It took SoftBank several years, but the Japanese investment giant is now ready to bet on India’s food delivery market. Swiggy said on Tuesday it has closed a $1.25 billion financing round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Prosus. — Techcrunch Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank Vision Fund II has invested $4...

Global investment firm, KKR… said that it will invest $95 million in Lenskart through a secondary stake acquisition through its Asian private equity fund. Avendus Capital will be advising on the transaction. ET Now AZB & Partners advised Birdseye View Holding an affiliate investing vehicle of K...

ByteDance-backed news aggregator Dailyhunt has added another USD 3 million to its ongoing Series F round from Stonebridge Capital, according to the company’s filings with local authority. — Kr-Asia.Com Rajaram Legal advised DailyHunt and existing investor Matrix Partners India led by a team of senio...

Logistics startup LoadShare Networks has raised a Series B funding round of ₹100 crore led by BEENEXT along with participation from CDC Group. — Mint Rajaram Legal advised Loadshare Technologies along with existing investors Matrix Partners India and Stellaris Venture Partners led by a team of partn...

Dtwelve Spaces Private Limited, operating as Stanza to provide shared living spaces for young people, scored a $100m Series D fundraise from Matrix Partners India, Alpha Wave Incubator and Falcon Edge Capital, and Sequoia Capital (“Sequoia”), according to [ https://entrackr.com/2021/04/exclusive-sta...

Mosaic Wellness, a consumer brands company raised $10 million in its maiden funding round from Matrix Partners India and Sequoia Capital India, along with SAIF Partners, according to reports . Two prominent venture capitalists have come together to launch Mosaic Wellness, a consumer brands company, ...

Online healthcare portal Practo has raised $32 million (Rs 240 crore) in a new round of funding led by Chinese life insurance conglomerate A1A Company and joined by existing investors Tencent, Sequoia Capital, Sofina Ventures, Matrix Partners, G Capital, and RTP Global, The Ken first reported on Fri...

VeGrow has raised $2.5 million in seed funding led by Matrix Partners and Ankur Capital, as the aggregator of small farms looks to bring economies of scale to Indian farmers using technology. Better Capital, Titan Capital, Sanjiv Rangrass, CEO of ITC’s agri business, Cloudnine founder Rohit MA, Livs...

Social buying platform DealShare said it has raised $11 million (Rs 78 crore) in two investment rounds led by Matrix Partners and Falcon Edge, along with participation from the partners of DST Global and Omidyar Network. The company, whose model mirrors that of China’s Pinduoduo, focuses on group bu...

Matrix Partners India along with Accel Partners have invested over INR 44 crores (USD 6 million approx) in an education startup, Openhouse Technologies on a Series A equity funding round, as reported by VC Circle . Rajaram Legal acted as the legal counsel for Matrix Partners India led by a team of p...

UpGrad on Monday said it has raised $120 million in funding from Singapore-based Temasek. The investment, which the company claims to be its first external funding, reportedly values the ed-tech firm at an estimated $575-$675 million. upGrad did not disclose the valuation. — The Financial Express On...

“Captain Fresh, a business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for seafood, has raised $3 million in a seed funding round co-led by Matrix Partners India and Ankur Capital. Incubate Fund and angel investors, including Jupiter Money’s Jitendra Gupta and Pine Labs’ Amrish Rau, also participated in the round...

Health-tech startup, Pharmeasy, owned by API Holdings has acquired 100% stake in the Medlife group from its existing shareholders in consideration of securities issued to the Medlife shareholders, for a stake of 15.7% in API. This is one of the largest deals forming part of the increasing consolidat...

“Stealth mode edtech startup Crejo.Fun has secured ₹22 crore in pre-seed funding from Matrix Partners India and Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal-backed venture capital firm 021 Capital, two people briefed on the deal told VCCircle,” as per the reports by Mint Rajaram Legal advised Matrix Partners In...

The Bangalore head of Nishith Desai Associates’ office, Parag Srivastava, has joined has joined Rajaram Legal in the city as its third partner there.

Bangalore based fin-tech startup, Razorpay has raised around INR 1208 crores ($160M) in its Series E funding round led by GIC, Sequoia Capital India, Matrix Partners India and Ribbit Capital, raising its valuation to $3bn, as reported by the Business Insider . Rajaram Legal advised Matrix Partners I...

Business-to-business (B2B) manufacturing platform Zetwerk has raised $120 million (Rs 880 crore) in a Series D funding round led by US-based Greenoaks Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners. The fundraising, which saw participation of Sequoia Capital and Kae Capital, values the company at around $6...

Treebo Hotels … announced that it has raised $6 million (Rs 45 crore) in a new round of investment from its existing investors. Matrix Partners India, SAIF Partners, Ward Ferry, and Bertelsmann India Investments participated in this round. The company clarified that the fundraising is subject to reg...

Dailyhunt’s parent VerSe is on a funding streak. Barely one-and-a-half months after completing a USD 100 million-plus funding round from AlphaWave, Google, and Microsoft, at a valuation of over USD 1 billion, the holding company of the local language news aggregator app has raised another USD 100 mi...

Saveo Healthtech, a B2B e-commerce marketplace for pharmacies, … said it has raised $4 million (about Rs 29.1 crore) in funding, co-led by Matrix Partners India and RTP Global. — Moneycontrol Rajaram Legal advised Matrix Partners India and RTP Global led by a team of senior associate Mihir Roy , ass...