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Emergent bags major funding; Sebi greenlights PhonePe IPO
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (838+ words) Happy Wednesday! AI startup Emergent has raised fresh funding, tripling its valuation to around $300 million. This and more in todays ETtech Morning Dispatch. Happy Wednesday!...
Voice AI startup Bolna raises $6.3 million from General Catalyst, others
4+ hour, 43+ min ago (449+ words) Voice AI startup Bolna has raised $6.3 million in a funding round led by Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm General Catalyst. The round also saw participation from Y Combinator, Blume Ventures, Orange Collective, Pioneer Fund, Transpose Capital, and Eight Capital, along…...
Voice AI startup Ringg AI raises $5.5 million in round led by Arkam Ventures
5+ hour, 43+ min ago (440+ words) Voice artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ringg AI has raised $5.5 million (Rs 48 crore) in a funding round led by Arkam Ventures, with participation from Groww's Founder Fund, Cred founder Kunal Shah, White Venture Capital and existing investor Capital2B....
AI startup Humans& raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in seed round
14+ hour, 11+ min ago (297+ words) AI startup Humans& has secured a massive $480 million in seed funding. This significant investment values the company at $4.48 billion. The funding round was led by SV Angel and saw participation from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Alphabet's GV. Humans& aims to…...
Legal AI startup Ivo raises $55 million in latest funding round
16+ hour, 52+ min ago (324+ words) IVO-Legal AI startup Ivo raises $55 million in latest funding round Artificial intelligence startup Ivo raised $55 million in a funding round, "led by existing investor Blackbird, "to speed up development of its legal services platform " and hire more salespeople to tap…...
AI startup Emergent raises $70 million from Khosla Ventures, SoftBank; valuation triples to $300 million
18+ hour, 55+ min ago (571+ words) Emergent has raised $70 million in new funding, lifting its valuation to about $300 million just months after launch. The startup helps users build apps cheaply using AI and has grown revenues rapidly worldwide. The latest financing comes three months after Emergent…...
Gen Z travel startup WanderOn bags Rs 54 crore in Series A funding
1+ day, 7+ min ago (436+ words) WanderOn, a travel company for young Indians, has secured Rs 54 crore in funding. This capital will fuel expansion into new destinations and enhance adventure, sports, and wellness travel. The company aims to improve its technology for a better traveler journey....
Namdev Finvest raises $37 million from FMO, IIX, others
2+ day ago (341+ words) Jaipur-based Namdev Finvest Private Limited has secured $37 million from FMO, IIX, Franklin Templeton, and Symbiotics to expand its MSME lending in rural and semi-urban India. The funds will focus on women-led ventures and youth-driven businesses, strengthening access to credit. The…...
'Regained lost money, not health': Investment firm's India MD on lessons from his journey for professionals, start-up founders
2+ day, 32+ min ago (321+ words) Everstone Capital's Prashant Desai revealed the immense health toll of entrepreneurship, losing Rs 30 crore and sacrificing his well-being for his sports brand D:FY. He highlights how chronic sleep deprivation and stress, not just financial losses, severely impacted his health. Desai…...
Sequoia to join GIC, Coatue in Anthropic investment: FT
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (188+ words) Sequoia to join GIC, Coatue in Anthropic investment: FT'The Economic Times Venture capital firm Sequoia is joining Singapore's " GIC and U.S investor Coatue in a funding round for Anthropic which aims to raise $25 "billion "at a $350 billion valuation, the Financial…...