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CtrlB raises $2.5 Mn in seed round led by Chiratae Ventures

EntrackrEntrackr · 16d ago
CtrlB raises $2.5 Mn in seed round led by Chiratae Ventures
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Unified data platform CtrlB has raised $2.5 million in a seed round led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from Equirus, InnovateX Fund, Campus Fund, and Point One Capital. The proceeds will be used to scale its unified diskless data lake platform, accelerate R&D, file patents for its indexing and compression technology, and secure SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications. CtrlB will expand operations across India and the United States and increase its team size to 50–60 members across distributed systems, DevOps, solution architecture, and sales. The company plans to deepen partnerships in the cloud and DevOps ecosystem and strengthen customer success to drive faster enterprise adoption. Founded in 2023 by Adarsh Srivastava, CtrlB unifies logs, metrics, traces, and security events into a single observability engine built on cloud object storage. The platform uses one-touch ingestion, high-speed indexing, and compression technology designed to reduce storage cost and improve telemetry retention. The company plans to target over fifty enterprise customers in the next eighteen months across logistics, fintech, ecommerce, and SaaS, and aims to expand into adjacent markets including APM and log analytics. CtrlB is preparing a platform upgrade that includes a new interface, dashboards, and a correlation engine, while also strengthening cloud partnerships. The company’s model is built around lowering observability cost and increasing search and ingestion performance for engineering and security teams.

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RevOps startup Clientell raises $2.5 Mn in seed round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
RevOps startup Clientell raises $2.5 Mn in seed round
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RevOps startup Clientell has raised $2.5 million in its seed round led by Blume Ventures. The round also saw participation from Chiratae Ventures, Artha Venture Fund and Silicon Valley-based Z5 Capital. Earlier to this round, the startup had raised $600,000 from Chiratae Ventures’ sonic cohort at the end of 2021, co-led by Artha Venture fund. The fresh proceeds will be used to strengthen its product and expand the team, the company said in a press release. Founded in 2021 by Saahil Dhaka and Neil Sarkar, Clientell helps businesses improve revenue generation efficiency by introducing AI copilots to boost their go-to-market (GTM) execution and optimize pipeline governance and forecasting. The Bengaluru-based startup deploys custom forecasting processes and ML models for each customer rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. With its AI copilot, Clientell claims to have enabled its users, primarily chief revenue officers and Go-to-market leaders, to boost GTM execution and optimize pipeline governance and forecasting. Currently, the startup is working with initial design partners and early adopters spanning growth-stage SaaS companies and large pharmaceutical companies.

Exclusive: Miko raises fresh capital at over $200 Mn valuation

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Miko raises fresh capital at over $200 Mn valuation
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Robotics firm Miko, a product of Emotix, has raised Rs 20.5 crore (approximately $2.5 million) in a new round from a group of angel investors. This fresh equity infusion comes after a two-year hiatus for the Mumbai-based company. The board at Miko has passed a special resolution to issue 679 Series C CCPS at an issue price of Rs 3,02,695 each to raise Rs 20.55 crore or $2.5 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. Moneycrew Fintech injected Rs 4.5 crore while the rest of the sum was poured in by angel investors including Amrapali B Doshi, Sanjiv Sarita, Amit Jain, Satyam Sinha, Inderjit Kaur Arora, and others. According to TheKredible’s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 1,711 crore or $206 million post-allotment. This is a 2.3X jump in the valuation as compared to its last equity round. Miko creates emotionally intelligent robots that leverage artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT) in developing its flagship brands Miko, Miko 2 and Miko 3. After the success of its first-generation robots, the company launched an advanced version that uses voice-recognition technology to see, hear, sense, express, talk, and recognize faces. Miko has raised over $60 million to date including its $29 million Series B round led by Ivycap Ventures in 2021. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, prior to this round Chiratae Ventures was the largest external stakeholder with 13.77% followed by IvyCap Ventures with 13%. See TheKredible for the complete shareholding pattern. The Chiratae-backed startup showcased impressive 2.3X growth to Rs 225 crore in FY23 from Rs 95 crore in FY22. However, the bottom of the company stood at Rs 108 crore in FY23. Miko is yet to file annual results for FY24.

Y Combinator-backed Exly raises $6.2 Mn led by Chiratae

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Y Combinator-backed Exly raises $6.2 Mn led by Chiratae
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Business tools provider Exly (formerly MyScoot) has raised $6.2 million in a new round led by Chiratae Ventures. Existing backers Mayfield India and Venture Highway also participated in the round. The proceeds will primarily be used for enhancing its product offerings and customer acquisition. Founded in 2021 by Suyash Sinha, Sidharth Rawat, Akhil Tripathi and Swati Singh, Exly provides business tools to help customers streamline operations and enhance productivity. Its offerings include course builders, appointment scheduler, marketing suite, along with customer relationship management (CRM), and lead capturing conversion tools for creators and solo-entrepreneurs. Exly claims to have been used by over 10,000 customers to date. It targets business coaches, fitness professionals, astrologers, dance choreographers, and digital marketers as customers. The startup had earlier raised $1.8 million in seed funding round and was a part of the Y Combinator’s winter 2019 batch.

Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital

EntrackrEntrackr · 4m ago
Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital
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Quick fashion delivery startup KNOT raises $3 Mn led by Kae Capital Mumbai-based quick commerce fashion platform KNOT has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round led by Kae Capital with participation from Sparrow Capital, Boundless Ventures LLP, and founders of SNITCH, The Souled Store, and Bonkers Corner. Existing investors WEH Ventures, All In Capital, and Kumar Saurabh (Aukera Jewellery) also backed the round. The new funding will fuel product development, expansion beyond Mumbai, and deepen brand partnerships. Founded in 2025 by Archit Nanda and Rachit Bansal, KNOT is reimagining online fashion delivery with its 60-minute delivery model and Try ‘n Buy experience in Mumbai. The idea was born after the duo pivoted from their earlier venture Slick, spotting a major gap in how Gen Z and millennials discover and shop for fashion. KNOT currently claims to have partnered with over 70 fashion brands, fulfilling thousands of orders monthly. Its standout features include AI-based virtual try-ons, doorstep trials with instant returns, and influencer-led discovery. In the same space, ZILO secured $4.5 million in seed funding led by Info Edge Ventures and Chiratae Ventures, last month. Fashion delivery startup Slikk also secured $10 million in funding. Myntra, which launched rapid apparel delivery in December 2024, has now extended the service to additional cities.

Exclusive: Proptech startup HouseEazy raises $4 Mn in Series A

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Proptech startup HouseEazy raises $4 Mn in Series A
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HouseEazy, an online marketplace for pre-owned homes, has raised Rs 33.5 crore (around $4 million) in Series A led by Chiratae Ventures Fund with participation from Veena Jindal, Antler Innovation Fund, and IA Growth Opportunities Fund. The board at HouseEazy has issued a total of 3,915 shares at a face value of Rs 10 and premium of Rs 85,666 on preferential basis and by way of private placement, the company’s regulatory filings with Registrar of Companies show. Chiratae Ventures has invested Rs 29.62 crore, whereas Antler Innovation Fund invested Rs 2.86 crore. IA Growth Opportunities Fund and Veena Jindal invested Rs 76.25 lakh and Rs 29 lakh respectively. As per startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, HouseEazy has reached a valuation of Rs 156 crore post money (over $18 million). The company may raise more funds in this round and the valuation will vary accordingly. In December 2023, HouseEazy raised $1 million in a seed round led by Antler and picked up $370,000 in pre seed funding in June 2022. Founded in 2021 by Tarun Sainani and Deepak Bhatia, HouseEazy is building a full-stack, data driven technology platform to provide the best prices and instant liquidity to sellers and title-checked, refurbished, ready-to-move-in homes to buyers. The Noida-based company says that it uses a proprietary machine-learning algorithm with over 1.25 million data points to provide real-time price offers, eliminating the need for multiple meetings & negotiations for sellers. In December, HouseEazy claimed that it reached an ARR of Rs 250 crore (GMV) while maintaining profitability. The firm expects to hit Rs 1,000 crore ARR by March 2025 from the NCR market alone. For the fiscal year ending March 2023 (FY23), HouseEazy registered Rs 2.78 crore in operating revenue with Rs 44 lakh in loss.

Xovian Aerospace raises $2.5 Mn led by Piper Serica and TurboStart

EntrackrEntrackr · 4m ago
Xovian Aerospace raises $2.5 Mn led by Piper Serica and TurboStart
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Snippets Xovian Aerospace raises $2.5 Mn led by Piper Serica and TurboStart Spacetech startup Xovian Aerospace has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Piper Serica and TurboStart, with participation from Inflection Point Ventures (IPV) and Eaglewings Ventures. The proceeds will be used to support the development of AI-native radio frequency (RF) satellite infrastructure and enable space trials planned by year-end. Xovian is building a constellation of RF nanosatellites that offer real-time signal intelligence by capturing and decoding dynamic signals unlike traditional satellites that rely solely on optical data. Its platform serves industries such as maritime, aviation, defence, oil & gas, and weather forecasting by providing continuous RF data fused with AI-powered decision intelligence. With pilot discussions underway in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, Xovian’s vertically integrated model offers low-latency, high-fidelity insights, claiming to generate up to six times more data value per dollar than conventional systems. According to data from intelligence platform TheKredible, more than a dozen spacetech startups have collectively raised around $21 million in 2025. The list includes names like OrbitAid, InspeCity, and Sisir Radar, among others.

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