Week in review👑 (Feb 13 - Feb 18)
A quick look at the week's top stories. Stay informed and stay ahead of the game by keeping up with the latest developments in the Indian startup world.
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- Brian Tracy
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Quick Recap of the Week
➡️ Monday
Blinkit to expand dark store count by around 40% over next 12 months🏪
Zomato exits 225 cities due to “not very encouraging” performance🍔
Drone maker ideaForge files for IPO📊
➡️ Tuesday
Nykaa Q3 Earnings: Profit declines 68% to Rs 9 crore💄
Rajasthan announces Rs 200-crore fund for gig workers💰
Apply for valid licences by March 6 in Maharashtra, SC asks Uber India🚕
➡️ Wednesday
Reliance enters beauty ecommerce, to compete with Nykaa, Tata Cliq Palette💅🏻
PhonePe raises $100 million funding at $12 billion valuation💸
JioMart shuts quick delivery service Express within a year🛵
➡️ Thursday
RBI okays licences for 32 payment aggregators including Amazon, Google, Reliance📄
Paytm Payments Bank goes live with UPI Lite📱
Will find Twitter CEO by 2023 end, says Elon Musk👨🏻💻
➡️ Friday
Spend four hours with Bard: Pichai to Google staff👨🏻💻
B2B startups cornered $8.5B over past eight years: Matrix report💰
2,767 complaints against influencers processed: ASCI🤳🏻
Let’s move on to the top funding deals from the week.
Funding Deals
Insurtech company InsuranceDekho has raised $150 million in Series A funding, consisting of a mix of equity and debt, led by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and TVS Capital Funds.
Drone manufacturer Garuda Aerospace has raised $22 million (Rs 181 crore) in a Series A funding round led by early-stage investor SphitiCap.
Rezolve.ai, an AI-powered employee service SaaS Platform, has closed an $11 million Series A round led by SIG Venture Capital.
Bengaluru-based industrial services platform Venwiz has raised $8.3 million in a Series A round led by Sorin Investments, with participation from previous investors Accel and Nexus Venture Partners.
Mufin Green Finance, an electric vehicle (EV) financing NBFC, raised $7 million in green bonds from Symbiotics Investments.
Fintech startup Stable Money has raised $4.5 million in its Series A round led by Lightspeed and Matrix Partners.
Prozo, a full-stack supply chain startup, has raised Rs 45 crore in Pre-Series B via a combination of equity and debt financing, led by Sixth Sense Ventures.
Bengaluru-based EV bus startup FreshBus has raised Rs 26 crore in a seed round from travel tech platform ixigo.
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