| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.04.2026 | Rainmatter has invested over Rs 1,500 crore in 160+ startups: Nithin Kamath | Synopsis
Kamath said that Zerodha has invested 10% of what it earns in startups and another 10% in social development through Rainmatter, and added that it is not in the business of quick exits.
Zerodha CEO Nithin Kamath shared on Friday th... |
| 25.03.2026 | Fullife Healthcare raises Rs 300 Cr from Elev8 Venture Partners | Fullife Healthcare, the parent company that sells wellness products like Fast&Up has raised Rs 300 crore in a Series D funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners, as the company looks to expand its portfolio of nutrition and wellness b... |
| 25.03.2026 | Nutrition startup Fullife Healthcare raises Rs 300 crore from Elev8 Venture Partners | Synopsis
Fullife Healthcare, which owns nutrition brands Fast&Up and Chicnutrix, has raised Rs 300 crore in a funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners. The consumer health company said it plans to use the fresh capital to expand into... |
| 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).... |
| 06.10.2025 | Raise Financial Services Enters Unicorn Club After USD 120 Mn Series B Funding The round was led by Hornbill Capital with participation from MUFG Bank, Beenext, and several family offices and public-m... | Raise Financial Services, the parent company of the stockbroking platform Dhan, has joined India's unicorn club following a Series B funding round of USD 120 million.
The round was led by Hornbill Capital with participation from MUFG Bank, ... |
| 01.10.2025 | Niveshaay Invests INR 10 Cr in True Colors Across Pre-IPO and Anchor Rounds The investment includes INR 5 crore in the pre-IPO round and another INR 5 crore through the anchor book under its CAT III A... | Niveshaay, a SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) manager operating under Category II and Category III platforms, has invested a total of INR 10 crore in True Colors Limited. The investment includes INR 5 crore in the pre-IPO r... |
| 04.09.2025 | StockGro Secures INR 50 Cr Debt Funding from Trifecta Capital The company recently launched Stoxo, an AI-powered stock market research engine, which provides real-time insights to retail investors. | Social investment and stock market advisory platform StockGro has raised INR 50 crore ( USD 5.7 million approximately) in debt funding from its existing backer Trifecta Capital.
The funding comes months after the Bengaluru-based fintech pla... |
| 03.09.2025 | Elev8 Venture Partners successfully closes $160 M first fund | Navin Honagudi, a former partner at Kae Capital, founded Elev8 Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that closed its first fund at Rs 1,400 crore, or roughly $160 million. The fund will support startups in the fintech, enterprise softwar... |
| 02.09.2025 | Early-stage VC firm Peak XV Partners sees another top-level exit | Harshjit Sethi
Early-stage venture capital firm Peak XV Partners has witnessed another high-profile departure, adding to a string of senior-level exits.
Managing director Harshjit Sethi is the latest to step down from his position at the fi... |
| 01.09.2025 | India's Tech Surge: Elev8 Closes $160M Fund, Fuels Next-Gen Startups | Elev8 Venture Partners concluded its landmark $160 million maiden fund for India's surging tech landscape. The growth-stage vehicle targets high-potential startups in fintech, SaaS, B2B platforms, and consumer brands. Anchor investors inclu... |
| 01.09.2025 | Astrotalk-backer Elev8 Venture Partners closes maiden VC fund | Navin Honagudi, managing partner, Elev8
Elev8 Venture Partners, the growth-stage venture capital fund backed by Venture Catalysts, has made the final close of its debut vehicle at Rs 1,400 crore ($158.7 million). The close comes short of it... |
| 01.09.2025 | Elev8 Venture Partners Closes Maiden Fund At INR 1,400 Cr | SUMMARY
The fund attracted a diverse base of sovereign funds, large family offices, unicorn founders, and a host of LPs from Korea, Hong Kong and India
Elev8 Venture Partners announced the first close of the fund at $67 Mn in August 2023
El... |
| 01.09.2025 | Elev8 Venture Partners Closes Maiden Fund at INR 1,400 Cr The fund plans USD 10–15 million bets in 12–14 startups worth USD 100–300 million across internet, software, and fintech. | Elev8 Venture Partners, a venture capital firm founded by former Kae Capital partner Navin Honagudi, has announced the final close of its maiden fund at INR 1,400 crore (USD 160 million).
The fund will invest in growth-stage companies acros... |
| 01.09.2025 | Elev8 closes Rs 1,400 Cr India fund with backing from South Korean, Hong Kong LPs | Elev8 Venture Partners closed a Rs 1,400 crore ($160 million) maiden fund in India, targeting growth-stage startups over the next 12–18 months.
