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Magma closes Series A round at $8 Mn

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Magma closes Series A round at $8 Mn
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Snippets Magma closes Series A round at $8 Mn Industrial B2B solutions provider Magma has closed its Series A round at $8 million, following an additional $3 million extension to its previously announced $5 million raise in April 2025. Gyan Vardhan 18 Dec 2025 14:01 IST Follow UsNew UpdateIndustrial B2B solutions provider Magma has closed its Series A round at $8 million, following an additional $3 million extension to its previously announced $5 million raise in April 2025. The $3 million fresh infusion includes $1.2 million from its existing investors Capria Ventures and Avinya Ventures, $1.3 million from the Gujarat Government’s VC arm, GVFL, and $0.5 million from AVNM Ventures.Magma has raised a total of $11.3 million to date, including $3.3 million in seed funding.The proceeds will be deployed to scale its operations across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, and Telangana; strengthen precision manufacturing networks, accelerate the growth of TerraMag, its advanced industrial materials brand, and introduce new factory-focused solutions, Magma said in a press release.Launched in 2022 by Neal Thakker, Magma builds an ‘Industrial Operations Stack’ for factories and contract manufacturers. With deep proximity to industrial clusters and a fundamentals-driven, profitability-first approach, the company works closely with mid-market manufacturers to modernise production, improve throughput, and bring transparency to supply and demand in India’s fragmented industrial ecosystem.Magma claims to have over 250 industrial customers across ceramics, industrial chemicals, paper, polymers, plastics and packaging sectors including Reliance, Adani and Arvind Group among others. With a footprint across 12 states in India, the startup serves a wide range of industries, including chemicals, packaging, polymers, paper, plastics, ceramics, and more. The Ahmedabad-based startup plans to double down on Magma Green, a green manufacturing and materials platform delivering waste-management and recycled-materials solutions across the paper, plastic, agro, and sawdust value chains. Capria Ventures is a global south-focused venture capital firm investing in applied AI innovations shaping the future of emerging markets like India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. With over $200 million in AUM, the firm backs high-growth startups that embed AI to transform foundation sectors such as jobs, finance, healthcare, agriculture, and enterprise solutions.

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Magma raises $5 Mn in Series A round led by Capria Ventures

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Magma raises $5 Mn in Series A round led by Capria Ventures
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Magma, a B2B industrial solutions provider, has raised a $5 million Series A funding round, led by Capria Ventures. The round also saw participation from Avinya Ventures, Sanjiv Rangrass, and existing backers General Catalyst, Accion Venture Lab, and WEH Ventures. The Ahmedabad-based company had previously raised $3.3 million from General Catalyst, Accion Venture Lab, Titan Capital, WEH Ventures, and more. The fresh funds will be used to strengthen its position across core factory offerings, expand backward integration capabilities, and accelerate technological investments that enhance procurement agility for customers. Founded in 2022 by Neal Thakker, Magma is a B2B industrial solutions provider enabling Indian factories to scale efficiently and sustainably. Through a vertically integrated ecosystem spanning raw material customization, green energy, biomaterials, waste management, and logistics, it aims to build the infrastructure backbone for India’s manufacturing sector. Magma enables factories to access high-quality customized raw materials, power their operations with green energy and biomaterial solutions, and manage waste responsibly by converting it into recyclable inputs. By building deep supply-side capabilities, the company has created a value-chain-first model that delivers consistency, control, and efficiency at scale while staying agile to customer needs. Since its inception, Magma has built a diverse client base of over 250 industrial customers across various sectors, including ceramics, industrial chemicals, and packaging. The company is currently growing at a Rs 250 crore revenue run rate and has been operationally profitable. Looking ahead, Magma aims to achieve a Rs 1,000 crore revenue run rate within the next 24 months, driven by rapid adoption across India’s SME manufacturing sector.

GVFL backs Magma in extended Series A round

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GVFL backs Magma in extended Series A round
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GVFL backs Magma in extended Series A round Industrial solutions company Magma has extended its Series A round with a strategic investment from GVFL Ltd., joining an investor group that includes Capria Ventures, General Catalyst, Accion Venture Lab, and others. The Ahmedabad-based company has raised over $8 million to date. Founded in 2022 by Neal Thakker, Magma provides a suite of solutions to factories across verticals including raw materials supply, green energy, waste management, and logistics. It aims to empower factories with efficient, sustainable, and tech-enabled supply chains. The company serves manufacturers across sectors such as ceramics, chemicals, packaging, plastics, and polymers. According to Magma, its integrated offerings spanning specialty raw materials, green energy, and waste management are designed to streamline factory operations and boost productivity. With operations in 10 states and growing, it aspires to build the infrastructure backbone for the future of Indian manufacturing. “GVFL’s entry into our cap table felt intuitive — their deep presence in Gujarat’s industrial landscape and alignment with the Government of Gujarat makes them an incredibly strategic partner. As we scale nationally, having a local growth partner that understands the pulse of traditional industries adds tremendous value. We’re excited to continue building alongside them,” said Neal Thakker, founder and CEO of Magma. The company claims that it is currently operating at a Rs 300 crore annualized revenue run rate, has served over 350 industrial customers, and is already profitable. Over the next 24 months, Magma is targeting a Rs 1,000 crore revenue run rate, driven by expansion into new industrial hubs, product verticals, and strategic partnerships.

