From BYJU’s To MyGlammm — Over $1.7 Bn Mn Raised By Indian Startups This Week

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From BYJU’s To MyGlammm — Over $1.7 Bn Mn Raised By Indian Startups This Week

Between December 13 and 18, the Indian startup ecosystem has raised a total of $1.3 Bn across 48 deals

From BYJU’s To MyGlammm — Over $1.7 Bn Mn Raised By Indian Startups This Week

During the week, the Indian startup ecosystem recorded seven acquisition

Bhavish Aggarwal-led Ola became the third Indian startup to secure a Term Loan B (TLB) round after BYJU’s and OYO

The Indian startup ecosystem has regained its momentum as it raised $1.3 Bn in funding across 48 deals in the third week of December, between December 13 and 18. This is 39% higher than last week when the ecosystem racked up $908 Mn in funding across 53 deals between December 6 and 11. This week’s investment is also 151% higher than the week prior when the Indian startup ecosystem raised $535 Mn investment across 49 deals. 

The biggest investment in this week was picked up by Mohalla Tech, the parent company of social media unicorn ShareChat and Moj. The startup raised $266 Mn in Series G round led by Alkeon Capital. The second-largest funding round was raised by health tech startup Innovaccer which mopped up $150 Mn in Series E round led by Mubadala Capital, in participation with B Capital and Microsoft, almost doubling its valuation to $3.2 Bn

The week further saw Bhavish Agarwal-led Ola securing $500 Mn in a term loan B (TLB), making it the third Indian unicorn after OYO, and BYJU’s to raise the same.

Here are all the funding rounds disclosed this week:

Indian Startup IPOs

Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [Nov 8 – Nov 13] : Inc42

StartupSectorSubsectorFundingSeriesInvestors
BYJU’sEdtechTest Preparation$1.2 BnTLB
MyGlammEcommerceD2C$150 MnSeries DProsus Ventures, Warburg Pincus, Alteria Capital, L’Occitane, Bessemer Ventures, Amazon
ZoomCarTransport TechCar Rental$92 MnSternAegis Ventures
ShiprocketLogisticsB2B$75 MnZomato
BrightChampsEdtechK12$63 MnPremji Invest, GSV Ventures, Binny Bansal, 021 Capital, BEENEXT
CureFitHealthtechFitness & Wellness$50 MnZomato
Vayana NetworkFintechLendingtech$38 MnSeries CChiratae Ventures, CDC group, Jungle Ventures, March Capital, Marshall Wace
WakefitEcommerceD2C$28 MnSeries CSIG, Sequoia Capital, Verlinvest
Mosaic WellnessHealthtechFitness & Wellness$24 MnSeries ASequoia Capital, Elevation Capital, Matrix India
LeapIndiaEnterprise techEnterprise Services$13.9 MnCDC Group
UnnatiAgritechFull Stack$8 MnSeries AIncofin Investment Management, NabVantures, Orios
TrooEcommerceD2C$7.3 MnSeries AOAKS Asset Management
CradlewiseEcommerceD2C$7 MnSeedFootwork, CRV, SOSV, Better Capital
Battery SmartTransport TechEV$7 MnPre-Series ABlume Ventures, Orios Ventures, Green Frontier Capital, TradeCred
Advantage ClubEnterprisetechHRtech$3.3 MnJetty Ventures, Earlsfield Capital, SMC Advisors
ElectricPeAutomobileEV$3 MnSeedBlume Ventures, Micelio Fund
ListDeeptechBlockchain$3 MnSeedBEENEXT, Better Capital, Cloud Capital
TVFMedia & EntertainmentOTT$2 MnBlacksoil
XpandLogisticsB2B$1.5 MnPre-Series AAkash Prakash, Madhu Jayakumar, Dipender Sandhu
StratzyFintechInvestment Tech$800Kpre-SeedLeo Capital, Titan Capital, First Cheque
Cora HealthEcommerceMarketplace$618KSeedIAN Fund, Vishnuraj Kunjur, KRS Jamwal, Ajay Upadhaya
CapGridEcommerceB2B Marketplace$551KSeedAnicut Angel Fund, Axilor Ventures, Firstcheque
SuperBottomsEcommerceD2C$470KAlteria Capital
CloudFilesEnterprisetechSaaS$317Kpre-SeedTitan Capital
BuyofuelEcommerceB2B Marketplace$215KSeedInflection Point Ventures
ExampurEdtechTest PreparationPre-Series A
CodeVidhyaEdtechK12SeedRVCF, Digitial Futurist Angels Network, Vinay Choudhury
“*Source: Inc42 Plus

RateGain Shares Plummet 20% Below Issue Price On Market Debut

After listing at a discount, share price of travel tech startup RateGain declined further in its first trading session on Friday 17, 2021. Shares of the startup closed at INR 340.50 on the BSE, lower by INR 84.50 or 19.88% compared to its issue price of INR 425 per share. On the National Stock Exchange, its shares closed at INR 337.55 price, lower by INR 87.45 or 20.58% from the listing price.

BYJU’s To Take SPAC Route For Its $4 Bn IPO

The edtech decacorn BYJU’s is in advanced discussions to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) of Churchill Capital, a global strategic advisory firm.

A Bloomberg report said that the startup has held talks with several potential SPAC partners and is currently working on an agreement with Michael Klein’s Churchill Capital.

“*Source: Inc42 Plus

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