Influencer marketing startup vHub.ai has raised undisclosed funding in a seed round led by Z21 Ventures and Start-Up India Seed Fund Scheme, along with participation from its existing early-stage angel investors.

vHub.ai Rajesh Jagasia Sachin Modi

Lithium battery startup PointO has raised Rs 6.2 crore in a seed funding round led by Equirus InnovateX Fund (EIF).

Equirus

Agritech robotics firm Niqo Robotics (formerly TartanSense) has raised Rs 74.7 crore or $9 million in a new round led by Brida Innovation Ventures.

Niqo Robotics ( formerly TartanSense)

Electric vehicle (EV) charging network Charge Zone has received a $19 million commitment from British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution (DFI) and impact investor.

ChargeZone®

• Licious turning omnichannel with five stores
• Groww gets RBI's final nod to as payments aggregator
• FirstCry refiles IPO papers, reports December revenue
• IvyCap Ventures announces final close of third fund
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Assert AI, a computer vision SAAS company, has raised Rs 30 crore ($4 million) in a funding round led by prominent investors including Ramesh Hariharan, Prashant Purker, Arya.ag, and select individuals.

Cross-border payments platform BRISKPE has raised $5 million in its seed round from PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus.

Sanjay Tripathy

Home healthcare solution provider Portea Medical has raised around $20 million via a rights issue. The capital raise comes amid its efforts to launch an initial public offering (IPO).

Portea Medical

API Holdings, the parent company of online drug dispenser PharmEasy, has raised Rs 1,804 crore ($216 million) led by Ranjan Pai’s Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) and existing investors.

PharmEasy App dharmil sheth Siddharth Shah Dhaval Shah

• Chingari marks its entry into web3 gaming space
• BellaVita founder launches new venture studio
• BluSmart FY24 revenue jumps to Rs 390 crore
• ONDC get shopfront on ecommerce sites
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• Cred launches offline QR payments
• Swiggy gets shareholders' nod to float $1.25 Bn IPO
• Wibmo building full-stack payment gateway solutions
• Happiest Minds to acquire PureSoftware Technologies
Funding Deals and More

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• Tata Electronics seals semiconductor deal
• JV to enter wealth management, stock broking biz
• Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in Emirati AI firm G42
• Apple is in talks with Murugappa, Titan

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Medical diagnostics platform 5C Network has raised Rs 25.5 crore (approximately $3 million) from Redwood India Healthcare Fund in a new round.

ClaimBuddy, a health insurance claim assistance platform, has officially announced that it raised $5 million in a Series A round led by the Bharat Innovation Fund.

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