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Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round

EntrackrEntrackr · 8m ago
Exclusive: DealShare co-founder’s new startup Sports For Life raises seed round
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Sourjyendu Medda, co-founder of social commerce platform DealShare, has ventured into the sportstech space with his new startup, Sports For Life, which aims to invest in and support the sports ecosystem in India, focusing on providing athletes with the necessary resources to excel. While Sports For Life has yet to announce its official launch, the Bengaluru-based startup has raised seed funding from individual investors and early-stage venture capital firm Roots Ventures. The board of Sports For Life’s parent company, Jambavan Academy, has passed a special resolution to issue 3,000 Seed CCPS to raise Rs 9.5 crore, according to its regulatory filings accessed by Entrackr. Roots Ventures invested Rs 5 crore, while ML Tondon and Sons HUF and Blume Ventures pumped in Rs 3 crore and Rs 1 crore, respectively. The rest of the amount was poured in by Kunal Shah’s QED Innovation and Himanshu Arora. According to TheKredible, the company is valued at Rs 36.65 crore ($4.3 million) following this seed round. Following the fresh funding, Roots Ventures has become the largest external stakeholder with a 12.08% stake, followed by ML Tandon HUF and Blume Ventures. Co-founders Sourjyendu Medda and Armaan Tandon collectively hold 66.83% of the company. See TheKredible for the detailed shareholding pattern. According to the firm’s website, Sports For Life is investing in sports academies across India, with the goal of creating a sports ecosystem that elevates the overall standard of sports in the country. Medda, who was one of the co-founders and a board member of DealShare before leaving in January, has also roped in Armaan Tandon, a former data and operations analyst at Cartesian, as a co-founder of Sports For Life. In 2024, several prominent startup founders have launched new ventures, many of which have already secured initial funding. Notable launches include ZeroPe by BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover, OppDoor by Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal, Unikon by Bella Vita founder Aakash Anand, Gabit by Zomato co-founder Gaurav Gupta, Callmatic by Mitron TV co-founder Shivank Agarwal, and Lyskraft and Nurix AI by Cult.fit co-founder Mukesh Bansal.

Blostem raises seed round led by AC Ventures

EntrackrEntrackr · 7d ago
Blostem raises seed round led by AC Ventures
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Blostem, a B2B infrastructure platform for fixed deposit (FD) distribution, has secured fresh seed funding from AC Ventures. This latest round adds to backing from Mobikwik and Kapil Bharti (co-founder, Delhivery), bringing the total seed funding to Rs 4 crore and valuing the startup at about Rs 45 crore. The fresh funds will be channeled towards strengthening its FD offering, scaling up FD transaction volumes across partner platforms, and expanding into other banking, investment and savings products, Blostem said in a press release. Co-founded in Sept. 2021 by Ravi Jain, Sandeep Garg, Uday Sharma and Pankaj Pratap Singh, Blostem builds the infrastructure & experience layer for fixed deposit distribution in India. Its plug-and-play infrastructure enables digital platforms — including brokers, payment apps, and wealth-tech players — to offer fully digital FDs from multiple banks & NBFCs through a single integration. The startup says that its platform is already being used by leading players like Mobikwik, Upstox and centricity wealth. The Delhi-based startup eliminates the need for fragmented integrations and multiple partnerships. B2C platforms can offer fixed deposits from multiple banks and NBFCs through a single integration — without having to partner with each issuer individually. Likewise, banks and NBFCs can distribute their FDs across a wide network of B2C platforms by integrating just once with its platform. “Fixed deposits have long been one of the most trusted investment options in India, but access has largely remained within traditional banking ecosystems. At Blostem, our vision is to make fixed deposits — and eventually other banking products — available on every digital platform in India, through a single, compliant, and seamless infrastructure & experience layer,” said Ravi Jain, co-founder and MD of Blostem. Currently, Blostem claims to have partnership with around 10 Banks & NBFCs for the Fixed deposit product and over 30 B2C platforms have signed up for using the platform. It aspires to command more than 40% of the digital FD volumes through its ecosystem.

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