Backed by institutions from South Korea, Hong Kong, and India, the fund saw a sovereign fund, la... |
| 01.09.2025 | Elev8 Venture Partners marks $160 million close of maiden fund | Synopsis
The fund counts institutions from South Korea, Hong Kong and India among its backers, alongside sovereign funds, family offices and several unicorn founders. South Korea-based KB Investment is the anchor limited partner, while Self... |
| 03.07.2025 | WEH Ventures Exits smallcase With 38% IRR | SUMMARY
The VC firm first invested in the startup from its INR 20 Cr Fund I in 2018
It has invested INR 5 Cr in smallcase till date
Founded in 2016, Bengaluru-based smallcase provides users with a professionally built basket of stocks or ET... |
| 09.04.2025 | No Unicorns, No IPOs—But Strategic Acquisitions Hint at FinTech Maturity in Q1 2025 A tough macroeconomic environment, global trade tensions, rising inflation, U.S. tariffs, and bearish stock markets ... | India's FinTech sector had a mixed bag of a quarter in early 2025. While it proudly stood as the third-highest funded FinTech market in the world, just behind the U.S. and the U.K. However, the total funding raised during this period — USD ... |
| 08.04.2025 | Singapore’s Elev8 Venture Partners led $50 M Series D funding raised by Smallcase | The largest model portfolios platform in India, Smallcase, has raised $50 million in its Series D funding round, which was led by Elev8 Venture Partners of Singapore and included both primary and secondary investors.
According to a statemen... |
| 31.03.2025 | Smallcase's $50 Million Leap: A New Era for Indian Wealthtech | In the bustling world of Indian startups, Smallcase has emerged as a beacon of innovation. Recently, this wealthtech platform secured $50 million in a Series D funding round, led by Elev8 Venture Partners. This infusion of capital marks a s... |
| 29.03.2025 | Top Startup Fundings This Week: March 21–28 Here is a list of the startups that have raised the most money this week, from March 21 to March 28. |
DCDC Health Services: USD 18 Million
Founded in 2009 by Akshat and Aseem Garg, New Delhi-based DCDC Health Services aims to provide high-quality dialysis services across India. Operating over 200 centers nationwide, DCDC is one of the larg... |
| 29.03.2025 | From smallcase To Lendingkart — Indian Startups Raised $144 Mn This Week | SUMMARY
Between March 24 and 29, Indian startups cumulatively raised $143.7 Mn across 16 deals, a 32% increase from from the $109.2 Mn raised last week across 18 deals
Fintech continued to assert dominance in the funding trends, with five s... |
| 28.03.2025 | Smallcase Raises USD 50 Mn in Series D Led by Elev8 to Expand Investment Offerings This marks Elev8's third investment, following its earlier backing of IDfy and Astrotalk. | Wealthtech startup Smallcase has raised USD 50 million in its Series D round, led by Elev8 Venture Partners, a USD 200 million growth-stage fund backing high-potential Indian startups. The round also saw participation from State Street Glob... |
| 28.03.2025 | Elev8 leads $50-mn Series D round in investing platform smallcase | Navin Honagudi, managing partner, Elev8
Growth-stage venture capital firm Elev8 Venture Partners, currently in the process of raising its inaugural VC fund, has led a $50-million (Rs 427-crore) Series D funding round in smallcase, a wealth ... |
| 28.03.2025 | smallcase raises $50M in Series D round led by Elev8 | Online investment platform smallcase has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners.
The round also saw participation from State Street Global Advisors, Niveshaay AIF, Faering Capital, and Arkam Ventures.
T... |
| 28.03.2025 | smallcase raises $50m to double down on India’s retail investing surge | India’s wealth management company smallcase has raised $50 million in its Series D round of funding led by Singapore-based venture capital firm Elev8.vc, to diversify its product offerings in a rapidly growing retail investing market. |
| 28.03.2025 | smallcase raises $50 mil in series-D round led by Elev8 Venture Partners | Wealthtech platform smallcase has raised $50 million in a Series-D funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners.
Mint first reported in December last year that the company was in talks to raise the money through a combination of primary and ... |
| 28.03.2025 | Smallcase raises $50 million in funding led by Elev8 Venture Partners as wealthtech heats up | ETtech
Wealthtech startup Smallcase has raised $50 million in a Series D funding round led by Elev8 Venture Partners. The round also saw State Street Global Advisors, Niveshaay AIF, Faering Capital, and Arkam Ventures participate.
