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AquaExchange raises $8 Mn in Series B round at $41 Mn valuation

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AquaExchange raises $8 Mn in Series B round at $41 Mn valuation
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AquaExchange raises $8 Mn in Series B round at $41 Mn valuation Aquaculture technology startup AquaExchange has raised $8 million (around Rs 72 crore) in its Series B funding round, co-led by Endiya Partners and Factor Analytics, with participation from Accion Ventures and support from Ocean 14 Capital. According to filings, the round was co-led by Endiya Partners and Factor Analytics, with investments of Rs 30 crore each, followed by Accion Ventures, which invested Rs 12 crore. AquaExchange's valuation has surged around 74% to Rs 372 crore (approximately $41 million) in the latest round, compared to Rs 214 crore during its Series A funding in January 2024. The fresh capital will be used to expand its international technology business, grow domestic market share, and strengthen its presence across the aquaculture value chain. Endiya Partners holds a 16.2% stake, followed by Accion Venture with 9.68% and Factor Analytics with 8.06%. Founded by Pavan Kosaraju, Hemasundar Dhavili, Kareem Mohammod, and Kiran Bandi, AquaExchange helps aquaculture farmers leverage technology to improve crop yields, reduce crop risks, and manage rising input costs. Its product portfolio includes PowerMon, a power management device, and AquaBot, an automated feed management system. The company claims to be the first aquaculture technology firm in India to automate more than 25% of the country’s shrimp farming acreage. Its platform currently monitors over 80,000 acres of aquaculture farms globally and operates across five Indian states, along with international markets such as Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and Madagascar. The company’s operating revenue rose 2.3X to Rs 240.51 crore in FY25 from Rs 104.88 crore in FY24, while its losses increased to Rs 12.71 crore from Rs 9.35 crore during the same period. The company also claims to achieve EBITDA profitability within the current financial year.

Biomanufacturing startup Loopworm raises $3.25 Mn in pre-Series A round

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Biomanufacturing startup Loopworm raises $3.25 Mn in pre-Series A round
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Biomanufacturing startup Loopworm raises $3.25 Mn in pre-Series A round Co-founded in 2019 by Ankit Alok Bagaria and Abhi Gawri, Loopworm is a biomanufacturing startup focused on sustainable protein production using farmed insects. Loopworm, a biomanufacturing company developing insect-derived proteins, has raised $3.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round. The round was co-led by WaterBridge Ventures, an existing investor, and ENRISSION INDIA CAPITAL, a Japanese venture capital firm. The Bengaluru-based company had previously raised $3.4 million in a seed funding round led by Omnivore and others. The proceeds will be allocated towards commercializing its recombinant protein production platform, targeting diagnostics, animal vaccines, and other applications with lower regulatory barriers, Loopworm said in a press release. Loopworm focuses on sustainable protein production using farmed insects. The company has commercialized insect-derived proteins and fats for aquaculture and pet nutrition and is now developing a novel reactor-free recombinant protein production platform using silkworms. Loopworm says it has developed a new approach to producing recombinant proteins—typically created by inserting genes into host organisms like yeast or bacteria to produce proteins of medical or industrial value. Its proprietary process bypasses this entirely by using silkworms as living factories to produce complex proteins, enabling faster, more cost-effective, and sustainable production. The company currently operates a state-of-the-art, 6,000-tonne-per-year insect processing facility in Bengaluru. It exports protein and oil from silkworms and other farmed insects to Europe, South America, and ASEAN countries for use in the aquaculture and pet food industries.

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