| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.03.2026 | slice Opens its UPI Credit Card to All, with 1.2 Million Customers Already in Line | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
slice, India's first digital & AI native bank, today opened its UPI credit card to all customers. The card, which launched on an invite-only basis in July 2025, has built a waitlist of more than 1.2 million c... |
| 29.01.2026 | slice Introduces Three UPI-first Banking Solutions Redefining Everyday Finance for Indian Consumers in 2026 | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
As Indian consumers increasingly prioritise speed, transparency, and ease of use in their financial decisions, banking is undergoing a fundamental shift. Choice today is no longer driven by branch density or lega... |
| 29.10.2025 | Turtlemint, Purplle backer Blume Ventures marks first close of fifth fund | (From left) Blume partners Karthik Reddy, Ashish Fafadia and Sanjay Nath
Early-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures said Wednesday it has closed the first round of commitments for its fifth fund at $175 million (around Rs 1,545 crore).... |
| 29.10.2025 | Blume Ventures Announces Initial Close of Fund V at USD 175 Mn Fund V continues the firm's focus on supporting early-stage Indian startups across technology-led sectors such as health tech, consumer p... | Blume Ventures has announced the initial close of its latest flagship investment fund, Fund V, at USD 175 million.
The firm expects to reach its final close between USD 250 million and USD 275 million by early 2026.
The firm said that the n... |
| 29.09.2025 | With Aim to Build a Diverse Financial Wellness Platform, Paisabazaar Launches Investment Suite | Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Paisabazaar, India’s leading marketplace for consumer credit and a free credit score platform, today announced its foray into wealth management with the launch of fixed income instruments on its platform. The strateg... |
| 12.09.2025 | Aurva Secures $2.2 Million to Power AI Data Security Evolution | Aurva, a Sunnyvale-based pioneer, secured $2.2 million in seed funding. Nexus Venture Partners led the round. The company tackles evolving data security challenges in the AI age. Its platform provides real-time access monitoring and AI obse... |
| 09.09.2025 | Data security startup Aurva raises $2.2 million in round led by Nexus Venture Partners | Synopsis
DeVC, which is backed by Z47, and angel investors including former Meta executives Chris Bream, Rahul Sood, and Karandeep Anand, Postman founders Ankit Sobti and Abhinav Asthana, and Cyware founders Akshat Jain and Anuj Goel also p... |
| 08.07.2025 | India Shines at Skal Asia Congress as Dr. Mukesh Batra Receives Dual Accolades for Tourism Excellence | India’s growing stature in the global tourism landscape was prominently highlighted at the 54th Skal Asia Congress held recently in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Dr. Mukesh Batra, Padma Shri awardee and President of Skal International South Mumbai, w... |
| 10.06.2025 | Slice backer 8i Ventures ropes in key local LP for second VC fund | Premium
8i Ventures general partner Vishwanath V (left) and founding partner Vikram Chachra
Early-stage venture capital firm 8i Ventures has roped in a domestic limited partner for its second fund after extending the timeline to mark its fi... |
| 14.01.2025 | Deeptech investor Riceberg unveils $20 mn fund, aims final close this year | Riceberg Ventures founding partners Mredul Sarda, Shubham Raj, Lina Gandola and Ankit Anand
Venture capital firm Riceberg Ventures unveiled on Tuesday its debut fund to back early-stage startups developing cutting-edge technologies such as ... |
| 09.10.2024 | CRED Hires slice’s Arvind Kathpalia As Risk Advisor | SUMMARY
Kathpalia joined slice in May to support its newly merged banking unit with North East Small Finance Bank
Kathpalia is already working with slice and CRED’s appointment does not bar him from working with its rival
Before slice, Kath... |
| 14.09.2024 | Northern Arc Bags INR 229 Cr From Anchor Investors Ahead Of IPO | SUMMARY
Non-banking lender Northern Arc Capital has secured INR 229 Cr (around $27.4 Mn) from marquee anchor investors ahead of its initial public offering
SBI General Insurance Company, SBI Life Insurance Company, Reliance General Insuranc... |
| 11.09.2024 | Indian fintech firm Flexiloans raises $35m in Series C to expand ops, offerings | Flexiloans, a Mumbai-headquartered digital lending platform catering to MSMEs, has raised Rs 290 crore ($35 million) in its Series C round led by Accion, Nuveen, Fundamentum, and existing investor Maj Invest.
