SAAS STARTUPS FUNDING
Tech-enabled construction startup Wify raises funding from Mount Judi Ventures, Capria Ventures
The Mumbai-based on-site installation and post purchase services provider said it will use the funds to penetrate deeper into existing categories. Wify will also The Mumbai-based on-site installation and post purchase services provider said it will use the funds to penetrate deeper into existing categories, company said in a statement.
SaaS startup Rocketlane raises $24 million in funding
B2B SaaS startup Rocketlane has raised $24 million in funding led by 8VC, Matrix Partners India and Nexus Venture Partners. The company will use the funds to launch new products, innovate its customer portal, and accelerate its AI plans, it said in a statement. Rocketlane has so far raised $45 million in funding.
Revenue automation startup MeetRecord raises $2.7 million funding from SWC Global, others
MeetRecord, based in Bengaluru, offers AI-powered analysis of conversation data from emails and calls to improve sales conversions. Prior to this pre-series A funding round, the company had raised $310,000 in 2021 from All In Capital and Powerhouse Ventures.
Early-stage VC Z21 Ventures planning $40 million second fund
Z21 Ventures, an early-stage investment firm focusing on the India-US corridor, has fully deployed its first $5-million fund and is gearing up to launch a $40 million second fund. The firm, founded in 2022 by Abhinav Shashank and Raj Shekhar Singh, targets enterprise software and hardware startups with investments ranging from $100,000 to $150,000, backed by a community of Indian-origin technology executives like Google, Amazon, and Meta.
Why AI's future is Indian: SenseAI survey shows how India is at a turning point
One of the key revelations is that SaaS has emerged as the dominant business model among the startups in a survey, indicating a growing preference for cloud-based AI solutions.
Drone delivery startup Skye Air raises $4 million in funding
Skye Air, a drone delivery logistics solution provider, raised $4 million to expand its last-mile network in Gurugram and other cities for healthcare, e-commerce, and quick-commerce deliveries.
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SaaS startup Testsigma raises $8.2 million led by MassMutual Ventures
Existing investors Accel, Strive and BoldCap also participated in the round, Testsigma said on Wednesday. The company had previously raised $4.6 million in 2022.
SuprDaily founder Puneet Kumar joins Nexus as venture partner
Kumar joining Nexus Venture Partners adds to a long list of top personnel changes at venture firms in India over the last 8-10 months. He was previously at startup accelerator Y Combinator and had also founded Supr Daily along with Shreyas Nagdawane and Rohit Jain.
Sanjay Nayar’s Sorin Investments raises Rs 1,350 crore
Early-stage venture firm Sorin Investments, founded by veteran dealmaker and former KKR India CEO Sanjay Nayar, made the final close of its maiden fund at Rs 1,350 crore, sources told ET. Through this fund, Sorin will back startups looking to raise Series A funding.
Bluestone's unicorn round; Sorin’s Rs 1,350-crore fund
Happy Wednesday! Omnichannel jewellery startup Bluestone is nearing unicorn status with a potential $100-million pre-IPO investment. More on this in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Software integration startup UnifyApps raises $11 million led by Elevation Capital
San Francisco-based AI startup UnifyApps is aiming to expand its platform to support over 5,000 applications, advance the capabilities of generative AI and build large language model-powered agents.
SanchiConnect, YourNest Venture Capital launch accelerator for deeptech hardware and software startups with Core IP
The program is open to startups in a wide range of sectors including agritech, adtech, biotech, consumer/retail, energy, martech, manufacturing, and foodtech.
Late-stage startup funding up 3x in April
Data from market intelligence platform Tracxn reveals a new trend in Indian startups. While overall funding for startups declined in the first three months of 2024, late-stage funding (for more established companies) saw a dramatic increase, more than tripling in April.
India Ahoy! India as a software IPO destination
While the likes of FirstCry and CureFit will continue to go public in India, it’s software firms with global customer bases that are now set to take centerstage.
