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News and Trends

Beauty Unicorn Purplle Gains INR 1,000 Cr Investment, Offers Major ESOP Liquidity

The Mumbai-based brand also announced an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) liquidity programme, offering INR 50 crore in liquidity to its employees.

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Ethereal Machines Raises USD 13 Mn in Series A led by Peak XV and Steadview Capital

With the raised funds, the Bengaluru-based startup aims to build a new smart factory in Bengaluru and hire AI and software engineers to expand its line of products.

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Battery Smart Raises USD 65 Mn in Series B to Boost EV Battery Swapping Network

Orios Venture Partners achieves a 29x return with a strategic partial exit from Delhi-based EV startup, enhancing early-stage investment success.

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Agritech Robotics Startup Niqo Robotics Bags USD 13 Mn in Series B Round

The Bengaluru-based platform aims to use the fresh funds to expand to new markets and accelerate the commercial adoption of spot spray globally.

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To date, the Indian environment tech sector has raised USD 7.3 Bn in funding

India's financing for environmental technologies increased significantly between 2018 and 2022, from USD 0.23 billion to USD 2.47 billion, according to a Tracxn analysis.

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LightFury Games Raises USD 8.5 Mn Funding from Blume Ventures, Mixi, and Gemba Capital

Utilising the money, the startup intends to hire people in India and the UK to build AAA games, which are usually high-profile, high-budget projects.

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Compliance Automation Startup Sprinto Secures USD 20 Mn from Accel, Elevation Capital, and Blume Ventures

The San Francisco and Bengaluru-based platform aims to deploy fresh funds for R&D, with a sharp focus on intelligent automation and AI, and expand into new markets.

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AI platform SiftHub Secures USD 5.5 Mn Led by Matrix Partners India and Blume Ventures

The majority of the funding will be used by the US-based AI platform for early go-to-market (GTM) motion and product development.

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Sustainable Packaging Startup Bambrew Raises INR 60 Cr Led by Blume Ventures

With the raised funding, the Bengaluru-based clean-tech startup aims to expand into primary packaging for FMCG, food, and beverage product categories, expanding its manufacturing capabilities, R&D, and team.

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Grocery Retailer SuperK Secures USD 6 Mn in Series A from Blume Ventures and Others

The Bengaluru-based startup aims to deploy the raised funds into technology infrastructure, hiring, and amplifying the platform's reach to fuel connections between digital native brands and their customer base.

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Wearable Tech Startup Ultrahuman Raises USD 35 Mn in Series B from Blume Ventures, Steadview Capital and Others

The Bengaluru-based health monitoring device maker will allocate the funds to enhance manufacturing capacity and deeper research in the health tracking space.

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The Acceleration In Growth Should Pick Up From Here For The Next Decade: Blume Ventures' Karthik Reddy

The next 10 years present an opportunity for explosive growth in India, and the alternate capital ecosystem will be among the leading drivers of this growth, facilitated by the rapid growth in digital infrastructure.

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AI-Powered Observability Platform Segwise Raises USD 1.6Mn Led by Powerhouse Ventures, Antler and Others

The Bengaluru-based startup, Segwise, is building AI agents that can operate across all the layers of the product growth stack starting with monitoring data for opportunities and issues to eventually running growth experiments.

Finance

Backing the Next Wave of Revolutionary Founders

Blume is particularly focused on sectors like SaaS, fintech, AI, climate tech and environment.

Finance

Blume Ventures Aims to Bet on Its Current Portfolio With the New Opportunity Fund

On Thursday, Blume Ventures announced the first close of its new opportunity fund, Fund 1Y. This is Blume's third growth fund, and it has already raised INR 200 crore of the INR 400 crore target with visibility for the remaining corpus.