Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the CEO of Paytm, has established a fund to support entrepreneurs in cutting-edge fields including artificial intelligence (AI) and electric vehicles.

Vastu Housing Finance Corporation Ltd. has secured a $30 million investment from Indian PE and venture capital firm Faering Capital. Multiple Alternate Asset Management and other company shareholders carried out a secondary sale in the present transaction.

Leucine Rich Bio, a microbiome company, secured an undisclosed sum in a pre-series A round of funding. Prominent medical professionals, including gastroenterologists, oncologists, and biotech entrepreneurs, were the driving force behind the funding.

Mokobara, a direct-to- consumer backpack startup, secured $3.6 Mn (INR 29 Cr) from a number of funding partners, such as its current investors Saama Capital, Sauce VC, and Alteria Capital.

Wadhwani AI secured a grant of USD 3.3 million from Google.org as part of the AI for the Global Goals challenge to expand AI technology.

BharatAgri, an advisory-led agricultural inputs online commerce platform, secured its $4.3 million Series A funding from Arkam Ventures.

The asset management company Singularity Ventures AMC disclosed the first close of its new fund, which is aimed at growth-stage startups and has a cap of Rs 1,500 crore, at Rs 500 crore.

The startup Fingerprint, which gives developers the tools to combat online fraud at its source, secured $33 million in a Series C funding round, which brings its total funding to $77 million. Nexus Venture Partners led the round. In the round, Uncorrelated Ventures also took part.

Zetwerk, a B2B ecommerce unicorn, secured $120 million in its Series F funding round, which was led by Avenir Growth Capital and included previous backers Lightspeed, Greenoaks Capital, and Steadview Capital.