Industrial47 marks first close of debut fund to back frontier tech
The Bengaluru-based fund is targeting a corpus of Rs 150 crore, with a Rs 50 crore greenshoe option.
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The Bengaluru-based fund is targeting a corpus of Rs 150 crore, with a Rs 50 crore greenshoe option.
More than 65% of the commitments for the first close came from overseas Limited Partners (LPs), or investors.
The fund is anchored by Self-Reliant India Fund, HDFC Asset Management Company, and HDFC AMC Select AIF FoF.
The Mumbai-based startup will use the fresh capital primarily to scale its enterprise sales infrastructure and fund advanced research and development.
The round also saw participation from a group of angel investors.
The clarification comes after FIRs were registered in Bengaluru against MobiKwik and lending partner Lendbox.
The development comes days after the CBI conducted searches across multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula, seizing financial documents and digital evidence linked to the alleged scam.
Moove's former CEO Jeroen Bruinooge will stay on as SVP and GM for Europe.
The partial exit was facilitated through a secondary sale to the company's existing investors.
The second fund has a target corpus of Rs 300 crore with a greenshoe option to raise up to another Rs 100 crore.
The company said that it is particularly focused on bringing in AI engineers to accelerate development of its next-generation billing and payments platform.
CoinDCX said the FIR is “false” and attributed the case to an impersonation scheme involving individuals posing as the company’s founders.
This comes after Amazon laid off 14,000 people last year in October.
The funding round saw participation from Venture Catalyst and SucSEED Indovation Fund.
Fresh from raising a $250mn fund, Fireside says it's not betting on AI models or power-law outliers, but on India becoming the AI use-case capital.
The approval paves the way for Junio to roll out a digital wallet service integrated with the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
Matt Huang, Stripe board member and co-founder of Paradigm will lead Tempo.
The complaint accuses Lenskart of suppressing details of criminal proceedings, misrepresenting financial records, and misleading investors in its IPO papers.
According to the data revealed by the Ministry of Finance in a reply to Parliament, UPI fraud incidents surged by 85% in FY24.