This week in Indian Startups funding news (18-23 Dec)

This week 18 startups received funding, out of which 13 were disclosed, who in total made a sum of about $55 million. Among them, Waaree Energies raised the highest investment of $15.6 million, followed by Smaaash which raised $14 million.

Meanwhile, five out of the total funded startups remained undisclosed.

Below is the summary of deals closed this week:

List of disclosed funding deals this week

Indus OS: India’s home-grown smartphone operating system and native applications platform Indus OS has raised $4 million in its pre-series B round from existing investors Omidyar Network, Ventureast and JSW Ventures.

YourQuote: Delhi-based YourQuote, an original content and digital community startup has raised $1 million in seed funding round led by IDG Ventures India.

Boheco: Bombay Hemp Company or popularly known as Boheco has raised $1 million funding from Ratan Tata and Google India managing director Rajan Anandan.

EasyBuyHealth: Kolkata-based health-tech startup EasyBuyHealth has raised $0.35 million (Rs 2 crore) in its seed round of funding from a group of individual investors.

Faircent: Gurugram-based P2P lending startup Faircent has raised $4 million (Rs 25 crore) in Series B round led by Incofin Investment Management.

9stacks: Delhi-based 9stacks, a technology company in the online real money gaming space has raised around $1.5 million (Rs 10 crore) in an angel round of funding.

Springboard: Edtech startup Springboard, which provides courses for professionals has raised $9.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Costanoa Ventures, with participation from Learn Capital and Appdynamics founder Jyoti Bansal.

Baby Destination: Delhi-based Baby Destination, a maternity and parenting management startup, has raised $0.31 million ( Rs 2 crore) funding led by GEMs Partners.

Smaaash: Sachin Tendulkar co-owned gaming and entertainment startup Smaaash has raised $14 million in equity financing. The funds were syndicated by Avendus Wealth Management Pvt Ltd, the wealth management arm of financial services firm Avendus Capital.

Univariety: Hyderabad-based edtech startup has raised $1.9 Mn (INR 12.5 Cr) from online classifieds platform Info Edge.

Livspace: Bennett, Coleman & Company Ltd (BCCL) has invested $1.7 million in Bengaluru-based online home decor startup Livspace.

EasyEcom: Bengaluru-based e-commerce enabler EasyEcom has raised $0.15 million (about Rs 1 crore) in angel investment from top tech industry executives and early-stage investment funds.

Waaree Energies: Solar power solutions company Waaree Energies has raised $15.6 million (Rs 100 crore) in structured finance from Centrum Financial Services Ltd and others.

Undisclosed deal this week:

Mumbai-based cuisine startup The Bohri Kitchen, Uttar Pradesh-based online gifting company IGP.com, Mumbai-based Wellthy which operates a mobile-based diabetes management platform, Noida-based weather forecaster Skymet Weather, and last mile delivery startup NOW did not disclose their funding amount.

*Every week we round up startups that have received or announced fresh funding. Stay tuned for next funding weekly.

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