TheCapitalNet-TV: The CapitalCalls, week of 22 - 28 Jan 2022

Jan 31, 2022 11:00 HKT/SGT

TheCapitalNet TV

MUMBAI, Jan 31, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - TheCapitalNet-TV, in collaboration with The Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA), is pleased to bring you the rundown for week 22 – 28 January 2022:

- CapitalCalls - India

Peakperformers Raises Funds
To make leadership coaching accessible Peakperformer has raised $3 Mn in a seed funding round led by Sequoia India's Surge, with participation from Antler India, Blume Founders Fund, and some angel investors.

Raise Financial Services Bags $22 Mn
Raise Financial Services has secured $22 Mn in a Series A funding round led by BEENEXT, Mirae Asset Venture along with 3one4 Capital and Rocketship.vc

Smartron Receives $200 Mn
Hyderabad-based AIoT (artificial intelligence of things) startup Smartron has signed an agreement to share a subscription facility with Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM) of up to $200 Mn.

Vajro Raises $8.5 Mn
Chennai-based no-code mobile app development platform, Vajro, has raised $8.5 Mn in Series A funding from U.S-based Five Elms Capital.

Crypto Startup Flint Raises $5.1 Mn
Bengaluru-based Crypto startup, Flint, has raised $5.1 Mn in seed funding led by Sequoia Capital India, GFC and a clutch of other investors.

ShopKirana In Talks To Raise $40 Mn
Indore-based ShopKirana is in talks to raise around $40 Mn in its Series C round of funding which is speculated to be co-led by Oman India Joint Investment Fund and new investor Sixth Sense Ventures

Content Engineers Raises $50 Mn
To venture into projects on both theatres and web, film and digital studio startup Content Engineers has raised $50 Mn from tech consulting and angel investing enterprise Veear Projects Inc.

CA Rachna Ranade, Tanmay Bhatt, Ankur Warikoo & 12 Others Invest In Wint Wealth
Debt investor aggregator platform Wint Wealth has raised a bridge round for an undisclosed amount from a cohort of financial influencers, ranging from CA Rachna Ranade, Tanmay Bhat, Ankur Warikoo among others.
--Week of 22nd – 28th Jan 2022.

- CapitalCalls – Global

Polly snags $37M
Polly, a SaaS technology startup aiming to "transform" the mortgage capital markets has raised $37 million in a Series B funding round led by Menlo Ventures, with Movement Mortgage, First American Financial and FinVC.

Alta closes $12.4M
In the metaverse world, Alta, a virtual reality metaverse studio, raised a 12.4 million seed funding co-led by Makers Fund and Andreessen Horowitz.

Byteboard nabs $5M
With the demand of engineers in market, Byteboard aimed at revolutionizing diversity and inclusivity in the hiring has raised $5 million seed round led by Cowboy Ventures along with a diverse set of angel investors, with half being women and more than a third Black.

Firebolt raises $100M
Israeli data warehouse startup Firebolt has raised $100 million in a Series C round on a $1.4 billion valuation.

Epsilon3 lines up $2.8M
Epsilon3, who is looking to digitally transform the backend operations through its solution, has raised a pre-seed round with a $2.8 million seed.

Pimloc grabs $7.5M
Pimloc, a U.K. computer vision startup has picked up $7.5 million, led by Zetta Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Speedinvest.

Veriff raises $100M
Identity verification (IDV) provider Veriff has raised a $100 million Series C. Tiger Global and Alkeon, cooled the round with existing investors IVP and Accel, joining the pool.

Cialfo gets $40M
The Singapore-based Cialfo raised $40 million in Series B funding, led by Square Peg and SEEK Investments.
--Week of 22nd – 28th Jan 2022.

Industry: PE, VC & Alternatives , Startups