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Hudle raises $2.5 Mn in Series A round led by Sky Impact Capital

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Hudle raises $2.5 Mn in Series A round led by Sky Impact Capital
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Hudle raises $2.5 Mn in Series A round led by Sky Impact Capital Sports-tech platform Hudle has raised $2.5 million in Series A funding led by Sky Impact Capital, with participation from Physis Capital, Atrium Venture, and notable angels including Mahesh Bhupathi, Gaurav Kapur, and the founders of Blue Tokai and Nitro Commerce. Earlier in April last year, Hudle had raised Rs 7 crore in its pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures. The proceeds will be used to expand its venue network, enhance product features, and roll out a new rating system to improve engagement across recreational sports. Founded by Suhail Narain, Arjun Singh Verma and Sonam Taneja, Hudle connects players with over 2,000 venues across 60 Indian cities, enabling real-time booking and game participation for emerging sports like badminton, pickleball, padel, and others. It facilitates over 150,000 games per month, and aims to cross 3 million games by the end of this fiscal. With over 3.5x growth in gross transaction value and 2.5x revenue growth in the last year, the firm's tech stack supports easy discovery, performance tracking, and game matching. In August 2025, Hudle will launch GRIP (Game Rating Index for Players), a scoring and ranking system for recreational sports, starting with pickleball, padel, and badminton.

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Hudle raises Rs 7 Cr in pre-Series A round

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Sportstech platform Hudle has raised Rs 7 crore in its pre-Series A round led by Inflection Point Ventures and Sky Impact Capital. The round also saw participation from Survam Partners and Anay Ventures. The proceeds will be used for footprint expansion, product enhancements and marketing efforts, the company said in a press release. Founded by Suhail Narain, Arjun Singh Verma and Sonam Taneja, Hudle is a sports tech platform catering to the preventive healthcare market. It helps sports and fitness enthusiasts to discover venues in their hyper local markets, book sports activities and connect with like-minded individuals to form communities. Backed by brand ambassadors like Ajinkya Rahane, Hudle claims to have facilitated over one lakh games per month across 1,300 venues in 60 cities. It has an engaged community of over five Lakh players. Last month, IPV invested in edtech startup MyCaptain in its Rs 14 crore (approximately $1.7 million) new round and fintech mobility startup Pumpumpum. Its recent investments include BonV Aero, AllTrak, and Onedioss, among others. According to data intelligence platform TheKredible, Inflection Point Ventures emerged as the most active investors in Q1 2024 with 11 investments. Blume Ventures, Venture Catalysts and Fireside Ventures were next on the list.

Finfactor raises $15 Mn in Series A led by WestBridge

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Finfactor raises $15 Mn in Series A led by WestBridge The Pune-based company had earlier raised $2.5 million in July 2022 from Varanium Nexgen Fund, IIFL, DMI Sparkle Fund, and others. Finfactor, the parent company of Finvu Account Aggregator, has raised $15 million in its Series A round led by WestBridge Capital, with participation from existing investors Varanium Capital, DMI Sparkle Fund, and IIFL Fintech Fund. According to the company, the new capital will be used to expand its product suite for financial institutions, enhance its analytics capabilities, and advance its goal of becoming a full-stack technology provider for banks and BFSI clients. Co-founded by Manoj Alandkar and Munish Bhatia, Finvu Account Aggregator enables secure data exchange for banks, insurers, stockbrokers, investment advisors, and other financial institutions and claims to have served more than 50 million consumers. Finfactor offers data analytics and artificial intelligence-driven solutions such as a multi AA gateway, bank statement analyser, loan monitoring and collections tools, and wealth management capabilities. It serves more than 150 BFSI clients including HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Motilal Oswal, Canara Bank, and CRED, supported by a team of more than 120 professionals. WestBridge recently led the $40 million Series B round for credit infrastructure fintech FinBox. It has also backed enterprise AI platform UnifyApps, edtech firm SpeakX, and took part in a secondary transaction in Rapido to facilitate an exit for Swiggy.

Volt14 raises $1.87 Mn in pre-Series A round led by Blume Ventures

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Volt14 raises $1.87 Mn in pre-Series A round led by Blume Ventures
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Volt14 raises $1.87 Mn in pre-Series A round led by Blume Ventures Battery technology startup Volt14 has secured $1.87 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by Blume Ventures. Beyond Next Ventures, Spectrum Impact. Shashank Pathak 05 May 2025 11:12 IST Follow Us New Update Battery technology startup Volt14 has secured $1.87 million in its pre-Series A funding round led by Blume Ventures. Beyond Next Ventures, Spectrum Impact, Supermorpheus, and returning investor Cocoon Capital have also participated. The total funding raised by the Bengaluru-based startup now stands at $4.02 million. The proceeds will be used to scale up manufacturing and expand its team. Founded in 2019 by Animesh Kumar Jha, Volt14 focuses on developing silicon-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries. It has also developed an in-house cylindrical battery cell format demonstrating energy density enabled by its silicon anode. Volt14 claims that its technology increases silicon content in anodes while maintaining performance levels and is currently being evaluated by multiple battery cell manufacturers. According to market research, the lithium-ion battery sector is projected to exceed $300 billion by 2034, driven by electric vehicle adoption and energy storage expansion. Blume Ventures, the lead investor in this round, is also one of the early backers of Battery Smart, which is the most funded startup in the space.

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LogicLadder raises $2.5 Mn in Series A round

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Climate-tech SaaS startup LogicLadder has raised $2.5 million in its Series A round led by Singapore and Vietnam-based BIG Capital and Zerodha’s Rainmatter. The firm is backed by investors including ONGC, Shell and IIM Lucknow EIC. The proceeds will be used to expand its global footprint in South Asia and North America. Founded in 2011, LogicLadder’s premium platform ‘The Sustainability Cloud’ is used by enterprises to manage ESG, account for Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions, meet environment compliance and generate sustainability reporting. According to LogicLadder, the software follows global standards like GHG protocol, SBTi, GRI, CDP, CSRD, SASB, BRSR, CBAM and GRESB, among others. Additionally, its products – TSC Water, TSC Energy, and TSC Enviro, allow organisations to achieve efficiency-led decarbonisation and sustainability in water and generated waste. The firm claims to be working with over 1,000 customers such as NTPC, BHEL, PVR-INOX, Mother Dairy and others, along with 40 channel partners.

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