Archivio Categoria: venture capital funding

HiWi Raises Rs. 7.25 Crores in Funding

INDIA – HiWi, a Mumbai, India-based provider of a cross border fintech platform, raised Rs.7.25 crores in funding. The round was led by Unicorn India Ventures with participation from Unmaj Group.The company intends to use the funds to build out the MVP and conduct go to market activities. Co-founded by Dewang Neralla, a fintech entrepreneur […]

Aindo Closes €6M in Series A Funding

ITALY – Aindo, a Trieste, Italy-based generative AI startup which has developed and patented synthetic data generation technology, raised €6M in Series A funding. The round was led by United Ventures, with participation from existing investor Vertis SGR through the fund Vertis Venture 3 Technology Transfer. The company intends to use the funds to grow the team […]

Tap Invest Raises $2M in Seed Funding

INDIA – Tap Invest, formerly known as “Leaf Round”, a Bangalore, India-based provider of a fixed income investment platform, raised $2M in Seed funding. The round was led by Turbostart with participation from Snow Leopard, Kunal Shah and Kashyap Shah, as weel as existing investors Upsparks and Superb Capital.The company intends to use the funds […]

Nexu Raises $20M in Series B Funding

MEXICO – Nexu, a Mexico City, Mexico-based provider of an automotive financing platform, raised $20M in Series B funding. The round was led by Valor Capital with participation from FinTech Collective and Endeavor Catalyst, as well as previous investors Altos Ventures, Wollef, Squareone, Clocktower Ventures, Gilgamesh Ventures, FJ Labs, Ivernet, and Capem. It included a […]

Done Deal Raises $800K in Pre-Seed Funding

INDIA – Done Deal, a Mumbai, India-based provider of a data-driven platform focused on M&A, raised $800K in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Gruhas, with participation of The BarberShop with Shantanu – Raisers Edge, WFC, Capital-A, Dezerv Innovation Fund, ICE.VC, alongside angel investors. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate product development […]

Zakeke Raises €2M in SAFE Funding

ITALY – Zakeke, a Milan, Italy-based SaaS Visual Commerce company, raised €2M in SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) funding. The round was led by Private Equity Fund Berrier Capital. In conjunction with the funding, Stefano Venturi, currently serving as the President of Cefriel, and formerly the CEO of both Hewlett Packard Enterprise Italy and Cisco […]

Data Masters Raises €200K; €950K in Total

ITALY – Data Masters Srl, a Bari, Italy-based startup that develops and markets online training programs and educational materials in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence and machine learning, raised €200k in funding. Primo Ventures SGR Spa is participating through its Primo Digital, Primo Digital Parallel Italia and Primo Digital Parallel Sud Italia funds. The […]

Mphasis Acquires Silverline

INDIA – Mphasis (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS), a Bangalore, India-based information technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, acquired Silverline, a NYC-based provider of a digital transformation consultancy and Salesforce partner. The amount of the deal was not disclosed.With the acquisition, Mphasis will reinforce its position as an end-to-end Salesforce enterprise cloud solutions and services provider, […]

Triastek Closes USD 20.4M Pre-C Funding Round

CHINA – Triastek, a Nanjing, China-based company which specializes in 3D printing for pharmaceutical industry, raised USD 20.4M in Pre-C funding. The round was led by Guoxin Investment, with participation from Goldmine Multi-Family Office and existing investor Mr. Xiaodong Zheng, president of Shanghai Tofflon Science and Technology Co. Prior to this, Triastek was backed by […]

Sony Ventures, Interview With Gen Tsuchikawa and Austin Noronha

INDIA – Sony Ventures Corporation was established in 2016 to manage all of Sony’s venture investment activities through Sony Innovation Fund (SIF), Sony Innovation Fund by IGV, a joint venture with Daiwa Capital Holdings, Sony Innovation Fund: Environment, and SIF3. We interviewed Austin Noronha, Managing Director-US and Gen Tsuchikawa, CEO of Sony Ventures Corporation. : Can you speak a […]