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WeRize Funding: Sony Backs ₹64 Cr Small-Town Push
WeRize is a Bengaluru-based full-stack fintech that sells credit, insurance, and savings products through local financial advisors in small-town India. It’s raising ₹64 crore, or about $6.9 million, in fresh WeRize funding led by Sony Innovation Fund, with existing backer 3one4 Capital joining the round. Outside big cities, a lot of households still want formal […]
Ecofy Funding: BII Backs ₹380.5 Cr Green Lending Bet
Ecofy is a Mumbai-based green financing NBFC that lends for rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and sustainability-linked SME use cases. Its latest Ecofy funding round brings in ₹380.5 crore in fresh equity from British International Investment, Finnfund, FMO, and Eversource Capital. The gap it’s chasing is obvious: clean assets are spreading fast, but affordable last-mile credit […]
Atlys Funding: Visa Processing Startup Raises $36M Series C to Expand AI Globally
Atlys is a visa processing startup that lets travellers discover, apply for, and manage visas digitally, and it has now raised $36 million in Series C funding. The pitch is simple: getting a visa is still weirdly manual, slow, and stressful even though almost every other part of travel has gone online. Founded in 2021 […]
BambooBox Funding: Startup Raises $6.6M to Scale AI-Powered ABM Platform
Broad B2B marketing still wastes time, budget, and sales energy. That’s the pain BambooBox is going after, and its latest BambooBox funding round gives it more firepower to do it. The SaaS startup has raised $6.6 million, about ₹55 crore, led by Peak XV Surge, to build out AI, expand its account-based marketing platform globally, […]
nailinit ₹2.5-3 Crore Pre-Seed Funding: Why Gruhas Backed This Mumbai D2C Beauty Startup
Startup funding headlines don’t surprise anyone anymore.Another Mumbai D2C startup.Another pre-seed round.Another ₹3 crore cheque. But nailinit ₹3 crore pre-seed funding isn’t just another entry in India’s startup funding cycle. In 2024, the Mumbai-based D2C beauty startup raised ₹2.5–3 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Gruhas Collective Consumer Fund (backed by Nikhil Kamath), […]
How to Start a Startup in India: A Step-by-Step Guide
How to Start a Startup in India – This is a big question in every aspiring entrepreneur's mind. How to start, where to start – this is still a black box in India. In this article, I will try to give you a roadmap to start a startup in India. Let’s go ahead. India is […]
How to Find Angel Investors for Startups in India: A Practical Guide
How to find Angel Investors in India – This is a question that I often get from founders. Angel Investors in India are a boon for startup founders. They back you when you are at a very early stage of your startup journey—you might have an MVP and some traction, and you need funds to […]
How to Get Startup Ideas That Actually Sell: The YC-Backed Method
Most companies fail quickly because founders build something nobody wants. Business idea generation isn't about random brainstorming sessions. The best startup ideas share three significant traits – The Y Combinator approach to generating business ideas has proven results, and we'll show you how to find and verify your next startup concept. These proven strategies will […]
Why Startups Fail: 10 Silent Killers That Lead to the Failure of Many Promising Startups
Starting a startup is exciting and scary. The thought that makes it exciting – You have an idea, the drive, maybe even a co-founder, and some seed funding. The thought that makes it scary is that over 90% of startups fail. So why startups fail? Different startups fail at different stages – Some die at […]