Mumbai: Direct-to-consumer (D2C) fresh meat and seafood brand Licious has raised $150 million in a funding round led by Singapore based Amansa Capital, along with Kotak PE & Axis Growth Avenues AIF-I, as part of its Series F2 round, a senior company official said. The company will use the funding to fuel its inorganic growth…Continue Reading

SynopsisOther investors include Amber Group, Hack VC, Circle Ventures, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan (former CTO of Coinbase) and Sandeep Nailwal (cofounder of Polygon).ETtechEthSign’s cofounders Xin Yan, Potter Li, Jack XuMumbai: EthSign has raised $12 million in stable coin, led by Sequoia Capital India and Mirana Ventures. Sequoia Capital (US) and Sequoia Capital China…Continue Reading

Bengaluru: Digital payments and children’s pocket money app Junio has raised $6 million led by UAE-based NB Ventures, with significant participation from the Rajiv Dadlani Group. The company said on Thursday that it would use the fresh funds to expand its team, roll out new product features and scale up customer acquisition initiatives. Last year,…Continue Reading

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Assembly’s budget session began on a stormy note on Friday with the opposition Congress-led UDF raising “go back” slogans against Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and staging a protest sit-in at the portal of the House after boycotting the proceedings. As soon as the Governor entered the Assembly hall to deliver his customary policy…Continue Reading

udaan raises $200 million via convertible note

B2B e-commerce platform udaan has raised $200 million via convertible note, according to an internal email shared by the company’s CFO Aditya Pande with the employees. “We are excited and glad to share that we have five new marquee investors coming onboard the udaan juggernaut, as part of our recently concluded convertible note financing. This…Continue Reading

CometChat raises $10 million in Series A funding led by Signal Peak Ventures

SynopsisThe funding will be used for growth along with platform enhancements, scaling platform infrastructure and tech upgradation, a senior company official said.ETtechCommunications platform-as-a-service (CpaaS) company CometChat has raised $10 million in series A funding round led by US-based Signal Peak Ventures with participation from existing investors Matchstick Ventures, Range Ventures and Unbound VC. The funding…Continue Reading

Grammarly raises fresh capital fund at a valuation of $13 billion

Grammarly uses machine learning to assist not only with basic writing, but also spell-check, grammar, tone of language and context. Topics grammar | start up Reuters  Last Updated at November 18, 2021 08:13 IST Grammarly, which makes artificially intelligent software that helps improve people’s writing, has raised fresh capital at a valuation of $13 billion, underscoring sky-high…Continue Reading

India raises issue of overflight clearance for Srinagar-Sharjah flight with Pakistan

Sources said Pakistani authorities had granted overflight clearance to GoFirst flights to operate the Srinagar-Sharjah sector on 23rd, 24th, 26th and 28th of October. Subsequently, sources said Pakistan put the clearance for the same flight “on hold for the period 31 October to 30 November 2021”. “This matter was promptly taken up with Pakistan through…Continue Reading