Startup funding

Bidso, a tech-enabled platform for brands, has secured a total of $1.5 million as part of its pre-seed and seed funding. PeerCapital funded $1.2 million in the seed round, and DeVC and angel investors including Mohit Sadaani of The Mom's Co., Nishit Garg of Partner-RTP Global, and Saurabh Jain of Livspace participated in the pre-seed round.

DevX Venture Fund has contributed $150KK in pre-seed capital to the Ayurvedic baby care company BabyOrgano. Riddhi Sharma, who founded the company BabyOrgano, was motivated by her own experiences to develop secure and efficient paediatric healthcare options.

Go Zero, an innovative ice cream brand committed to offering guilt-free delight, has secured USD 1 Million in its pre-Series A funding round. The round was led by DSG Consumer Partners, Saama, and V3 Ventures, with participation from angel investors Shantanu Deshpande, CEO of the Bombay Shaving Company; Arjun Purkayastha, Regional – Head Greater China, Reckitt Benckiser; Nikhil Vora, Founder & CEO, Sixth Sense Ventures; Krishi Fagwani, CEO, Thrive; and many other notable founders and CEOs.

The fixed-return investment platform Stable Money received $5 million in a seed round headed by Matrix Partners India and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Titan Capital, Mar Shot Ventures, and well-known angel investors.

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The skill training firm Expertrons secured an undisclosed sum in a strategic round of investment from Hindustan Media Ventures, headed by the Echjay Family Office and Amar Ujala.

Harmony Organics, a manufacturer of specialty chemicals, had secured Rs 225 crore from Piramal Alternatives, the Piramal Group's fund management division, in order to capitalise on expanding international prospects in the fragrance and flavour sector.

Disprz, that operates an educational and career development platform has secured $30 million in a Series C fundraising round that was spearheaded by Lumos Capital.

A leader in contemporary central banking infrastructure, EMTECH Solutions Inc., raised $4 million from a group of international investors, including BTN, Vested World, Equity Alliance, and Lofty Inc., with the help of Matrix Partners India. The money will be used to support the infrastructure technologies that it is currently developing for the central banks and financial technology companies.

Early-stage growth investor Elev8 Venture Partners, based in Bangalore, disclosed the first secured investment of Elev8-Capital Fund 1 at $67 million. The strategic goal of the fund is to make investments in 12 to 14 "tech-powered industry-agnostic companies" with valuations ranging from $100 million to $500 million, with a range of $10 million to $15 million for each investment.