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Astrogate Labs raises $1.3 Mn led by Piper Serica

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Astrogate Labs raises $1.3 Mn led by Piper Serica
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Astrogate Labs raises $1.3 Mn led by Piper Serica Spacetech startup Astrogate Labs has secured $1.3 million in its pre-Series funding led by Piper Serica Angel Fund. The proceeds will be used to accelerate further the development of its laser communication terminals for space and additional use cases in terrestrial and airborne applications, scale operations, and strengthen partnerships with space agencies and defense organizations. Founded by Nitish Singh, Yogeshwaran J, and Subhajit Chakraborty, Astrogate Labs provides technology to improve data downlink for small satellite constellations, helping them transmit data more efficiently to the ground. With over 25,000 small satellites expected to be in orbit by 2030, current radio frequency systems face severe bandwidth limitations and spectrum congestion. Astrogate's laser communication solutions claim to provide a scalable alternative for high-speed up to 10 Gbps, secure data transmission. Astrogate Labs has also received recognition for its technology innovations including DRDO Dare to Dream 4.0 and graduated from the Seraphim Space Accelerator APAC Program in 2023. The Bengaluru-based company has been backed by Speciale Invest, SatSure and Anicut Capital, who provided early funding to support the development of its innovative technology.

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Rupeeflo raises $1 Mn from Piper Serica

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Rupeeflo raises $1 Mn from Piper Serica Fintech startup Rupeeflo has raised $1 million in funding in a pre-seed round led by Piper Serica Angel Fund. Fintech veterans including Ravi Shankar (co-founder of Active AI), Kishore Natarajan, and Kedar Kulkarni (co-founder of Hyperverge) also participated in the maiden round. Rupeeflo will use the funding to roll out a full-stack NRI investment platform, introduce instant UPI access, and expand its global presence. Founded in 2024 by Dharmendra Maurya, Ashish Jha, and Manav Bharambe, Rupeeflo streamlines banking and investing for NRIs in India. Starting with the U.S. and U.K., it aims to expand across global NRI hubs. With Rupeeflo, NRIs can now digitally apply for an NRE/NRO account in less than 10 minutes and have easy and paperless access to stock markets, mutual funds, and index funds without regulatory headaches. “We see this as one of the biggest untapped opportunities in fintech. In the USA alone, NRIs have over $300 billion in low-yield savings overseas because investing in India has been too complex. We are fixing the problem so that they can participate in India's future instead of just watching from the sidelines,” said Ashish Jha. Piper Serica is an asset manager investing in India’s public and private markets. It manages a SEBI-registered PMS, advises a Mauritius-based offshore fund, and runs the Piper Serica Angel Fund for early-stage startups, overseeing over Rs 1,000 crore in assets.

Debt relief platform FREED raises $7.5 Mn in Series A

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Debt relief platform FREED raises $7.5 Mn in Series A
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Debt relief platform FREED has raised Rs 60 crore ($7.5 million) in its Series A round led by Sorin Investments and Multiply Ventures, with participation from Piper Serica and other institutional funds. In May 2022, FREED raised $2.8 million in a pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. With this latest investment, FREED aims to accelerate its growth trajectory, deepen its impact, and continue pioneering advancements in the debt relief landscape. Founded in August 2020 by Ritesh Srivastava, FREED assists individuals in navigating their debt challenges effectively. The company claims to have enrolled over 1,200 crore in stressed retail debt on its platform across more than 25,000 customers pan India. Besides FREED, Loan Settlement, Single Debt, and CreditQ, among others also compete in this segment. Sorin Investments, a venture capital firm set up by KKR’s Sanjay Nayar and Caravel Group’s Angad Banga, raised $100 million from multiple family offices for its debut fund in July 2022. Its portfolio includes Uniqus and Venwiz.

Healthcare and insurtech startup FlashAid raises $2.5 Mn

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Healthcare and insurtech startup FlashAid raises $2.5 Mn
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Healthcare and insurtech firm Flashaid has raised $2.5 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by Piper Serica Angel Fund and global venture capital firm SOSV. Early-stage investors —Z21 Ventures Fund and ZNL Growth Fund also participated in this round. The proceeds will be used for growth and expansion to six new cities, the company said in a press release. Founded by Manoj Gupta and Gunjali Kothari, Flashaid offers a full-stack health solution with proprietary pre-underwritten products, open APIs, and embedded solutions. Formerly known as EasyAspataal, Flashaid is building an API-first health cover to make health insurance affordable and accessible to common people. It is developing a distinctive channel for retail health plan distribution via a B2B2C platform. Over the last year, the firm claims to have partnered with over 20 platforms to distribute 30,000 health covers and is profitable at the EBITDA level. Currently, it has an ARR (annual run rate) of $1 million and is expected to grow to $10 million ARR in the next two years.

Bhavik Koladiya-led OTPless raises $3.5 Mn led by SIDBI

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Bhavik Koladiya-led OTPless raises $3.5 Mn led by SIDBI
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Authentication and access management platform OTPless has raised $3.5 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by SIDBI, said its co-founder and chief executive officer Bhavik Koladiya. Venture Highway, FJ Labs, and Piper Serica also joined the firm’s maiden institutional round. With this, OTPless raised $6.5 million to date. The Surat-based startup raised $2.7 million in seed round in February last year from Neeraj Arora, Kunal Shah, Amrish Rau, Jitendra Gupta, Utsav Somani, Amit Jain, Fabrice Grinda, and Luke Skertich. With a team of 50 members, OTPless plans to use the new funds to expand its global presence and service beyond authentication and into authorization, said Kodaliya. Its global peers include Auth0, Clerk, Stytch, Descope and Transmit Security and a few others. Founded by Koladiya, Satyam Nathani and Tanmay Sagar, former executives of fintech unicorn BharatPe, OTPless enables users to sign up and sign in on websites and apps via WhatsApp and other methods. This approach simplifies the process for users and weeds out the need for OTPs. The startup supports various social sign-in methods, including Google, iMessage, Microsoft, Github, Slack, UPI and modern protocols like Passkeys, Network Auth, Protected SMS and Device fingerprinting. As per the company, developers can easily integrate OTPless’s SDKs and APIs, going live within minutes using pre-built UIs. OTPless claims that more than 5,000 companies and 20,000 developers worldwide use the platform to authenticate over 30 million users. OTPless is a recent startup from BharatPe’s group which managed to raise significant funding. For record, CrickPe, led by Ashneer Grover, raised seed money led by ZNL Growth Fund. Last year, Genwise and Vegapay also announced their maiden fundraise after launch. The list of startups and venture funds launched by former BharatPe executives includes Jivi.ai, CubeAPM, GrowthCap Venture, Eternal Capital and OTP Ventures. While Growth Cap Venture and Eternal Capital already announced their maiden fund, Suhail Sameer-led OTP Venture is aiming to secure Rs 400 crore for its debut fund.

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