Series A funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners. JIFFY.ai, the brand name of Paanini, plans to use this funding for product development, team and customer base expansion and product roadmap enhancements.
- Singapore-based Draper Startup House has launched the Draper Venture Syndicate Network, a seed-stage investment syndicate platform for Indian startups.
- Indian Angel Network has announced a partnership with Indifi Technologies to launch a Growth Stage Debt Fund to help IAN portfolio companies get working capital.
- Mumbai-based Drums Food International, the parent company of yoghurt-brand Epigamia, is raising fresh funding from existing investor New York City-based Danone Manifesto Ventures, the venture investment arm of Danone Manifesto and Mousse Partners.
- Mumbai-based device management platform Servify is raising INR 85.8 Cr from its existing investors Iron Pillar, Tetrao SPF and Blume Ventures.
- Bengaluru-based Arkam Ventures, formerly known as Unitary Helion, has announced the first close of INR 325 Cr for its maiden INR 700 Cr startup fund.
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