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Top News of the Week 1. Funding - Enterprisetech unicorn Zetwork raised $70 Mn this week, closing the year with $90 Mn in fresh capital. The IPO-bound startup bagged fresh funds from Indigo cofounder Rakesh Gangwal, Khosla Ventures, Greenoaks, Avenir Growth, among others this year. - On the back of Zetwerk’s fundraise, enterprisetech emerged as the investor favourite sector this week. Startups in this sector raised $117.32 Mn this week via five deals. - A same number of deals materialised in the fintech sector with five startups raising $23.7 Mn this week. Among this, BSE-SME listed Veefin bagged the biggest cheque in the sector this week, raising $16 Mn. - In line with the substantial dip in the funding numbers this week, funding at the seed stage went down significantly. Startups at this stage raised $9.2 Mn, a 85% dip from last week’s $17 Mn. 2. Other Developments: - Fintech Aye Finance filed for an INR 1,450 Cr IPO this week. Its public offer is expected to consist of a fresh issue of equity shares worth INR 885 Cr and an offer-for-sale (OFS) amounting to INR 565 Cr by existing shareholders. - Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah set the ball rolling on its much anticipated IPO by turning into a public company this week. Following this, it is eyeing a public listing in 2025. - In its Board meeting on December 18, SEBI decided on introducing profitability requirements as well as put a cap on shares to be sold through the offer for sale (OFS) route for NSE SME IPOs. - Fintech unicorn InCred Financial Services set its public listing plans into motion, planning to raise INR 4,000 Cr (about $470 Mn) to INR 5,000 Cr (about $590 Mn) via its initial public offering (IPO) late next year. - Fintech platform Velocity launched a new fund worth INR 200 Cr (around $23.5 Mn) to boost growth of India’s restaurant and cloud kitchens selling on food aggregator platforms. - Micro VC firm Warmup Ventures floated its second fund, with a target corpus of $35.3 Mn. It aims to back 25-30 early-stage startups operating in segments like deeptech, climate and sustainability with an average ticket size of INR 5-7 Cr. - Amid a bull run, listed fintech SaaS company Zaggle announced a fundraise of INR 950 Cr ($112 Mn) via a qualified institutional placement (QIP). The fund raising committee of its board approved the opening of the offer this week and set a floor price for the QIP at INR 550.73 per equity share. - Nazara’ NODWIN Gaming completely acquired gaming and esports media company AFK Gaming for INR 7.6 Cr via cash and equity swaps. - Info Edge’s Redstart Labs plans on investing INR 3 Cr in Sploot to increase its stake in the pet care startup to 26.40%. - Cornerstone Ventures completely exited retail analytics startup Intelligence Node, following the company’s acquisition by global advertising conglomerate Interpublic Group (IPG). - Early stage investor Athera Venture Partners netted an undisclosed funding from HDFC AMC’s Select AIF FoF I Scheme for its fourth fund this week. It targets the closure of the fund, via which it will invest in consumer internet, enterprise software, AI startups, in 2025. Stay Updated. Stay Informed. Stay Ahead. Share the Medial App with your network, colleagues, and friends. Let's brainstorm, discuss together and help each other achieve our goals. And don't forget to rate us on the iOS App Store and Google Play Store to help us reach even more amazing people like you.