Krishitantra, a soil-tech platform, has raised $1 million (Rs 7.6 crore) in its seed round of funding from agritech-focused venture capital investor Omnivore and Nabventures. Nabventures is anchored by Nabard (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development). It has other investors as well. The ...

“ReshaMandi, an agritech startup digitising India’s silk supply chain, … announced that it has raised $1.7 million (Rs 12.25 crore) in seed funding. The round was led by Omnivore and Strive Ventures with participation from Axilor Ventures and Supply Chain Labs (Lumis).”, as reported by Yourstory Lak...

IC Universal Legal last week opened an office in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, hot-on-its-heels, announcing today that it had also done so.

IC Universal Legal has promoted three to senior partner and two to partner level, as well as several associate promotions.

Norwegian conglomerate Orkla which owns MTR Foods has entered an agreement to buy a majority stake in Kerala’s largest spice player Eastern Condiments for Rs 2,000 crore with an aim to double up its spice presence in India. — Business Standard IC Universal Legal advised Eastern Condiments Private Li...

Prozone Group and its affiliates acquired a 50% stake in a real estate project being developed at Oshiwara, Andheri, Mumbai, by the Paradigm Group, a renowned real estate group based in Mumbai. The project is a redevelopment project governed by Slum Rehabilitation Authority (“SRA”), Mumbai. The tran...

Awign Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, a Bengaluru-based operations and sales outsourcing startup, has raised its Series A round of funding — VCCircle (Paywall) Awign provides an online platform for outsourcing sales and operations through gig workers listed on their platform. IC Universal Legal advised Lumis ...

India SME Investments LLP, a private equity fund launched by a former BanyanTree executive, has struck its third deal by picking — VCCircle (Paywall) IC Universal Legal advised India SME Investments LLP led by a team of partner Souvik Roy and associate Niharika Rao . Also advising was Anoma Legal . ...

Agritech startup Intello Labs has raised $5.9 million in Series A round led by early stage investor Saama Capital, along with global agritech funds GROW (Singapore) and SVG Ventures THRIVE (US). Existing investors Omnivore and Nexus Venture Partners also participated in this round. — Mint Samvad Par...

Gaming firm Nazara Technologies has invested ₹83.5 crore in Mumbai-based Paper Boat Apps, an independent studio. Nazara has acquired 51% stake at a pre-money valuation of ₹154 crore. — The Economic Times IC Universal Legal advised Nazara Technologies Limited led by a team of partner Souvik Roy , ass...

IC Universal Legal has hired ARA Law private equity and M&A partner Rowena De Sousa as a Mumbai-based partner in corporate, while also making two internal partner promotions in its corporate team - Nitesh Tiwari and Kavita Pancholi - and eight associate promotions.

NEW DELHI: Bijak, a B2B platform for agricultural commodities, … said it has raised $12 million (Rs 91 crore) from investors including RTP Global to enhance its technology team and roll out new features… Gurugram-based Bijak is a platform that gives agricultural commodity buyers and sellers better p...

Greytip Software Pvt. Ltd, which provides cloud-based human resources and payroll management software to small and medium businesses, has raised Rs 34.5 crore ($4.9 million) in its Series C round of funding from Info Edge (India) Ltd. — VCCircle IC Universal Legal advised Greytip Software Private Li...

Agriculture-technology startup Ecozen Solutions Pvt. Ltd has raised an undisclosed sum of money as part of its Series A funding round from impact investors Caspian and Hivos-Triodos Fund. — VCCircle Desai & Diwanji advised Omnivore Partners led by a team of partner Siddharth Mody and senior ass...

The IoT-SaaS startup will use the funding to build AI capabilities for each of its horticulture value chain — Inc42 IC Universal Legal advised Omnivore Partners led by a team of partner Sameena Chatrapathy , senior associate Janani Dinesh , associate Adeeb Shah , associate Raghavi Raj . Burgeon Law ...

Premium ayurvedic beauty brand Just Herbs has raised $1.5 million in pre-series A funding led by multi-stage VC fund Roots Ventures as it looks to escalate share and scale in the rapidly growing ayurveda market. Gurgaon-based wealth management and investment banking firm Client Associates advised Ju...

Aquaconnect … announced that it raised $1.1 million in seed funding led by Omnivore and HATCH. — Yourstory IC Universal Legal Advocates and Solicitors advised Omnivore Partners led by a team of partner Sameena Chatrapathy , senior associate Janani Dinesh , associate Raghavi Raj , company secretary a...

Treasure Vase Ventures Pvt. Ltd, the parent of SmartE, one of India’s largest electric mobility service provider, has raised ₹100 crore in series B funding from Japan’s Mitsui and Co. — Mint S&R Associates advised Treasure Vase Ventures , owner and operator of the electric mobility service Smar...

Education-focused fintech company Finwego … announced that it has raised $1.7 million in its seed round from SAIF Partners. A group of HNIs and angels also participated in this round. — Yourstory IC Universal Legal Advocates and Solicitors advised Finwego led by a team of senior partner Kavitha Vija...

Reliance Industries-controlled Reliance Industrial Investment and Holdings Limited (RIIHL), has picked up majority stakes in two companies, Grab A Grub Services and C-Square Info Solutions, the petroleum-to-retail-to-telecommunications conglomerate announced on Saturday. In two separate filings made...