Indian startups raised a whopping USD 12.1 billion across 382 deals—exactly half the number of deals VCs participated in last year to invest USD 11.1 billion.

Zomato’s IPO—India’s biggest so far this year—was sold in a price band of INR 74–76 a share from July 14–16.

There has been a lot of noise around employing drones for commercial deliveries. But nothing concrete has materialized yet as companies are still in the trial stage.

Having raised over USD 850 million this year so far, on top of the USD 1 billion-plus funding it received from investors in 2020, the company is likely to continue its acquisition spree.

The company has raised USD 297 million via equity and debt funding from Accel, Apoletto Asia, B Capital, Goldman Sachs, and e-commerce retailer Flipkart.

Offline traders chart their own e-commerce journeys as CCI investigates Flipkart and Amazon.

Two-year-old simsim has raised a total of USD 16 million to date from investors like Accel Partners and Shunwei Capital.

Simplilearn’s early investors Kalaari Capital, Helion Venture Partners, and Mayfield will exit from their investments.