From Vastu To Ultraviolette – Indian Startups Raised $250 Mn This Week

From Vastu To Ultraviolette – Indian Startups Raised 0 Mn This Week


SUMMARY

Between December 2 and 7, Indian startups cumulatively raised $249.6 Mn across 18 deals, a 72% increase from the $144.8 Mn raised across 14 deals in the previous week

In its investor presentation, Prosus disclosed it infused $100 Mn in NBFC Vastu Housing Finance and $80 Mn in fintech Mintifi in October

Peak XV was the most active investor through the week, backing RaptorX.ai, MasterChow and Enterpret

The last month of 2024 kicked off with a slew of interesting developments for the world’s third largest startup ecosystem. While Ecom Express and Smartworks received markets regulator SEBI’s nod for their initial public offerings (IPOs), fintech Mobikwik filed its red herring prospectus (RHP) within the first week of December.

The Indian startup ecosystem continued to show signs of maturity throughout the week propelled by an uptick in the funding momentum. Between December 2 and 7, startups cumulatively raised $249.6 Mn across 18 deals, marking a 72% surge from the $144.8 Mn raised across 14 deals in the preceding week.

 

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [ Nov 2 – Nov 7 ]

Date Name Sector Subsector Business Model Funding Round Size Funding Round Type Investors Lead Investor
1 Dec 2024 Vastu Fintech Lendingtech B2C $100 Mn – Prosus –
1 Dec 2024 Minitifi Fintech Lendingtech B2B $79.9 Mn Prosus –
4 Dec 2024 Enterpret Enterprisetech Horizontal SaaS B2B $20.8 Mn Series A Canaan Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Peak XV Partners, Wing Ventures, and Recall Capital, Lauryn Motamedi, Elena Verna, Nan Yu Canaan Partners
4 Dec 2024 Ultraviolette Cleantech Electric Vehicle B2C $15.3 Mn – Zoho, Lingotto, Mudhal Partners, Ojas Consultation Zoho
6 Dec 2024 Orange Health Healthtech Healthcare Services B2C $12 Mn – Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund, Accel, General Catalyst, Bertelsmann India Investments, Y Combinator Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund
30 Nov 2024 MasterChow* Ecommerce D2C B2C $6.5 Mn Series A Tanglin Venture Partners, Peak XV Partners, Anicut Capital, WEH Ventures Tanglin Venture Partners
2 Dec 2024 Advantage Club Enterprisetech Horizontal SaaS B2B $4 Mn – Axilor Ventures, AFG Ventures, Bytez Ventures, Alteria Capital Axilor Ventures
3 Dec 2024 ZFunds Fintech Investment Tech B2C $3 Mn Seed Elevation Capital, Yashish Dahiya Elevation Capital
5 Dec 2024 The Money Club Fintech Investment Tech B2C $2.5 Mn Series A Prudent Investment Managers, Venture Catalysts, LetsVenture, Z21, Supermorepheus Prudent Investment Managers
4 Dec 2024 WickedGud Ecommerce D2C B2C $2.3 Mn pre-Series A Orios Venture Partners, Asiana Alternative Investment Fund Orios Venture Partners
5 Dec 2024 Terractive Ecommerce D2C B2C $945K pre-Series A Fireside Ventures, DeVC Fireside Ventures, DeVC
5 Dec 2024 Neuranics Healthtech Healthcare Services B2C $700K Seed Inflection Point Ventures Inflection Point Ventures
5 Dec 2024 Atmosphere–The Store Makers Consumer Services Home Decor B2B $591K Seed Artha Venture Fund, PIL Italica Lifestyle Artha Venture Fund, PIL Italica Lifestyle
5 Dec 2024 Medial Media & Entertainment Social Media B2C $500K pre-Series A OG Capital OG Capital
2 Dec 2024 RaptorX.ai Enterprisetech Horizontal SaaS B2B $472K pre-Seed Peak XV, EagleWings Ventures, Point One Capital, Peyush Bansal, Aman Gupta –
3 Dec 2024 GoodLives Healthtech Fitness & Wellness B2B $130K pre-Seed Build3, IIM Lucknow, Rabindranath Tagore University, Anupreet Singh, Deepak Motwani, Abhishek Hota Build3
5 Dec 2024 SuperYou Ecommerce D2C B2C – Series A Rainmatter Capital Rainmatter Capital
3 Dec 2024 Bumboo Cleantech Waste Management B2B – – Rohan Bhargava, Saurabh Gupta, Shashank Bijapur, Rajneil Kamath, Harikrishnan M, Sridhar V, Rajat Jain –
Source: Inc42
*Included this week as it was skipped over in last week’s edition.
Note: Only disclosed funding rounds have been included
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Key Startup Funding Highlights Of The Week

  • One of the largest investors in the ecosystem, Prosus, said it infused fresh capital in two fintech startups, Mintifi and Vastu Housing Finance in October.
  • Buoyed by large cheques, fintech took the top spot in terms of sector-wise capital infusion this week. Startups in the sector raised $185.4 Mn via four deals announced in the week.
  • Peak XV was the most active investor through the week, backing RaptorX.ai, MasterChow and Enterpret.
  • Seed funding revived this week with startups at this stage raising $4.9 Mn across five deals. This marked a 63% uptick from the $3 Mn raised by startups at seed stage in the previous week. 
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Updates On Indian Startup IPOs

  • Fintech startup MobiKwik filed its RHP to raise INR 572 Cr via its IPO. It has fixed a price band of INR 265 to INR 279 for its IPO.
  • Omnichannel jewellery startup Bluestone’s board has greenlit its INR 1,000 Cr IPO plans. The IPO is likely to see the startup’s valuation zoom to $1.4-$1.5 Bn.
  • Markets regulator SEBI gave its go-ahead to IPOs of logistics startup Ecom Express and coworking space provider Smartworks.
  • In its investor presentation, Prosus Ventures said that it sees PayU, Meesho and Bluestone go public in the next 18 months. 

Mergers & Acquisitions This Week

Other Developments Of The Week

  • Venture capital firm Abyro Capital launched its maiden $25 Mn fund to back 12 to 15 early stage technology startups in India and the US over the next four years
  • Gaming major Nazara announced plans to acquire additional stakes in three of its subsidiaries – NODWIN, Sportskeeda’s parent Absolute Sport, and adtech Datawrkz – and make investments in kids-play centre company Funky Monkeys and edtech Learntube.ai. Later in the week, it infused INR 64 Cr in NODWIN..
  • Undergoing a cash crunch, edtech startup Unacademy is likely to get acquired by  Allen Career Institute at a likely valuation of $800 Mn.
  • Founder and CEO Bhavish Aggarwal has pledged 4.83 Cr equity shares of Ola Electric to raise debt for his third unicorn, Krutrim.
  • CCI has given a go ahead to Japan-based MUFG Bank and US-based KDT Venture Holdings for the acquisition of minority stakes in logistics unicorn Shiprocket.
  • Captain Fresh is looking to raise fresh capital in the range of $50-100 Mn in a funding round which is expected to include both primary and secondary components. 
  • D2C startup The Indus Valley is looking to raise about $2.7 Mn via its Pre-Series A funding round led by existing investor DSG Consumer Partners.





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