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Over the last 12 months, PhonePe has reportedly raised almost 400 million across five rounds.

PhonePe tops up its wallet with USD 60 million from Singapore-based parent entity | KrASIA

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PhonePe tops up its wallet with USD 60 million from Singapore-based parent entity

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Lending

Rupeek plans to use fresh funds to upgrade technology and acquire customers.

GGV Capital co-leads a USD 60 million funding round in Indian fintech startup Rupeek | KrASIA

GGV Capital co-leads a USD 60 million funding round in Indian fintech startup Rupeek

Flipkart

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Grocery Delivery

In January, Walmart had started restructuring its loss-making B2B business unit in India.

Walmart to convert wholesale stores in India into fulfillment centers for Flipkart | KrASIA

Walmart to convert wholesale stores in India into fulfillment centers for Flipkart

Samsung

Swiggy

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Samsung Venture kicked off investments in India in July 2019 and plans to invest in 100 startups over the next five years,

Korean electronics giant Samsung might back Indian food delivery unicorn Swiggy | KrASIA

Korean electronics giant Samsung might back Indian food delivery unicorn Swiggy

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

This comes a week after Blume announced the final close of its third fund at USD 102 million.

Blume Ventures raises a USD 41 million opportunity fund for portfolio startups | KrASIA

Blume Ventures raises a USD 41 million opportunity fund for portfolio startups

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

Electric Vehicles

The San Francisco-based company plans to expand its EV fleet in India to 1500 by this year from the current 350 vehicles.

Uber to plug into India's electric vehicle space | KrASIA

Uber to plug into India&#8217;s electric vehicle space

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

Paytm

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

BharatPe will use fresh funds to set up and expand a non-banking financial company (NBFC) to dive deeper into lending space.

Coatue Management and Ribbit Capital lead a USD 75 million round in Indian fintech startup BharatPe | KrASIA

Coatue Management and Ribbit Capital lead a USD 75 million round in Indian fintech startup BharatPe

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Edtech

At least five edtech startups have raised money in February alone.

Facebook and General Atlantic lead a USD 110 million round in Indian edtech startup Unacademy | KrASIA

Facebook and General Atlantic lead a USD 110 million round in Indian edtech startup Unacademy

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Food Delivery

Swiggy plans to use the new funds to expand its hyperlocal delivery services, Swiggy Stores, Swiggy Go, and SuprDaily.