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Exclusive: Info Edge, Pi Ventures lead Clean Electric’s Series A round

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Exclusive: Info Edge, Pi Ventures lead Clean Electric’s Series A round
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Energy storage solutions startup Clean Electric has raised Rs 48.5 crore (approximately $6 million) from existing and new investors. This is the second round of investment for the firm in the past 20 months. The board at Clean Electric has passed a special resolution to issue 31 equity and 12,328 Series A preference shares at an issue price of Rs 39,243 each to raise Rs 48.5 crore or $6 million, its internal documents accessed through Registrar of Companies (RoC) shows. Info Edge and Pi Ventures co-led the Series A with Rs 14.16 crore each while existing backer Kalaari Capital has pumped in Rs 14 crore. Angel investors Panjak Chaddah, Amit Kumar, Rama Advisors, and Lok Capital cumulatively have put in Rs 6.18 crore. Clean Electric will use proceeds for working capital requirements, expansion, capital expenditure, and general corporate purposes. According to TheKredible’s estimates, the company has been valued at around Rs 176 crore or $21.2 million post-allotment. Clean Electric has raised around $9 million to date including its $2.2 million seed funding led by Climate Angles and Kalaari Capital in 2022. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, Kalaari Capital is the largest external stakeholder with 20.7% followed by Info Edge and Pi Ventures which command 8.02% each, respectively. See TheKredible for the complete shareholding pattern. Founded in 2016 by Akash Gupta and Abhinav Roy, Clean Electric develops and manufactures advanced liquid-cooled battery solutions for two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and battery swapping, along with energy storage and infrastructure services. The company was in its pre-revenue stage until FY23 as its revenue from operations stood at Rs 34 lakh in the said fiscal year. Cean Electric is yet to file its annual results for the fiscal year ending March 2024.

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Exclusive: Decentro to kick off Series B round led by Info Edge

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Exclusive: Decentro to kick off Series B round led by Info Edge
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Exclusive: Decentro to kick off Series B round led by Info Edge Y-Combinator-backed fintech startup Decentro is set to raise Rs 26.3 crore (around $3 million) in its Series B round led by Info Edge, with participation from Stargazer Ventures and Infinyte Club Angel Fund. This funding comes nearly 2.5 years after the company raised $4.7 million in a round led by Rapyd Ventures, Leonis VC, and Uncorrelated Ventures, with participation from Kunal Shah (Founder and CEO of CRED), Lalit Keshre (Co-founder and CEO of Groww), and other angel investors. The Decentro’s board passed a resolution to approve the issue of 2 equity shares and 14,260 Series B CCPS at an issue price of Rs 18,442 each, to raise Rs 26.3 crore or $3 million, its regulatory filings accessed from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) show. Info Edge is set to lead the round with an investment of Rs 25 crore, while Stargazer Ventures and Infinyte Club Angel Fund will contribute Rs 1 crore and Rs 30 lakh, respectively. Founded in 2020, Decentro is an API platform that simplifies banking integrations for businesses, enabling them to quickly launch and scale financial products. It offers a full-stack solution for onboarding, account creation, payments, and other banking services, allowing companies to focus on their core offerings. This will be the first instance for the Singapore-based company to raise funding via an Indian entity. As per its consolidated financial statements filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC), Decentro reported a 47% year-on-year increase in operating revenue to Rs 17.7 crore in FY24, up from Rs 12 crore in FY23. However, the company slipped into a loss of Rs 2.46 crore during the same period, after posting a profit in the previous fiscal.

Exclusive: Elevation Capital to lead $5 Mn round in Rumik.ai

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Exclusive: Elevation Capital to lead $5 Mn round in Rumik.ai
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Exclusive: Elevation Capital to lead $5 Mn round in Rumik.ai Rumik has developed Ira, an AI system built to analyze emotion, understand user intent, and converse in languages such as Hinglish, Bangla, and Marathi. Conversational AI platform Rumik.ai is raising a new round led by Elevation Capital with participation from existing investors, according to two people aware of the matter. "Rumik recently raised $1.5 million from Info Edge, and Elevation is now leading a fresh $5 million in a new round," said a person who requested anonymity, as the details of the deal aren’t public. Sources also indicated that Huddle Ventures and Info Edge invested in April and both are likely to participate in the new round as well. Incorporated in April 2024, Rumik AI focuses on providing its conversational AI platform to enterprises. It has developed Ira, an AI system built to analyze emotion, understand user intent, and converse in languages such as Hinglish, Bangla, and Marathi. The company emphasizes that Ira does more than just process data. It forms memories and experiences to develop human-like intelligence, aiming to bridge the gap between robotic responses and genuine understanding. “The term sheet has been signed, and the money is likely to move soon,” said a second source who requested anonymity. “Given the recent investor interest in conversational AI and speech recognition, Rumik may be targeting a valuation in the range of $25–30 million.” Queries sent to Elevation, Rumik, Info Edge and Huddle did not elicit a response by the time of publication. Last month, Elevation Capital led a $6 million seed funding round in Agentic AI startup Adopt AI, which also features a conversational AI interface that executes tasks using natural language. In December 2024, the venture capital firm appointed former Meta executive Krishna Mehra as a partner to lead investments in software-as-a-service (SaaS) and AI.

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