Sep 3, 2021
By: BI India BureauIndian startups raised $6.5 billion across 160 deals in the second quarter of 2021.
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Food delivery giant Swiggy led the Indian startup ecosystem with the highest fundraise in the first half of 2020. Falcon Edge Capital, Goldman Sachs and others invested in the round.
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Homegrown social media startup ShareChat was one of the startups that entered the unicorn club — startups with more than a billion dollar in valuation — this year as Tiger Global Management jumped in to back it.
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Edtech giant Byjus, which is planning to go big in the global market, raised $340 million earlier this year. The company also acquired seven startups in 2021, so far.
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Online pharmacy startup Pharmeasy raised $323 million this year. It used this capital to buy publicly-listed company Thyrocare, a chain of diagnostic and preventive care laboratories.
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India witnessed the entry of a social commerce startup in the unicorn club, with Meesho raising $300 million in a round led by Japan’s Softbank.
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Bengaluru-based Pine Labs, the digital payments and commerce solutions provider to merchants, raised $285 million in May 2021. The company’s valuation is pegged at $3 billion.
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Logistics startup Delhivery, which is planning an IPO this year, raised $277 million in the first half of 2021. It raised another investment from FedEx in the second half.
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Banking tech company Zeta raised $250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund this year.
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Kunal Shah-led credit card payments app CRED too entered the unicorn club this year, with $215 million from several investors. The company is valued at $2.2 billion.
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On-demand beauty and home service startup Urban Company raised $188 million this year and is now valued at $2.1 billion.
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