Funding in Indian startups this week (12 Oct-17 Oct)
This week 19 Indian startups raised funding, of which 13 received a total sum of about $216 million. Among them, Razorpay raised the highest funding of about $100 million followed by Zomato, which raised $52 million.
Meanwhile, funding for 6 of the total funded startups remained undisclosed.
Below is the summary of deals closed this week
Razorpay: Business-focused payment gateway and neo banking platform Razorpay has raised $100 million in a Series D funding round led by Singapore-based GIC and existing backer Sequoia Capital at a valuation of over $1 billion.
Dukaan: Rankz Inc’s Dukaan, that enables digital storefront for small merchants, has raised $6 million in its seed round led by Lightspeed and Matrix Partners.
Zomato: Foodtech major Zomato has raised $52 million or Rs 380 crore in a new financing tranche from Kora Investments. This is the third tranche of Series J round that began in September with a $62 million infusion from Temasek.
Fleetx.io: SaaS-based fleet management and predictive analytics platform Fleetx.io has raised $3.1 million in a pre-Series B funding round from its existing backers Beenext and India Quotient.
Pepper Content: Content marketplace Pepper Content has raised $4.2 million in its Series A funding round led by Lightspeed India and leading angels in February, this year.
Ninjacart: Walmart and Flipkart have invested $30 million in Bengaluru-based B2B supply chain infrastructure provider Ninjacart.
Wow! Momo: Quick service restaurant chain Wow! Momo has raised $6.1 million in debt funding from Anicut Capital.
Avataar.me: Bengaluru-based 3D AI platform Avataar has raised $7 million from Sequoia Capital India.
TeaMonk: Premium tea brand TeaMonk has raised $0.9 million in a pre-Series A funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures along with Sarcha Ventures, Anil Menon, Jai Gupta, Madhu K Mohan, and Lead Angels also participated.
Miko: Robotics startup Emotix’s brand Miko has raised $3.1 million in a pre-Series B funding round led by Stride Ventures along with existing backers — Chiratae Ventures, YourNest and former Nasscom chairman Keshav Murugesh also participated.
CredR: Mumbai-based used bikes marketplace CredR has raised $2 million from Eight Roads Investments and ON Mauritius.
Satyukt: Satellite data analytics startup Satyukt has raised $0.5 million in seed funding from Nabventures and Social Alpha.
TREAD: Bengaluru-based online fitness startup TREAD has raised $1.1 million in its pre-Seed round from a clutch of angel investors and VC firms.
Undisclosed deals this week