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Gupshup raises $60M+ to scale Conversational AI globally. In a fresh funding round led by Globespan Capital Partners and EvolutionX Debt Capital, Gupshup has secured over $60 million in mixed equity and debt, fueling its next phase of growth. Use of Funds: • Expand in India, the Middle East, LATAM & Africa • Accelerate adoption of Conversational AI & AI Agent solutions • Strengthen product development and sales velocity By the numbers: • 50,000+ customers across 130+ countries • 120B+ messages processed annually • ~60% of revenue from India Founded in 2004, Gupshup continues to lead the charge in enterprise messaging and conversational commerce, now with AI at its core. #Gupshup #ConversationalAI #AIAgents #StartupFunding #EnterpriseTech #GlobalExpansion #CustomerEngagement #MessagingPlatform #IndiaStartups #AIProducts #TechFunding #GlobespanCapital #EvolutionX #EmergingMarkets

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Agilitas x Virat Kohli partnership is one of the masterstroke deals I have seen in recent times. Virat invests 40 CR in Agilitas for a 1.94% stake, putting Agilitas’s valuation around 2000 CR. 📈 In turn, Agilitas acquires one8world, making Virat a co-founder and shareholder. They now get two very important growth levers: ⬇️ 1. A powerful manufacturing (via Mochiko Shoes - a 600 CR+ footwear brand that Agilitas acquired in 2008 ), 2. India’s biggest athlete — exclusively aligned. Easily becomes a 4000 CR revenue brand in the next 5 years. Footwear + retail scale requires capital — but this partnership compresses customer acquisition, product cycles, and brand-building like few others. Even Virat said in his podcast with Abhishek Ganguly, the co-founder of Agilitas that, “I didn’t want a brand deal… I wanted to build something that outlives me.” And Abhishek said something even beautiful - “An ambition to build from India but be globally relevant.” This isn’t marketing. This is legacy building with shared skin in the game. And that is how startups work - shared ambition with one goal (to make the company big) and food (read stake) in the table for everyone! A company that can be built in the long term with culture, capital, and conviction aligned. This might be the first time in India, where an athlete joins hands with a sport company to re-imagine and build the sport ecosystem of India - truly revolutionalising the game with a clear vision. 🙌

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Mansi Kanuga Deepak Kumar Abhishek Prasad India’s growth story is no longer cyclical, it is structural. As capital markets deepen and innovation compounds, access to high-quality private market opportunities must evolve alongside it. Thoughtfully structured Fund of Funds models can play a pivotal role in broadening participation, enhancing diversification, and enabling disciplined exposure across stages - from early thematic bets to pre-IPO opportunities. Exciting to see focused efforts emerging that aim to combine strategic asset allocation with India’s sustained growth momentum (~7% GDP trajectory). The next decade will belong to those who build access intelligently. 🎯 🚀 ✨ 🎉 #IndiaGrowth #PrivateMarkets #VentureCapital #AlternativeInvestments

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Gupshup, a Mumbai-based conversational AI platform, has raised over $60 million in a funding round combining equity and debt from Globespan Capital Partners and EvolutionX Debt Capital. Get the details below ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/g-wmqmdr #BuiltInMumbai #MumbaiTech #FundingNews

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The Circle GTM Studio specializes in helping global startups soft-land in India. A structured accelerator designed to help growth-stage founders localize for India, run pilots, acquire early customers, and prepare for fundraising — backed by deep ecosystem access and real-world insights from founders who’ve successfully navigated the Indian market. If India is on your roadmap, this is where you begin. #thecircle #acceleratorprogram #startups #growth

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Kluisz.ai, led by former OYO senior executive Abhinav Sinha, has raised $9.6 million (INR 82.9 crore) in seed funding. The round was led by RTP Global and saw participation from Unicorn India Ventures, Blume Ventures Founders Fund, Climber Capital, and prominent angels. Founded in early 2025, Kluisz.ai is building an open-source, AI-native cloud platform to help enterprises deploy and manage AI and edge computing workloads. Check out the full funding details : https://lnkd.in/gjs3UKNB Team Kluisz Abhinav Sinha | Venkata Surya Tej | Vamshidhar Reddy | Abhijeet Singh | #oyoCOO #OYOemployee #AiStartups #SeedFunding #CloudStartups #FundingUpdates #startupro #startupUPdates

