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Exclusive: Home decor startup Vaaree kicks off new round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Home decor startup Vaaree kicks off new round
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Home Furnishing & Decor Startup Vaaree has raised Rs 20.78 crore ($2.5 million) in a pre-Series A round led by Capier Investments with the participation of Peak XV’s Surge Ventures. The board at Vaaree has passed a special resolution to issue 3,063 pre-series A CCPS at an issue price of Rs 67,856 each to raise Rs 20.78 crore or $2.5 million, its regulatory filing accessed through Registrar of Companies shows. Capier Investments pumped in Rs 12.47 crore while Surge Ventures contributed Rs 8.31 crore in the pre-series A. The company is likely to get more funds in the same round. As per TheKredible’s estimate, the company is valued at around Rs 180 crore ($21.6 million) post-money. Vaaree has raised around $7 million to date including a $4 million seed money led by Peak XV’s Surge Ventures and with the participation of Vistra, Better Capital, Capier Investments, and All in Capital in September last year. Founded in 2022 by Garima Luthra, Pranav Arora, and Varun Vohra, Vaaree caters to home decor across categories including furnishing, kitchen, decor, bath, and garden. Vaaree was a part of the eighth cohort of Surge’s accelerator program and it also raised funds from angels such as Kunal Shah, Arjun Vaidya, Vineeta Singh, Ghazal Alagh, Varun Dua, Manish Dugar, Anjali Bansal, Suhail Sameer, and Ruchi Deepak, among others. In its first fiscal year (FY23), Vaaree’s revenue from operations was recorded at Rs 1.91 crore while the loss of the firm stood at Rs 3.5 crore in the same period. The company is yet to file its financial results for FY24. Livspace, HomeLane and Furlenco are the top notch funded startups in the home decor space. Early stage companies such as DecorTwist, Sunday Design, and KraftInn, among others, also raised funds in the past couple of years.

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Exclusive: Ixigo-backed FreshBus kicks off Series A round

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Ixigo-backed FreshBus kicks off Series A round
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Ixigo-backed EV bus startup FreshBus has raised Rs 43.7 crore (approximately $5.3 million) in its Series A round. This is the first round of funding for the Bengaluru-based company this year. The board at Fresh Bus has passed a special resolution to issue 2 equity shares and 63,825 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 6,845 each to raise Rs 43.7 crore or $5.3 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Maniv Mobility led the round with Rs 35.68 crore while the remaining sum has been invested by Riverwalk Holdings during the Series A round. The company was in discussions to raise Rs 100 crore in its Series A round. This appears to be an ongoing fundraising and the company is likely to mop up more funds in this round. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Fresh Bus has been valued at around $20 million (post-allotment) in this round. The valuation may vary with the further capital injection. FreshBus has raised around $9 million to date including Rs 7.5 crore from Kunal Shah, TVS Motors MD Sudarshan Venu, and Rivigo CEO and founder Deepak Garg in October last year. FreshBus was founded by Sudhakar Reddy Chirra, who earlier built bus aggregator Abhibus which was acquired by ixigo in August 2021 in a cash and stock deal. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKrediblle, the company was still in pre-revenue stage with a loss of Rs 2.1 crore during the fiscal year ending March 2023. The company is yet to file its annual financial results for FY24.

Exclusive: Emiza Supply Chain kicks off new funding round

EntrackrEntrackr · 10m ago
Exclusive: Emiza Supply Chain kicks off new funding round
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Exclusive All Stories Exclusive: Emiza Supply Chain kicks off new funding round Emiza will use these proceeds to meet its growth objectives and to strengthen its financial position by generating long-term resources, the filing added. New Update Third-party logistics and warehousing company Emiza Supply Chain Services has raised Rs 50 crore (approximately $6 million), led by Evolvence India, with the participation of Mirabilis Investment. The board at Emiza has passed a special resolution to issue 4,327 compulsory cumulative preference shares at an issue price of Rs 115,569 each to raise Rs 50 crore or $6 million, its regulatory filing accessed from the Registrar of Companies shows. Evolvence India led the round with Rs 45 crore, while Mirabilis Investment Trust contributed Rs 5 crore during the latest funding. The company will use these proceeds to meet its growth objectives and to strengthen its financial position by generating long-term resources, the filing added. Entrackr estimates that the company will be valued at around Rs 370 crore or $44 million post-allotment. This seems to be part of an ongoing round, and the valuation may vary with further infusion. Emiza offers warehousing and fulfillment services for D2C brands, SMEs, and large businesses selling online. With 27 warehouses across 14 cities in India, it manages storage, picking, packing, and labeling, processing 3 lakh B2B orders daily. Emiza has raised over Rs 130 crore (approximately $16 million) to date, including Rs 37.5 crore (nearly $5 million) led by JM Financial Private Equity in 2022. Before the current investment, Mayfield was the largest external stakeholder with 26.42%, followed by JM Financial. The company has recorded 40% year-on-year growth to Rs 102 crore during the fiscal year ended March 2024. However, the profits for the firm dwindled to Rs 2.6 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 4.98 crore in FY23.

Exclusive: Bluecopa kicks off Series A with a 2.3X valuation surge

EntrackrEntrackr · 20d ago
Exclusive: Bluecopa kicks off Series A with a 2.3X valuation surge
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url: https://entrackr.com/exclusive/exclusive-bluecopa-kicks-off-series-a-with-a-23x-valuation-surge-10788821. Content: FinOps automation platform Bluecopa to begin its Series A round with a Rs 64.7 crore (around $7.35 million) fundraise led by Valorshield Pte Ltd (Analog), with participation from existing investors Blume Ventures and Dallas Venture Capital. This investment follows the company’s $1.8 million pre-Series A round secured in September last year. The Bluecopa’s board has issued 4,562 Series A compulsory convertible preference shares at an issue price of Rs 1,41,849.13 per share to raise the above-mentioned amount, according to its filing with the Registrar of Companies (RoC). Valorshield Pte Ltd led (Analog) the round with Rs 38.8 crore ($4.4 million) investment, while the existing investors Blume Ventures and Dallas Venture Capital participated with Rs 12.93 crore each. According to Entrackr’s analysis, Bluecopa’s valuation surged 2.3X to Rs 306 crore or approximately $35 million post money, compared to Rs 133 crore valuation in its previous $1.8 million round. Co-founded in 2021 by Nilotpal Chanda, Raghavendra Reddy, and Satya Prakash Buddhavarapu, Bluecopa uses AI and data analytics to help CFOs automate and optimize financial operations. Its cloud-native platform offers a unified system for modern finance teams, enabling autonomous processes that streamline workflows and improve overall efficiency. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the Hyderabad-based company has raised around over $11 million to date including its seed round of $2.3 million raised in August 2022. Financially, for the fiscal year ended March 2024, the Blume-backed company reported operating revenue of just Rs 5.2 lakh and non-operating income of Rs 27.38 lakh. It posted a net loss of Rs 7.2 crore during the period. The company has yet to disclose its FY25 financials.

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