The firm will use the funds to ... |
| 29.08.2024 | BharatPe's Bold Leap into Consumer Payments: A Game Changer? | BharatPe is shaking up the consumer payments landscape. The fintech firm has rebranded its postpe app to BharatPe, aiming to carve out a niche in the competitive peer-to-peer (P2P) payments arena. This move puts BharatPe in direct competiti... |
| 28.08.2024 | BharatPe enters consumer payment space with rebranded postpe | Fintech firm BharatPe has forayed into consumer payments space with the rebranding of postpe app to BharatPe. The move now pits BharatPe in a direct competition with PhonePe, Google Pay and Paytm in the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments ecosystem... |
| 15.08.2024 | The Surge of Startups: Funding and Growth in India’s Dynamic Market | In the vibrant landscape of India’s startup ecosystem, fresh capital flows like a river, nourishing innovation and ambition. Recent funding rounds for three distinct startups—Truva, Halden, and Adukale—illustrate this trend. Each company is... |
| 14.08.2024 | PhonePe and G-Pay dominate UPI volume in July; Navi sees 2X spike | Unified payments interface (UPI) saw a 3.95% month-on-month growth in volume to 14.44 billion in July from 13.89 billion in June. While PhonePe and Google Pay maintained their market share in the last month, Paytm registered a minor decline... |
| 06.08.2024 | Jupiter supported by Peak XV expands ESOP pool | The employee stock option plan (ESOP) pool at Neobanking platform Jupiter has been increased by Rs 40 crore, or almost $5 million. By doing this, the company has joined a growing group of late-stage and growth businesses that have increased... |
| 06.08.2024 | UPI daily transactions cross 500 Mn mark | Unified payments interface (UPI) has crossed the milestone of processing 500 million transactions on a daily basis for a couple of times in August. This is a significant jump in daily volume as the Indian government has set the ambitious ta... |
| 22.07.2024 | UPI in June: PhonePe, Google Pay see marginal decline, Paytm records flat growth | Digital payments platforms PhonePe and Google Pay saw a marginal decline in their total volume and value processed through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in June while the third largest player Paytm recorded a flat growth in the last mont... |
| 26.06.2024 | Exclusive: slice Doubles Down On Its Lending Play; Pilots Personal Loans Of Up To INR 5 Lakh | SUMMARY
slice is piloting a new lending product under the name ‘slice personal loan’, under which users can avail a loan of up to INR 5 Lakh for a tenure of 5 years
Currently, the product is being offered only to select users, with plans to... |
| 15.06.2024 | Exclusive: Fintech Unicorn slice Raises $20 Mn Debt From Neo Asset Management | SUMMARY
The funding is part of a larger $30 Mn debt round. While the startup has received $20 Mn, it is expected to get the remaining amount soon.
slice would utilise the funds for corporate purposes and working capital requirements, people... |
| 13.06.2024 | Neobank Jupiter receives wallet license from RBI | Neobanking platform Jupiter has received Prepaid Payment Instruments (wallet license) from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to a notification by the apex banking body.
The move will allow Jupiter to offer digital wallets to its us... |
| 09.05.2024 | slice Ropes In Former Kotak Executive Arvind Kathpalia As Chief Risk Advisor | SUMMARY
His appointment comes at a time when the company is merging with North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB)
In his new role, Kathpalia will not only provide traditional risk advisory but also play a crucial role in strengthening the capa... |
| 25.04.2024 | 47% of Indian women face challenges in getting credit: Tide report | - |
| 15.11.2023 | Deals in brief: Augmentus and Etaily secure Series A funding, SC Ventures launches Libeara, multiple China and India deals, and more | Augmentus secures USD 5 million in Series A round
The Singapore-based no-code robotics software company has secured USD 5 million in a Series A funding round led by Sierra Ventures, along with participation from existing seed investor Cocoo... |
| 04.10.2023 | slice and North East Small Finance Bank to Merge | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Fintech unicorn slice and North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB) are pleased to announce their upcoming merger in a pathbreaking move to accelerate their joint vision of expanding tech-enabled financial accessibil... |
| 03.04.2023 | slice Appoints Former RBI Executive Director and Ex MD-SBI in Key Leadership Roles | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
slice, India’s leading consumer payments and lending company has announced the strategic appointment of Eugene Karthak as an Independent Board Director and S Vishvanathan as Advisor. With the fintech industry poi... |
| 05.07.2022 | slice Appoints Amazon ICICI Card Chief Sudeep Behari as Business Head | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
slice, India’s leading payments fintech company, announced the appointment of Sudeep Behari as its Business Head. Sudeep has an extensive and diverse experience spanning over 16 years in the credit finance indust... |
| 29.06.2022 | slice Issues a Statement Clarifying Recent Google Play Protect Alert | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
On 23rd June, slice’s Android users who had updated their app to the 10.0.7.1 version were alerted by Google Play Protect that our app was harmful and made attempts to access our users’ personal data.