Udaan closes Series G round at $114 Mn

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Udaan closes Series G round at $114 Mn
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Udaan closes Series G round at $114 Mn: B2B e-commerce platform Udaan has announced the closure of its Series G round at $114 million, led by M&G Investments and Lightspeed, with participation from other existing and new investors. In February, the Bengaluru-based company raised $75 million as the first tranche of the Series G round at a flat valuation. According to Entrackr’s estimate, Udaan was valued at around $1.8 billion in the previous round, when it raised $340 million led by M&G Plc, with participation from Lightspeed and others. The fresh capital will be deployed to strengthen Udaan’s category and customer footprint, with focus on fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) category and hotel, restaurant, and catering (HoReCa) customer segment, the company said in a press release. Udaan will also accelerate its private label brands initiatives in the staples category. This capital raise will also fortify Udaan’s balance sheet, providing enhanced financial flexibility as the company advances toward its public market debut. “Over the last 3 years, we have transformed the business by building cost as a capability and a competitive advantage. We have reduced our EBITDA burn by 40% every year for the last 3 years and are on track to achieve full group EBITDA profitability in the next 18 months,” said Vaibhav Gupta, co-founder and CEO, Udaan. Udaan claims to have clocked more than 60% year-on-year (Y-o-Y) growth in CY 2024, alongside a contribution margin improvement of over 300 basis points. Along with this margin growth and operating leverage at scale, Udaan also reduced its fixed costs by 20%, resulting in a 40% reduction in EBITDA burn in CY 2024 and an additional 20% reduction year-to-date in CY 2025. While Udaan has yet to disclose its FY25 numbers, its gross revenue (GMV) grew only 1.7% to Rs 5,706.6 crore in FY24, compared to Rs 5,609.3 crore in FY23. However, it managed to control its losses by 19.4% to Rs 1,674.1 crore in the same period.

Exclusive: Fintech startup CheQ closes new round at $6.7 Mn

EntrackrEntrackr · 1y ago
Exclusive: Fintech startup CheQ closes new round at $6.7 Mn
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Credit card bill payment management platform CheQ has secured Rs 18.5 crore (around $2.2 million) additional proceeds in its extended seed round. This is the second tranche of the round for the Bengaluru-based company. The new tranche came after a month of its $4.5 million extended series round. Entrackr was the first to report the development last month. The board at CheQ has passed a resolution to allot 6,855 Seed 1 CCPS at an issue price of Rs 26,988.91 each to raise Rs 18.50 crore, its regulatory filings accessed from the RoC shows. Lloyd Dizon and Zenaida Dizon Balajadia invested Rs 4.16 crore each while Sherpalo LLC (a venture by Ram Shriram), Hitesh Gupta, and Amit Lakhotia participated with Rs 8.32 crore, 10 lakhs, and 25 lakhs respectively. As per filings, the company will use these funds for growth, expansion, marketing, and general corporate purposes as decided by the board. According to startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, the company has been valued at around Rs 460 crore or $55.4 million (post-money) after the fresh tranche of the extended seed round. Founded in 2022 by Aditya Soni, CheQ helps customers simplify the discovery and management of all credit products and allows you to pay your credit card bill, and EMI on a single platform. The startup has raised over $17 million to date including its $10 million seed round led by Venture Highway and 3one4 Capital in June 2022. CheQ remained a pre-revenue stage firm with a revenue of only Rs 2 crore during the fiscal year ended March 2023. However, the losses for the three-year-old firm stood at Rs 19.4 crore in the same period. CheQ competes with fintech unicorn CRED which has secured around $1 billion to date and was valued at $6.4 billion in its last fundraise. According to the startup data intelligence platform TheKredible, it posted Rs 1,400 crore in revenue with a loss of Rs 1,347 crore during FY23.

Atomicwork closes Seed round at $14 Mn

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Atomicwork closes Seed round at $14 Mn
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B2B SaaS startup Atomicwork has raised an additional $3 million in its seed round from Abhinav Dhar, ex-CIO of TransUnion, Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and technology leader, Avanish Sahai, former ecosystem leader at Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Google Cloud and Rich Waldron, CEO of Tray. The firm’s existing investors like Storm Ventures, Z47 (formerly Matrix Partners), Blume Ventures, and Neon Fund also participated in the round. This is the second tranche of its seed round. In September last year, Atomicwork had raised $11 million led by Blume Ventures and Matrix Partners India. With this, the total funding for the startup stands at $14 million. The proceeds will be used for enterprise AI agent technology, fuel the firm’s GTM team expansion in the United States over the next three years, the company said in a press release. Founded in September 2022 by Vijay Rayapati, Kiran Darisi, and Parsuram Vijayasankar, Atomicwork provides software that automates workflows under the information and technology (IT), human resources (HR), finance, and other business functions. It helps companies instantly help their employees by collecting tribal knowledge from across the organization – stored in docs, wikis, information systems, email threads, and chat conversations. Previously, Rayapati had founded Minjar which raised $2 million before getting acquired by US-based publicly-listed cloud infrastructure company Nutanix for about $50 million. Blume also invested in Minjar’s initial funding round. Darisi and Vijayasankar were part of the founding team of SaaS unicorn Freshworks.

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