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Morphing Machines raises $2.76 Mn in seed round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Morphing Machines raises $2.76 Mn in seed round
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Fabless semiconductor startup Morphing Machines has raised $2.76 million in its seed round led by Speciale Invest, a seed stage VC investing in deep technologies. The round also saw participation from IvyCap Ventures, Golden Sparrow, Navam Capital, CIIE Initiatives, and DeVC. The proceeds will be used to ramp up product development and prototyping, expand the engineering team, and support go-to-market initiatives, the company said in a press release. Supported by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) under the Design Linked Incentive Scheme (DLI) and Chips2Startup (C2S) schemes, Morphing Machines is developing REDEFINE, a many-core processor Soft IP. This processor can handle various applications like data analysis, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, and high-performance computing. By combining functions typically managed by different types of processors, Morphing offers customers better performance and energy efficiency, while also reducing the time and cost needed to bring products to market. Currently, Morphing Machines has a team of over 20 members and is expanding to over 40 members to support design, verification, emulation, and tape-out processes.

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Ethereal Machines raises $13 Mn led by Peak XV and Steadview

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Ethereal Machines raises $13 Mn led by Peak XV and Steadview
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Advanced manufacturing startup Ethereal Machines has raised $13 million in a Series A round led by Peak XV Partners and Steadview Capital. Existing investors Blume Ventures, Enam Investments, and Sandeep Singhal also participated in this round. The funds raised will be utilized for R&D, building multi-axis CNC controllers and constructing its second smart factory in the next 12 months, Ethereal said in a press release. This new factory will span 250,000 square feet on the outskirts of Bengaluru. Founded by Kaushik Mudda and Navin Jain, decade-old Ethereal Machines produces precision engineering components via its proprietary multi-axis CNC machines. Its machines enable precision engineering components to be produced at fast and cost-effective rates. Ethereal caters to customers from the USA, Europe, Israel, and India. As per the company, it has manufactured precision components for numerous emerging companies in the deep-tech sector, including space-tech, drones, medical diagnostics, and thermal imaging. On average, Ethereal’s manufacturing solutions claim that it reduces costs for their customers by 30% and production lead times by 40%. The company also launched two new machines, Aura and Nimbus. The Bengaluru-based startup claims that it has seen a 4x increase in revenue and a 3x increase in production capacity in the last 12 months. Ethereal Machines had raised $7.3 million from Peak XV’s Surge, Blume Ventures and others in July last year. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Blume was the largest external stakeholder in the company as of the last funding round with over 18% stake followed by Surge Ventures which controls more than 17% stake. Ethereal Machines reported Rs 2.30 crore in revenue from operations in FY23 against Rs 60 lakh in FY22. According to TheKredible, The company’s losses also increased to Rs 4.69 crore in FY23 from Rs 2.6 crore in the previous fiscal year.

Deeptech IoT startup DATOMS raises Rs 25 Cr in Series A led by Big Capital JSC

EntrackrEntrackr · 25d ago
Deeptech IoT startup DATOMS raises Rs 25 Cr in Series A led by Big Capital JSC
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Indian industrial deeptech IoT startup DATOMS has raised Rs 25 crore (around $2.76 million) in a Series A funding round led by Big Capital JSC. The round also saw participation from IvyCap Ventures and follow-on investment from YourNest Venture Capital. Entrackr had exclusively reported the current round this month. Previously, the startup had raised $1.2 million led by Yournest VC in October 2023. As per Entrackr’s estimates, the company will be valued at around Rs 110 crore ($12.18 million) on a post-money basis. The proceeds will be used to strengthen product and technology, expand into new markets and hire across engineering, data science and enterprise sales. The firm will also enhance its AI-driven predictive maintenance and energy management capabilities. Founded in 2021 by Amiya Samantaray, Asish Sahoo, Nataraj Sahoo and Amrit Biswal, DATOMS builds an industrial IoT platform that connects physical machines and turns them into trackable assets across their lifecycle. Its platform enables enterprises and OEMs to monitor performance in real time, predict failures, optimize energy usage and manage service operations. DATOMS currently monitors over 25,000 machines across sectors including logistics, healthcare, manufacturing, cement, steel and mining. It plans to scale this to 1 lakh machines within a year. The brand operates from Bhubaneswar and Bengaluru and serves more than 100 customers globally. For the fiscal year ended March 2025 (FY25), Datoms reported operating revenue of Rs 5.57 crore, compared to Rs 3.09 crore in FY24. The company’s losses widened to Rs 5.82 crore in FY25 from Rs 4.38 crore in the previous fiscal year.

Basil Health raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A round

EntrackrEntrackr · 9d ago
Basil Health raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A round
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Basil Health raises $1.5 Mn in pre-Series A round Beverage retail brand Basil Health has raised $1.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round from Whiteboard Capital, Brigade REAP, and the leading consumer Barbershop Fund, along with participation from Deep Bajaj, Siddharth Kothari, and others. The fresh funds will be utilized to expand across cities, strengthen the supply chain, and invest in brand building and team growth, Basil Health said in a press release. Co-founded in 2023 by Harshita Kejriwal, Akshay Chaudhari, and Karan Dwivedi, Basil Health is a clean and fresh beverage retail brand building an organized national network through compact kiosks and proprietary automated beverage machines. According to the Delhi-based startup, it has more than 70 live touchpoints and in-house IoT-enabled technology focused on creating standardized, café-quality fresh beverages at scale. It aims to lead the next wave of organized fresh beverage retail in India by combining strong brand recall with dense distribution and automation-led infrastructure. The startup’s IoT-enabled systems blend fresh ingredients directly in the cup, delivering café-quality beverages with real-time monitoring and operational control. The technology enables standardization, better margins, and distribution beyond traditional retail storefronts. It plans to scale to 1,000 touchpoints over the next three years through a mix of kiosks and automated machines. Basil currently operates over 70 kiosks and automated machines across three geographies — Delhi NCR, Bangalore, and Chandigarh. Its retail model combines compact 50 sq. ft. kiosks with 8 sq. ft. plug-and-play automated beverage machines that can be deployed inside offices, hospitals, universities, and malls.

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