Startup news and updates: daily roundup (July 6, 2021)
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Startup news and updates: daily roundup (July 6, 2021)
[Funding alert] Fintech platform Pine Labs announces $600M round led by Fidelity and BlackRock
Fintech unicorn
, on Tuesday announced an investment round of $600 million led by Fidelity Management & Research Company and BlackRock Inc. Other investors participating in the round include a fund advised by Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC, Ishana, Tree Line, IIFL AMC via its ‘Late-Stage Tech Fund’, and Kotak.PhonePe partners with Flipkart to digitise cash-on-delivery payments
Digital payments platform
on Monday said it had partnered with Flipkart to enable pay-on-delivery service for the ecommerce major's orders. PhonePe's dynamic QR code solution will enable customers who earlier opted for 'cash on delivery' to pay digitally through any UPI app at the time of delivery, PhonePe said.[Funding alert] Medical device distributor Genworks Health raises Rs 15 Cr from Blacksoil
GE Wipro-backed Genworks Health, a medical device distributor in Tier II/III India, has raised Rs 15 crore from Blacksoil. According to a statement by the company, the funds will be used for meeting the working capital requirements and expanding the company's newly acquired In-Vitro Diagnostics segment of IRIS Healthcare.
Whatfix announces first ESOP buyback; assigns $4.3M to scheme
B2B digital adoption solutions (DAS) provider Whatfix on Tuesday announced that it has implemented an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) buyback of $4.3 million (Rs 32 crore) for its employees. According to the company, Whatfix is granting the option to liquidate up to 35 percent of their vested ESOPs to the employees.
Tech Mahindra joins hands with StaTwig for blockchain-based traceability solution for vaccine supply chain
IT major Tech Mahindra on Monday said it had partnered with StaTwig, a Singapore and Hyderabad-based digital supply chain solution provider, to implement vaccine traceability platform 'VaccineLedger' globally.
The companies aim to roll out a blockchain-based traceability solution for global vaccine supply chain transparency, and to predict and prevent failures in supply chains, including problems related to expired vaccines, stock-outs, and counterfeiting, a statement said.
[Funding alert] Pocketly raises undisclosed sum from angel investors and micro VCs
Pocketly, a microlending platform for college students, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding. The marquee angels who led the funding round in personal capacity are Ashneer Grover (Founder, BharatPe), Jaimin Bhatt (CFO, Kotak Bank), Siddharth Somaiya (Founder, Organic Riot), and Gaurang Shetty (CEO, RIIDL). Other investors were micro VCs such as Prophetic Ventures, Dholakiya Ventures, RIIDL, and Scale VC.
Edited by Anju Narayanan
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