100Unicorns launches second fund, eyes $200-million target
The fund is looking to support more than 200 startups across sectors like SaaS, direct-to-consumer (D2C), fintech, electric vehicles (EV), energy, defence and healthcare. It aims to announce its first close by November, with a target amount of $100 million.
SoftBank back at deal counter with Icertis deal talks
Tech VC in funding talks with portfolio co Icertis, which is stitching up a $150m secondary round
Data collaboration software firm Atlan raises $105 million; valuation nearly doubles to $750 million
Funding led by Singapore's GIC and US-based Meritech Capital values startup at $750 million, up from $450 million in March 2022 when it last raised funds
Tech startup Plotline raises $2.6 million in seed round
Based in San Francisco and Bengaluru, Plotline serves industry majors in the likes of Dream11, Khatabook, BharatPe, CoinDCX, Niyo, Step, and Kredivo.
Kaiser may steer $250 million funding in SaaS firm Innovaccer at flat valuation
Kaiser Permanente to invest $200-250 million in Innovaccer, with valuations dropping to 10-15x. Mubadala joins the new round. Innovaccer digitizes patient data for US healthcare firms like Orlando Health, MercyOne, and CommonSpirit Health.
Innovaccer’s new funding round; ONDC’s logistics push
Happy Thursday! SaaS startup Innovaccer is in discussions to raise funding at a flat valuation of $3 billion. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.
Logistics SaaS startup ClickPost raises $6 million in funding led by Inflexor, Athera VP
ClickPost secured $6 million funding led by Inflexor Ventures and Athera Venture Partners. The platform serves clients like Nykaa, Puma, Pepe Jeans, Acer, and Supertails. ClickPost tracks 1 million shipments daily.
SaaS startup Clientell raises $2.5 million led by Blume Ventures
Clientall, which had previously raised $600,000 (about Rs 5 crore) from Chiratae Ventures and Artha Venture fund, said the new funds will be used for strengthening the product and expanding the team
AI SaaS cloud startup Neysa bags $20 million from Matrix, Nexus, others
Neysa, a Mumbai-based artificial intelligence (AI) cloud and platform-as-a-service startup, will utilise the fresh capital for expanding infrastructure required for strengthening its research and development team, and for sales and marketing.
SaaS startup SiftHub raises $5.5 million from Matrix, Blume, others
SiftHub, led by Manisha Raisinghani, raises $5.5M from investors like Matrix Partners India. The platform integrates with various workplace apps to enhance sales processes and has signed up 18 clients. SiftHub uses retrieval augmented generation (RAG) technology and fine-tuned large language models from Azure OpenAI Service.
SaaS fintech startup Perfios secures $80 million from TVG, attains unicorn valuation
Warburg Pincus-backed Perfios is considering an initial public offering (IPO) that could raise about $500 million in India at a potential valuation of $2 billion. It is also chalking out plans to enter the US and European markets in 2024.
Sarvam AI to launch voice-to-voice endpoint tool in the next six to twelve months
Sarvam AI released its first open-source Hindi language model called OpenHathi-Hi-0.1 in December last year. The firm said the AI model is the first in a series of models which will “make contributions to the ecosystem with open models and datasets to encourage innovation in Indian language AI.”
Indian SaaS products to corner 8% global market share by 2028: report
According to a latest report from advisory firm 1Lattice and venture investor Sorin Investments, the Indian SaaS market is also expected to touch $37 billion in market size by 2028, from $12 billion presently.
SaaS startup Attentive raises $7 million led by Vertex Ventures
The funds will be used to advance its product development, and boost its sales, marketing and customer success initiatives. The aim is to focus on its recently launched products, Accelerate and Beam AI. Accelerate is a business management software specialised for outdoor services and Beam AI is an extension of the company's AI-powered sales automation platform for the construction industry.
Revenue-linked financiers bet big on SaaS companies
Over the past month, revenue-based financiers such as GetVantage and Velocity have set aside a dedicated corpus of Rs 250 crore and Rs 300 crore, respectively, to meet the growing demand for this kind of debt financing in the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry.
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