SUGAR Cosmetics raises undisclosed funding from Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh

With an investment in the direct-to-consumer (D2C) firm SUGAR Cosmetics, Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh has become the latest to join the Indian start-up scene. The statement was made by the Homegrown Cosmetics brand on Saturday, but no details about Ranveer’s investment were provided. The involvement of the film star follows the company’s USD 50 million […]

Rahul Yadav’s Broker Network raises Rs 90 Cr from Info Edge

Broker Network, the proptech business founded by Housing.com founder Rahul Yadav, has received another Rs 90 crore from its existing and sole backer, Info Edge. With this latest investment, Info Edge’s subsidiary Allcheckdeals India now owns 59.8% of the Mumbai-based company. According to regulatory filings with the Registrar of Companies, the board of Broker Network’s […]

Healthcare startup Glamyo kicks off new round

Healthcare startup Glamyo Health is raising $2.5 million or Rs 19.71 crore in fresh funds led by existing investor Agility Ventures Fund. Tejal Merchantile Private Limited, Anicut Capital LLP, VISTRA ITCL, Nelum Gidwani, and Ramrod Advisors LLP also participated in the round The board at Glamyo has passed a special resolution to issue 2,408 CCPS […]

Fintech startup iPiD bags $3.3 Mn in seed round

International payments addressing startup iPiD has raised $3.3 million in its seed round led by Rapyd Ventures, Jungle Ventures, 1982 Ventures, Resolution Ventures, Saison Capital, the XA Network and Wing Vasiksiri. Founded in 2021 by Damien Dugauquier, Eddie Haddad and Geertjan van Bochove, iPiD enables market participants to simplify the cross-border payment experience, reduce failed […]

Apricity Raises €17M in Series B Funding

Apricity, a London, UK-based virtual fertility clinic, raised €17m in Series B funding. The round was led by MTIP, with participation from Iris Ventures. Marc Dietrich joined the board of directors on behalf of MTIP. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate growth in the UK, expand geographically (to Spain before the end of […]

Neukio Biotherapeutics Closes $50M Series A-1 Financing

Neukio Biotherapeutics, a Chinese company committed to developing cell therapy products, raised $50M in Series A-1 funding. The round was led by CD Capital, with participation from Alwin Capital, Surplus Capital, Lilly Asia Ventures, Sherpa Healthcare Partners and IDG Capital. The company, founded at the Simbay Park in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (China) in June […]

Singapore’s Silence Laboratories raises $1.7M seed funding led by Pi Ventures

Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup headquartered in Singapore, said Thursday it has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding led by Pi Ventures. The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish Tiwari, […]

Declout Ventures leads $4.5M investment in Charged Indonesia

Singapore-headquartered DeClout Ventures Pte. Ltd. has led a $4.5 million investment in Indonesia-focused e-mobility scale up Charged Indonesia, as part of their inaugural funding round. “Carbon emissions from traditional combustion motorcycles are one of the main sources of air pollution in Indonesia, and Charged Indonesia aims to improve this by leading the transition of combustion motorcycle […]

Grab rival Be Group gets $60M loan for Vietnam expansion – report

Vietnam-based ride-hailing start-up Be Group JSC said it had received a loan facility of at least $60 million, as it seeks to further challenge Grab Holdings Ltd in the country, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The loan from Deutsche Bank AG includes a provision that would allow financing to increase to as much as $100 million, Be Group chief executive […]

GREENEST raises pre-seed funding from Better Bite Ventures

Plant-based protein brand GREENEST has raised an undisclosed amount in a pre-seed funding round from Better Bite Ventures, and former chief executive for fresh fruits and vegetables and frozen foods vertical at ITC, Sachid Madan. The first company in the nation to have executed a variety of B2B partnerships, GREENEST with top food service providers […]