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The Money Club raises $2.5 Mn in Series A

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The Money Club raises $2.5 Mn in Series A
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On-demand liquidity platform The Money Club has raised $2.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Prudent Investment Managers. The round also saw participation from HNIs of Singapore and Dubai, 1Crowd AIF, along with its existing investors, including Venture Catalysts, LetsVenture, Z21 Ventures, and Supermorepheus. The company had previously raised $2.54 million from its existing investors. The fresh funds will be deployed toward developing financial inclusion solutions, expanding technological capabilities, and providing financial empowerment to underserved populations, The Money Club said in a press release. Launched in 2018 by Manuraj Jain, The Money Club provides a fully digital platform that offers its new-to-credit users on-demand liquidity without any physical paperwork. The platform is designed to cater to the unmet financial needs of low-income populations, particularly the 400 million lower middle-class Indians who face significant barriers in accessing traditional financial products. According to the Noida-based company, it enables users from across the country to rotate their savings digitally and access funds on demand in times of need. It runs entirely on UPI rails and collects valuable behavioral data, enabling a dynamic, real-time underwriting model that creates accurate credit profiles using more than 30 unique attributes per transaction. This approach provides 20 times more data than traditional credit models, significantly enhancing the previously non-existent digital footprint of nano-entrepreneurs to bring them under the ambit of the formal financial ecosystem. The Money Club claims to have successfully acquired over 7 lakh users, mostly new to credit, who have rotated approximately Rs 350 crore of their savings to date and generated a digital footprint of over 4.3 million transactions. The platform boasts a 98% user retention rate. It may compete directly or indirectly with other companies in this space, such as myPaisaa, Subspace, and Shriram Chits, among others.

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Community platform Hack2Skill raises $1 Mn in debt and equity

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Community platform Hack2Skill raises $1 Mn in debt and equity
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Community platform Hack2Skill has raised $1 million in debt and equity financing round co-led by Recur Club and String Ventures. Founded in 2021 by Samkit Sharma, Hack2Skill is an operator of a hackathon platform intended for communities and corporations to manage hackathons in a better way. The platform features a suite of tools that help communities and corporations to manage hackathons, including registration, team matchmaking, event timeline, internal chat, and more, enabling companies to upskill developers by providing them with a platform to learn new skills, build projects, and earn rewards. Also Read: Recur Club plans to deploy Rs 2,000 Cr in 2024: Interview with Eklavya Gupta Hack2Skill claims to have a community of more than 2.5 million tech enthusiasts and focuses on empowering its community to find innovative solutions collaboratively by organising hackathons, workshops, and boot camps. Recur Club has disbursed over $100 million to over 500 companies, including Ustraa, Rage Coffee, Moveinsync, Keka HR, Xoxodays, and others. Last month, it invested in skincare brand Conscious Chemist.

DaaS platform Swish Club raises $4.5 Mn in pre-Series A

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DaaS platform Swish Club raises $4.5 Mn in pre-Series A
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Devices-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform Swish Club has secured $4.5 million in a pre-Series A funding round, including $3.3 million in equity and $1.2 million in debt financing. The equity round was led by Powerhouse Ventures, along with participation from Blume Ventures, Founders Fund, Touchstone Ventures, Eternal Capital, and Atrium Ventures. The round also included other investors such as Livspaceโ€™s Anuj Srivastava, Ajit Reddy, Deb Dutt, and Tushar Patel. The Bengaluru-based company had previously raised $1.26 million from its existing investors and others. Founded in 2023 by Dushyant Sapre, Suraj Kumar, and Jai Anand, Swish Club is a one-stop solution for enterprise devices, end-point management, and security software. The platform handles the entire lifecycle of a device, from sourcing, configuration, administration, security, and safe returns to upgrades. According to Swish Club, DaaS also allows enterprises and their employees to choose their preferred laptops and smartphones from manufacturers like Apple, Samsung, HP, Dell, and Lenovo and partners with more than 125 enterprises. Swish Club claims to have onboarded over 125 enterprise clients, including Max Life Insurance, Bennett and Coleman, HDFC Life Insurance, PepsiCo, Informatica, Philips, GMR, RPG Group, Landmark Group, and Zensar, as well as startups such as Whatfix, Zetwerk, Meesho, Plum, Allen, Porter, Bold Care, FamPay, Zolvit, Qila Games, and Addverb. "Managing corporate devices is a complex, multi-step process involving procurement, financing, asset management, and eventual recycling. Each step requires different vendors, leading to cost implications, lack of transparency, and multiple back-and-forths. Swish Club is simplifying this with Indiaโ€™s first digital Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform, helping businesses remove these depreciating assets from their balance sheets and reduce IT costs from 10% to just 3% of total capexโ€”all with just a few clicks through a dedicated platform," said Dushyant Sapre, CEO & Co-founder of Swish Club. Swish Club states that under its Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) solution, it has introduced Indiaโ€™s first digital platform for laptop rentals for enterprises and smartphone leasing for corporate employees. The enterprise device rental solution comes with four free pre-bundled software solutions: Asset Management Portal (AMP), Mobile Device Management (MDM), antivirus, and device cleaner. In India, Swish Club competes with unorganized players, while at the global level, it faces competition from companies such as Grover and Everphone.