This statem... |
| 04.06.2022 | Slice raises USD 50 million in Series C Funding | Bangalore, India-based fintech unicorn Slice raised USD 50 million as a part of its Series C round on June 1, 2022. The round included investors such as the U.S-based Tiger Global, Insight Partners, and Moore Strategic Investors. Meanwhile,... |
| 01.06.2022 | Indian fintech Slice tops $1.5 billion valuation in new funding to scale UPI payments | Slice, a fintech startup that is bringing credit card features to millions of Indians, has raised $50 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale its recently launched UPI payments product and push to make its core credit business... |
| 01.06.2022 | Tiger Global leads $50m round of Indian fintech firm | FintechNewsStartups
Kul Bhushan · 18h ago · 1 min readTiger Global leads $50m round of Indian fintech firm
Slice, an India-based fintech firm, has raised US$50 million in a series C funding round led by Tiger Global and joined by existing i... |
| 17.02.2022 | Investing in Fintech: A Look into 2022 | With more than $50 billion in capital commitments across over 200 investments throughout 2021, Insight Partners had a banner year. While we invest in founders across a wide spectrum of businesses, this series focuses on outlining our theses... |
| 31.12.2021 | Record number of unicorns and IPOs: Indian startups raised $39B in 2021 | In late March last year, as the virus started to spread across India, investors began to worry about the impact a potential pandemic could have on their portfolio firms.
They exchanged notes, and on April 1, penned a joint open letter to th... |
| 30.11.2021 | Behind the Investment: slice opens up financial freedom to India’s fast-growing millennial and Gen Z spenders | A slice card makes the credit experience simple, transparent, and fun like never before. Younger generations have not been able to experience this financial freedom until recently.
Even though most individuals in India have bank accounts a... |
| 30.11.2021 | Indian Credit Card Fintech Slice Secures $220M via Series B led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Others | Slice, a Fintech platform that provides card-based products to younger Indian consumers to help them build a solid credit score, has secured $220 million in capital via a Series B round that values the business at more than $1 billion.
Slic... |
| 29.11.2021 | Fintech startup slice turns unicorn after raising $220 mn led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners | - |
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| 29.11.2021 | Slice turns unicorn after raising $220 million from Tiger Global, Insight Partners | Fintech startup slice turns unicorn after raising $220 mn led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners
Bengaluru: Slice, a new-age credit card startup which offers flexibility to pay bills, manage expenses and give reward points, said it has raise... |
| 28.11.2021 | India’s Slice becomes unicorn with $220M funding from Tiger Global, Insight Partners and Advent | Rajan Bajaj, founder of fintech Slice, chimed in on a Twitter thread early this year and wondered aloud what he needs to do to turn his startup into a unicorn before he turns 30.
At just 28, Flipkart alum Bajaj has figured it out.
I turned ... |
| 07.10.2021 | Tiger Global in talks to lead over $100M investment in India’s Slice | A number of high-profile investors are chasing to invest in Slice, a fintech startup that is attempting to expand the market for credit cards in India.
Tiger Global is in advanced stages of talks to lead a round of over $100 million in the ... |
| 07.09.2021 | Indian fintech Slice launches $27 credit limit cards to tap 200 million users | Even as there are hundreds of millions of Indians who have bank accounts, only about 30 million of them have credit cards. The adoption rate of the plastic card has largely remained stagnant in the South Asian nation for the last few years.... |
| 30.06.2021 | Fintech startup Slice raises $20 million from Gunosy and Blume Ventures at over $73.7 million evaluation | Bangalore-based Fintech startup Slice has acquired $20 million in investment funding from their present investors Gunosy and Blume Ventures at an undisclosed estimate. The credit card platform allows customers’ flexibility in handling credi... |
| 27.06.2021 | Slice raises $20 million to go after the credit card industry in India | Slice, an Indian fintech startup that has built a “super card” for millennials in India, said on Monday it has raised $20 million in a new financing round and is adding new features to change how people engage with their credit cards.
Exist... |
| 27.06.2020 | Indian Fintech Slice, which Helps Millenials with Managing Credit Scores, Acquires $6 Million in Capital via Round led by Japanese VC Firm Gunosy | Slice, a Fintech company that provides various card-based products to young people in India to help manage their credit scores, has secured $6 million in capital via a round led by Japanese venture capital firm, Gunosy.
Other investors that... |
| 24.06.2020 | Slice raises $6M to help young Indians pay digitally and build credit score | The streets of Koramangala, one of the largest neighborhoods in Bangalore, are plastered with hoardings and banners of digital payment services. Every few steps, you find a bank, and offices of fintech startups.
But when Mohammed Nayeem wan... |
| - | slice | “Scan to pay or send money to friends with slice UPI. Earn upto 2% rewards with slice card. Get instant loans up to ₹5L online and repay flexibly over 12 months, or enjoy interest-free loans for upto 1 month.” |
| - | slice | “0 fee digital account, 1% instant cashback on card, rewards on UPI” |
| - | slice Enters Unicorn Club After Raising $220 Mn From Tiger Global & Insight Partners | Bengaluru-based fintech startup slice is the new entrant to the country’s growing unicorn club. The startup, which offers credit cards to millennials, raised $220 Mn in its Series B round led by US-hedge fund Tiger Global and Insight Partne... |
| - | [Funding alert] Fintech startup Slice turns unicorn after raising $220M led by Tiger Global, Insight Partners | Bengaluru-based fintech startup Sliceis the latest entrant into the unicorn club, with a five-fold jump in valuation to $1 billion within six months.
The startup, which issues credit cards targeted at young professionals, raised $220 mill... |