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| 28.03.2025 | [Weekly funding roundup March 22-28] Venture capital inflows see marginal rise | Venture capital funding into Indian startups saw a marginal increase in the last week of March. This has been a month with uneven fund inflow, revealing the challenges that the ecosystem continues to face with regard to raising capital.
The... |
| 06.12.2024 | Orange Health Labs: A New Dawn in Diagnostics with $12 Million Boost | In the bustling tech landscape of India, healthcare innovation is gaining momentum. Orange Health Labs, a Bengaluru-based diagnostics platform, has recently secured $12 million in funding, led by the Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund. This infusio... |
| 06.12.2024 | Amazon Smbhav Venture led $12 M funding raised by Orange Health | In a funding round headed by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund, diagnostics lab and healthcare platform Orange Health Labs has raised $12 million.
The round also included participation from current investors Accel, General Catalyst, Bertelsmann In... |
| 06.12.2024 | Orange Health Labs Secures USD 12 Mn Funding Led by Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund The Bengaluru-based platform aims to deploy the fresh funds to accelerate product expansion, bolster team growth, and fos... | Orange Health Labs, a diagnostics and healthcare platform, has raised USD 12 million in a funding round led by the Amazon Smbhav Venture Fund.
The round also saw participation from existing investors, including Accel, General Catalyst, Bert... |
| 16.08.2024 | Nurturing the Next Wave of India-Centric Startups: WEH Ventures As of now, WEH Ventures has made 27 investments, mainly in pre-seed and seed-stage startups. | WEH Ventures' investment thesis focuses on backing founders who tackle meaningful, India-centric challenges.
Deepak Gupta, General Partner, WEH Ventures, says, "We believe India is a country with a vast trove of opportunities, and our ... |
| 10.06.2024 | Arkam Ventures’ Rahul Chandra on new interest areas for second fund and more | Premium
Rahul Chandra, managing director, Arkam Ventures
Early-stage venture capital firm Arkam Ventures, led by managing directors Rahul Chandra and Bala Srinivasa, raised $106 million for its first fund and invested in 19 startups such as... |
| 05.04.2024 | Investment platform Smallcase to offer 'basket investment' of mutual funds | Investment platform Smallcase is extending its ‘basket investment’ concept to mutual funds (MFs) in a bid to expand its product suite.
Akin to its direct stock and exchange traded fund (ETF) offerings, the MF baskets will be prepared by res... |
| 14.03.2024 | Zerodha Fund House in discussion to raise up to $100 M: Report | The stock broking industry has become extremely competitive over the last two years, and its participants have been expanding into a wider range of investment products. To float an asset management company or mutual fund in 2023, stock brok... |
| 04.05.2023 | Discovering the Remarkable Boom of online Sports Betting in India | Sports betting has become a popular form of entertainment and gambling in India, with a rapidly growing market that is now valued at over $76 billion globally, with an estimated 140 million people regularly participating in this activity.
... |
| 20.01.2022 | Top 10 Most Promising Indian Fintech Startups in 2022 | With more than 2,100 fintech companies and one of the highest fintech adoption rates in the world, India is a global fintech powerhouse, a position it earned thanks to pioneering digital infrastructure initiatives, a dynamic venture capital... |
| 23.08.2021 | Wealth management start-up Smallcase raises $40m in Series C funding | Indian fintech start-up Smallcase has raised $40 million in a Series C funding round led by Faering Capital.
The start-up currently claims more than 3 million users
The round also included participation from e-commerce giant Amazon and Prem... |
| 19.08.2021 | Amazon places its bet on India’s wealth tech space with investment in Smallcase | After opening its platform for digital payments and entering the insurance tech sector by partnering with insurtech startup Acko, e-commerce giant Amazon is now getting into the wealth tech space in India.
Bengaluru-based wealth management ... |
| 18.08.2021 | Amazon, others leads $40M round in wealth management platform Smallcase | Advertisment
Smallcase, founded by IIT Kharagpur alumni Vasanth Kamath, Anugrah Shrivastava, and Rohan Gupta, is known for offering in-house licensed professionals' portfolios of stocks and exchange-traded funds, as well as access to indep... |
| 18.08.2021 | Smallcase raises $40 million from Amazon, others | Shutterstock.comFounded in 2015 by IIT Kharagpur graduates Vasanth Kamath, Anugrah Shrivastava and Rohan Gupta, Smallcase gives users digital access to capital markets by offering weighted portfolios of stocks and exchange traded funds.
