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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

RACEnergy, Tango Eye, Renewate, Gourmet Garden, Rare Planet, and Harmonizer India did not disclose their financial details.

Inflection Point Ventures $150K invests in Ed-tech platform Edvizo

*Every week we track startups that have raised fresh investment. Stay tuned for next week roundup

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