Fireside Ventures has invested $1.5 million in Chennai-based snack company Sweet Karam Coffee.

The LJ Knowledge Foundation, which supports startups, granted funding of Rs 20 lakh to Techmaghi, an education technology company.

In a seed funding round led by Peak XV Partners' (previously Sequoia Capital India & SEA) accelerator programme Surge, ClearFeed secured $2.7 mn.

Pre-seed capital has been raised by Rapid, an Employer of Record (EoR) with a focus on India, totaling USD 2,65,000 in capital.

The first digital escrow regulatory fintech authorization has been given to Escrowpay, the foremost digital escrow platform, by IFSCA and Escrowpay will issue an additional $4 million in warrants, bringing its total fundraising to $6 million.

Coworking space Qdesq received undisclosed funding from venture capital (VC) company Gruhas, which specialises in the proptech sector.

Blubirch has raised $6.37 Mn (INR 53 crore) in a Series A fundraising round headed by Cornerstone Ventures and Capital2B.

In order to address its financing requirements, drone maker Garuda Aerospace secured Rs 25 crore in funding from a new bridge round led by Venture Catalysts, We Founder Circle.

Inc.5 Shoes, a footwear company, secured its first venture capital of $10 million (about Rs 83 crore) in a round that was co-led by Mumbai-based Carpediem Capital and included Param Capital and P3 Venture Fund.