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Flinto raises $7.2 million in pre-series B funding

Flintobox is the company's flagship product - it is a subscription service of toys and material that help children learn.

WayCool Foods receive $5.5 million debt financing from IndusInd Bank

The company plans to use the funds to implement strict hygiene measures and increase transportation efficiency to reduce food spoilage and ...

Indian startups get creative as coronavirus crisis fuels funding crunch

BookMyShow is promoting free-to-watch Instagram Live performances in an effort to keep its users engaged, while restaurant aggregator and f...

Furlenco closes $10 million debt and equity financing round from existing backers

The subscription-based online rental furniture platform, which provides furniture, home decor and home appliances on rent, has, since incep...

Droom eyes $150 million round before IPO

Currently valued at just under $1 billion, Droom has so far raised around $125 million from investors including Lightbox, Singapore-based g...

Droom earmarks USD 100 mn capex for tech, marketing

The company, which aims to touch USD 120 million (about Rs 862 crore) in net revenue by 2021, is also looking at expanding its internationa...

Behrouz Biryani's parent company targets $1bn valuation

Rebel runs over a dozen virtual restaurant brands where it sells directly through its own application besides platforms like Zomato and Swi...

In a rocky startup world, candidates toss questions to interviewers

For sleep-solutions company Wakefit.co, the questions often are on layoffs - whether the company has ever handed out pink slips due to cost...

Generico gets Rs 10 crore funds from Alteria Capital

Alteria Capital, founded in 2018 by Vinod Murali and Ajay Hattangdi, typically puts in between Rs 2 crore and Rs 100 crore in startups acro...

Lightbox puts $8 million in Bombay Shirt Company

The apparel company will use the proceeds towards automating its production and supply chain, and expanding its physical presence, which wi...

Online jeweller Melorra gets $12 million from Lightbox, others

The latest round takes the brand’s lifetime funding to about $25 million.

Droom invests Rs 50 crore to set up AI Lab

The company has been working at heavily using technology in areas like customer support, where a large part of the interactions are done by...

Faasos to raise $ 100 million in new financing round

The Mumbai-headquartered Faasos, which runs Faasos, is in the process of raising $75-100 million, and a deal could value the eight-year-old...

Droom raises $30 million in fresh funding round

The Series E round of funding was led by the family office of Joe Hirao, founder of ZigExN, the Tokyo-headquartered company that owns and o...

Lightbox Ventures raises $178 million for largest fund yet, targets close at $200 mn by year end

Lightbox Ventures III is targeting a fund closure of $200 million by the end of this year, as per its filings with the US Securities and Ex...

Droom ramps up marketing budget to Rs 400 crore for FY19

The company, which spent Rs 225 crore in the previous financial year, plans to further strengthen its ongoing efforts to reach out to consu...

As borrowing habits change, loan startups hit payday

Investors are writing big cheques for startups that lend as little as Rs 50,000 to small businesses; funding to alternative lending this ye...