Exclusive: EyeMyEye raises $2.5 Mn in a new tranche

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Exclusive: EyeMyEye raises $2.5 Mn in a new tranche
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Full-stack eyewear platform EyeMyEye has raised Rs 20.8 crore (approximately $2.5 million) in a new tranche as part of its pre-series A round. The board at EyeMyEye has passed a special resolution to issue 14,44,847 pre-Series A CCPS at an issue price of Rs 143.96 each to raise Rs 20.8 crore, its regulatory filing sourced from RoC shows. RBA Finance & Investments and Ashish Ramesh Kacholia pumped in Rs 10 crore each while Sachin Shah participated with Rs 80 lakh. Following the fresh proceeds, RBA Finance and Ashish Kancholia will hold 6.22% each of the company. EyeMyEye will use these proceeds to operate the business, achieving the pre-defined milestones, and in the manner envisaged in the shareholderโ€™s agreement, the filing added. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the company has been valued at around Rs 162 crore or $20 million (post-money). Founded in 2021 by Ganesh Iyer, EyeMyEye offers a range of customized eyeglasses, sunglasses, and other eyewear-related products to consumers through its online and offline channels. EyeMyEye has raised around Rs 90 crore ($11 million) to date including a $5 million round led by LC Nueva AIF in August 2022. Entrackr had exclusively reported the development. EyeMyEye registered 34% year-on-year growth to Rs 32.45 crore during FY23. Moreover, the companyโ€™s losses remained steady at Rs 19.36 crore during the same period. It competes with the likes of Lenskart, ClearDekho, Cool Winks and Lens2Home, among others.

Fuel tech startup Nawgati raises $2.5 Mn in pre-Series A round

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Fuel tech startup Nawgati raises $2.5 Mn in pre-Series A round
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Fuel tech startup Nawgati raises $2.5 Mn in pre-Series A round Fuel-tech platform Nawgati has raised $2.5 million in pre-series A funding round led by Ajay Upadhyaya along with participation from Deepak Bhagnani Family Office, MeitY Startup Hub, Aamara Capital, and other angels including Sanjay Sharma, Ashish Sharma, Prithvijit Roy, and Vivek Mathur. The Noida-based company had previously raised $1.67 million from MapmyIndia and others. The proceeds will be used for global expansion and strengthen its regional presence across India, Nawgati said in a press release. Co-founded in 2019 by Vaibhav Kaushik, Aalaap Nair, and Aryan Sisodia, Nawgatiโ€™s core offering is a fuel management app that helps businesses and consumers track fuel usage, find the nearest fuel stations, and potentially manage fuel costs. It also provides a dashboard, Aaveg, for fuel stations to monitor their operations in real-time. Additionally, the startup enables real-time oversight of critical station operations, allowing for better forecasting, smarter resource allocation, congestion management, powerful compliance enforcement, and strategic decision-making on the go. Nawgati plans to scale its fleet offering, which is already live with Mahanagar Gas, to other major fuel companies, advancing its aim to deliver smarter, more connected solutions for fleet operators and fuel stations.

Exclusive: Wealthtech startup Stable Money raises $15 Mn in new round

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Exclusive: Wealthtech startup Stable Money raises $15 Mn in new round
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Wealthtech startup Stable Money has raised over Rs 123 crore nearly $15 million in a new round from RTP Capital, Lightspeed India, and Matrix Partner. The Bengaluru-based company has become one of the few startups to close two rounds within a year, especially during the so called funding winter. The board at Stable Money has passed a special resolution to issue 77,135 CCPS at price of Rs 16,019 each to raise Rs 123.56 crore or $14.74 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (ROC) shows. RTP Capital led the round with Rs 54.26 crore ($6.5 million) while Lightspeed India and Matrix Partners India pumped in Rs 34.64 crore ($4.15 million) each in this round. In August 2023, Stable Money scooped up $5 million in its first equity fundraise led by Matrix Partners and Lightspeed. Titan Capital, Mar Shot Ventures and a clutch of prominent angel investors also participated in the round. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Stable Money will be valued at around $60 million post money. This is nearly four fold jump in valuation from $16.5 million in the last round. Founded in late 2022 by Saurabh Jain and Harish Reddy, Stable Money is building a fixed-return investment platform to provide financial consultation services to investors. The platform will also publish financial literacy content on its online platform to create awareness among investors. A clutch of wealthtech startups have managed to score decent funding in the ongoing calendar year. Recently Deserv raked in $32 million in its Series B round led by Premji Invest. In May, wealth management platform Wealthy raised $5.4 million in a new round led by Alpha Wave Incubation Fund.

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