Startup funding

EvolveX Accelerator, a startup accelerator spearheaded by a global community of successful founders & strategic angels, We Founder Circle (WFC), has announced its recent investment in the innovative startup, UcliQ – India’s 1st B2B Marketplace for Chicken & Seafood.UcliQ emerged as a notable startup from EvolveX’s Cohort 2.

Wallter Systems, a company that makes furniture, has secured an undisclosed sum in a seed fundraising round headed by Inflection Point Ventures.

The second fund's final close has been announced by early-stage venture capital firm Pi Ventures, which makes investments in deep tech and artificial intelligence firms. With a total investment of Rs 702 crore ($85 million), the fund closed above its target of Rs 565 crore.

Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane invested an unidentified amount in the dairy substitute business OATEY. Rahane was also chosen to serve as the startup's brand ambassador as part of the business deal.

A platform for students and graduates looking for jobs, Unstop, has secured $5 million in its initial funding round, which was led by the Japanese employment board Mynavi. Along with Coursera, Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns, and Caret Capital, this fundraising round included them.

A front-door B2B diesel delivery firm named The Fuel Delivery has secured $2 million from Drake Trade and Investment Pte. Ltd. The investor from Singapore will contribute additional working cash to help The Fuel Delivery with its expansion goals. 

Gurugram-based non-banking financing company Clix Capital received about Rs 1,200 crore in debt capital, of which about Rs 164 crore came out of the Global Climate Partnership Fund for further lending to sustainable projects.

Farmology, an agritech platform that caters to farmers, has received an undisclosed sum in the Seed fundraising round headed by iAngels and supported by India Accelerator. HNIs and industry experts like Sunil Nair, Siladitya Sarangi, and others participated in the investment round as well.

FincFriends, the non-banking financial arm of the finance marketplace RupeeRedee, has received $3.5 million in equity capital from its Cyprus-based parent firm, Digital Finance International.