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PE firm Multiples closes $430 Mn continuation fund

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PE firm Multiples closes $430 Mn continuation fund
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Private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management has raised $430 million for a continuation fund to extend its investment in three portfolio companies — Vastu Housing Finance, Quantiphi, and APAC Financial Services. The transaction allows investors in Multiples Fund II to monetize their investments while enabling the firm to continue holding on to high-performing assets, according to a press release. The continuation fund, which was oversubscribed, is backed by four global investors — HarbourVest Partners, Hamilton Lane, LGT Capital Partners, and TPG NewQuest. Some existing Fund II investors have also rolled over their commitments into the new vehicle. Vastu Housing Finance is focused on affordable housing credit, Quantiphi provides AI and digital engineering solutions, and APAC Financial Services is an emerging financial platform with a growing nationwide presence. The fund also includes additional capital for follow-on investments in these companies. Renuka Ramnath-led Multiples has backed more than 35 companies and seen exits across IPOs, strategic sales, and secondary transactions.

Decoding Geniemode’s Series C funding round, latest valuation and captable

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Decoding Geniemode’s Series C funding round, latest valuation and captable
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Decoding Geniemode’s Series C funding round, latest valuation and captable Geniemode, a business-to-business cross-border e-commerce startup, recently announced $50 million in its Series C round led by Multiples Equity, with participation from Fundamentum, Paramark Ventures, and existing investor Info Edge Ventures. Entrackr has gone through its regulatory filings to decode the round break up, captable, and current valuation. The board of Geniemode has passed a special resolution to issue 5,601 Series C compulsory convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 6,60,430 each, raising Rs 370 crore. Additionally, the company has issued 667 partially paid-up equity shares worth Rs 44 crore to its co-founders, bringing the total amount to Rs 414 crore, its regulatory filing accessed from RoC shows. Multiples Equity led the funding round with an investment of Rs 223 crore ($26.2 million), followed by Fundamentum and Paramark Ventures, which contributed Rs 88 crore ($10.3 million) and Rs 36.7 crore ($4.3 million), respectively. Existing investor Info Edge also participated, investing Rs 22 crore ($2.6 million). According to Fintrackr’s estimates, the company’s post-money valuation has now reached Rs 1,800 crore or $212 million. Previously, it was valued at $160 million when it raised $28 million in a Series B round led by Tiger Global in April 2022. According to the data intelligence platform TheKredible, post-allotment co-founder Amit Sharma will hold 27.35% stake, existing investor Info Edge will be the largest external shareholder in the company with 23.2% stake in the company followed by new investor Multiples Equity holding 12.39% stake. See TheKredible for the complete shareholding pattern. Founded by Amit Sharma and Tanuj Gangwani, Geniemode is a B2B cross-border e-commerce startup specializing in furniture, home textiles, apparel, and accessories. It connects buyers with the right suppliers, streamlining the process from sample approval to shipping. Operating in more than 10 countries, Geniemode serves over 200 global buyers and suppliers. With offices in New York, London, Barcelona, China, Bangladesh, and India, it enables brands to source products internationally. For the fiscal year ending FY24, the Gurugram-based company reported a surge of over 2.6X in operating revenue to Rs 556 crore, while reducing losses marginally to Rs 77.62 crore.

SustVest raises $1.7 Mn in pre-Series A

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SustVest raises $1.7 Mn in pre-Series A
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Sustainable investment platform SustVest has raised $1.7 million in its pre-Series A round in mix of equity and debt led by Inflection Point Ventures and Antler along with participation from WEH ventures, Venture Catalysts, Soonicorn Ventures, FAAD Network, and others. The proceeds will be used for key business growth initiatives, including acquiring solar projects, scaling marketing with the regulated platform launch, strengthening operations, and covering legal expenses. Founded by Hardik Bhatia and Devansh Shah, SustVest specializes in sustainable investments in renewable energy. The platform claims to have achieved over Rs 43 crore in Assets Under Management (AUM) with 9.3 MW of solar installations, distributed over Rs 5.7 crore in energy income and saved over 94 lakh kg of carbon emissions. The startup claims to offer investors fixed-income opportunities with environmental impact while enabling C&I consumers to access zero-cost solar projects at up to 50% lower tariffs. Its portfolio includes renowned clients such as Lodha Group, Hitachi, Mahle Group, Subros Ltd, CISF, NSG, CRPF, and others.

Jumbotail raises $18.2 Mn in Series C3 round

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Jumbotail raises $18.2 Mn in Series C3 round
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Jumbotail, B2B marketplace and retail platform for food and grocery, has raised Rs 151 crore ($18.2 million) in a Series C3 round led by Artal Asia Pte. Ltd. Heron Rock, Sabre Investment, Arkam Ventures, Jarvis Reserve Fund, Reaction Global, VII Ventures and others. Artal had led a $85 million Series C round in Jumbotail in December 2021. In March last year, the firm raised $9.5 million in debt and has scooped up around $157 million across equity and debt to date. Jumbotail plans to invest funds in scaling its suite of GTM (Go-To-Market) products and services for new and emerging brands to reach mass market consumers via Jumbotail’s nationwide kirana store network, the company said in a press release. Jumbotail claims to build AI-driven technologies to drive higher customer wallet share by leveraging its deep sourcing capabilities across FMCG and staples and its kirana supply chain. The company also plans to hire teams in deep sourcing, technology, category management, product management, and marketing. “..We will strengthen our leadership position by going deeper into our existing markets and by helping brands reach kiranas with the lowest total cost of activation and the fastest route to market in the sector..,” said Ashish Jhina, Co-founder and COO of Jumbotail. Jhina also said that the company expects to be fully profitable on an operational basis across its entire network before the end of 2024. Founded by S.Karthik Venkateswaran, and Jhina, Jumbotail serves small and medium kirana stores across India via full stack B2B marketplace platform, inhouse warehousing and last-mile delivery supply chain network that provides next-day storefront deliveries to kirana stores. It also provides a fintech platform for payment, credit solutions and financial services to kirana store owners. According to Jumbotail, it generated sales by unassisted digital orders placed organically by kirana stores across the country via its app. Jumbotail’s revenue from operations grew 2.17X to Rs 819 crore in FY23 from Rs 377 crore in FY22, according to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible. Akin to revenue, its losses also jumped over 2X to Rs 264 crore in FY23 as compared to Rs 125 crore in the previous fiscal year.

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