Fin... |
| 18.08.2021 | Smallcase raises $40 Mn in Series C from Faering Capital, Amazon and others | Wealth management company Smallcase has raised $40 million in its Series C round led by Faering Capital with participation from new investors, Amazon and Premji Invest. Existing backers including Sequoia Capital, Blume Ventures, Beenext, DS... |
| 18.08.2021 | Smallcase raises $40M in Series C led by Faering Capital | Stock investment platform Smallcase on Wednesday said it raised $40 million in a Series C round led by Faering Capital. Sameer Shroff, Managing Director and Co-founder of Faering, will also join the Bengaluru-based startup's board. |
| 18.08.2021 | Smallcase secures USD 40 Million in a Series C round | 18.August.2021 – Smallcase, a stock investment platform, announced that it raised USD 40 Million in a Series C funding round. This funding round was led by Faering Capital. |
| 18.08.2021 | Amazon backs Indian wealth management service Smallcase in $40 million funding | Amazon has entered the financial services and insurance markets of India in recent years. Now it is paving the way to foray into the wealth management category.
The American e-commerce giant has backed Bangalore-based startup Smallcase in a... |
| 28.09.2020 | [Funding alert] Fintech startup smallcase raises $14M in Series B round led by DSP Group | Bengaluru-based capital markets infrastructure startup smallcase has raised $14 million in Series B financing round led by DSP Group along with existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, Beenext, and WEH Ventures.
The round a... |
| 28.09.2020 | Smallcase raises $14 Mn Series B round led by DSP Group | Investment startup Smallcase has secured $14 million ~ Rs 99 crore in its Series B funding round led by DSP Group. Existing backers Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, Beenext and WEH Ventures also participated in the round along with Ar... |
| 28.09.2020 | India: smallcase raises $14m funding led by DSP Group, joined by Sequoia | Premium
Capital markets infrastructure startup smallcase on Monday said it has raised $14 million as part of its Series B financing round led by DSP Group along with existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, Beenext and WEH ... |
| 28.09.2020 | Investment startup smallcase raises $14 million from DSP, Sequoia and others | Investment startup smallcase has raised a $14 million in Series B round led by financial services firm DSP, Sequoia Capital India and existing investors Blume Ventures, Beenext and WEH Ventures.
New investors include Arkam Ventures, a new I... |
| 28.09.2020 | smallcase raises $14 million from DSP Group, others | The team at smallcase. smallcase raises $14 million from DSP Group, others 2 min read . Updated: 28 Sep 2020, 11:48 AM IST Tarush Bhalla
This funding will be used to enhance the platform’s infrastructure stack, add more investment products ... |
| 13.02.2019 | Smallcase Raises $8M | Indian investment platform Smallcase Smallcase
Founded: 2015
Headquarters: Bangalore, India
Total Funding: $22M
See full company profile "> has announced an $8m Series A round led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from Bl... |
| 12.02.2019 | Sequoia India leads $8m funding in online investment platform Smallcase | Premium
Online investment platform Smallcase Technologies, backed by brokerage platform Zerodha, has raised $8 million in a Series A round of funding led by Sequoia India, according to a statement.
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| 12.02.2019 | Sequoia India leads $8 Mn Series A round in Smallcase | In November 2018, it was reported that Sequoia is all set to invest $7-8 million in Smallcase, which belongs to one of the hottest segments in Indian Startup ecosystem these days – fintech.
It is now confirmed that Smallcase has picked up $... |
| - | Investment Tech Startup Smallcase Raises $8 Mn From Sequoia, Others | Investment tech startup Smallcase has raised $8 Mn Series A funding led by Sequoia India, with participation from existing investors — Blume Ventures, Straddle Capital, Beenext Pte Ltd, WEH Ventures and DSP Adiko.
Launched in 2016 by Vasant... |
| - | Exclusive: Investment Tech Startup Smallcase Bags INR 99 Cr In Series B | Investment tech startup Smallcase funding is raising INR 99 Cr in a mix of equity and preference shares from a clutch of investors as a part of its Series B round. DSP Asset Management Firm, Sequoia’s SCI Investment V, Milestone Trusteeship... |
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| - | [Funding alert] smallcase raises $40M in Series C led by Faering Capital | Stock investment platform Smallcase on Wednesday said it raised $40 million in a Series C round led by Faering Capital. Sameer Shroff, Managing Director and Co-founder of Faering, will also join the Bengaluru-based startup's board.
The st... |