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Peeko, a babycare quick-commerce startup, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding led by Stellaris Venture Partners. Several angel investors also joined the round, including Maninder Gulati (former OYO chief strategy officer), Kunal Bahl and Abhishek Goyal (Tracxn cofounders), Nitin Gupta (founder & CEO of Uni), and Arjun Vaidya(cofounder of V3 Ventures). The Bengaluru-based company plans to use the funds to improve its products, expand supply, and grow its team. Chetan Sharma | Abhijit Gairola | Vivek Khetan 🔗 Read full article link in comment #peeko #quickcommerce #funding #seedround #startupnews #businessupdate

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Every category creator starts somewhere. PrimeVP? They are spotting category disruption before the market even knows it's coming. 😮 Since 2012, Sanjay Swamy, Shripati Acharya, Amit Somani & Brij Bhushan haven't just backed startups, they've built movements. With $300M AUM, 50+ investments, 7 exits, and 1 IPO (Tracxn), they've mastered the art . 🚀 Their portfolio - Mygate, Niyo Solutions Inc., Sunstone, Wayground (formerly Quizizz), Dozee, Zuper etc. And the exits? A proof that their conviction pays dividends. Happay, Recko | A Stripe company, Perpule, Ezetap and more. PrimeVP isn't just a VC. It's an early-stage company building partner that's built an empire by trusting founders to change the world. #BreakIntoVC #VentureCapital #CategoryCreators #PrimeVenturePartners

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We Don’t just Consult. We Build. We Execute. CodeApto is a Growth Execution Firm and Venture Builder operating across the India-GCC corridor. We partner with ambitious founders, owner-led enterprises, and family offices to design, build, and scale systems that compound - operationally, technologically, and financially. Because strategy without execution is just presentation. We step in where consulting stops. We stay until systems run. We build what others only blueprint. From idea to infrastructure. From roadmap to revenue. From intent to impact. Reach out to us to build in Bharat. Warehouse Management - AptoWMS

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🚀 Funding Update in the Indian Startup Ecosystem Mumbai-based Luma fertility, a tech-enabled fertility care startup, has successfully raised $4 million in seed funding, led by Peak XV Partners (via its Surge program), along with participation from notable investors like Ameera Shah (Metropolis Healthcare) and Vijay Taparia (B2V Ventures). Founded by Neha K Motwani, Luma Fertility is building a patient-first platform to offer end-to-end reproductive care—covering IVF, fertility assessments, egg freezing, at-home diagnostics, and more. The startup is leveraging technology and empathy to modernize fertility services in India. 📍 With a flagship clinic in Bandra West, Mumbai, Luma now aims to expand across multiple cities over the next two years. This is yet another sign of rising investor confidence in healthtech and femtech sectors in India. As a funding consultant, I closely track such movements and assist businesses in navigating their own equity and debt funding journeys. 📩 If you're a startup or growing company looking to raise capital or explore funding options, feel free to connect. #FundingNews #StartupFunding #SeedFunding #LumaFertility #PeakXV #HealthTech #FemTech #IndianStartups #Linkedin #techindia #healthcare

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In an eye-opening roundtable, Amit Relan, CEO and Co-Founder, Vineet Mathur- Chief Growth Officer and Dhiraj Gupta- Co-Founder of mFilterIt break down the hidden machinery of ad fraud, revealing how bots distort performance, erode trust, and threaten the very economics of digital advertising. Read more: https://lnkd.in/g9pU5q-r Story by Masaba Naqvi #MarketingMind #mFilterIt #Advertising

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Gupshup has raised over $60M in equity and debt funding to scale its Conversational AI platform across India, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Led by founder and CEO Beerud Sheth, and backed by Andy Goldfarb of Globespan Capital Partners and Rahul Shah of EvolutionX Debt Capital, Gupshup powers 120B+ messages a year and is redefining enterprise customer engagement with AI Agents at scale. https://lnkd.in/eqr39YYu #ConversationalAI #AIagents #CustomerExperience #EnterpriseAI #EmergingMarkets #Gupshup

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Fintech startup Decentro raises Rs 30 crore, will shift domicile to India - The Economic Times: Decentro, a fintech startup, secured Rs 30 crore in funding led by InfoEdge Ventures. The company intends to move its base from Singapore to India ... #finpeform #fintech

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