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| 29.05.2025 | The Rise of AI and Private Equity in India: A New Era of Investment | In the bustling landscape of investment, two stories stand out. One is the rise of artificial intelligence in construction. The other is the bold move of a private equity giant into India. Both signify a shift. A shift towards innovation an... |
| 27.05.2025 | AI startup Contineu raises $1.2 million in round led by SenseAI Ventures | Deeptech startup Contineu, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automate data entry at construction sites, has raised $1.2 million in seed funding led by SenseAI Ventures, with participation from Piper Serica Angel Fund.
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| 14.10.2023 | Vernacular Dating App Flutrr Raises INR 4 Crores in Funding, Aims to Expand User Base | Vernacular dating app Flutrr has raised INR 4 Crores in a fresh funding round led by The Chennai Angels. The Times of India and several well-known individual investors like Vivek Singh, Adhiraj Sarin, and Ramki Ravulpalli, among others, als... |
| 02.09.2021 | Voice AI company Vernacular.ai rebrands to Skit, secures Series B round of USD 23 million from WestBridge Capital | The fresh capital will help enhance Skit's voice technology, developing personalised solutions while making strategic headway in global markets, like the US
WestBridge Capital joins existing investors, including Exfinity Ventures and Kalaar... |
| 01.09.2021 | WestBridge Capital, others leads $23M round in AI startup Skit | Advertisment
“Skit's success in helping India's largest companies positions them well to enter the US market, where there is a massive need for voice AI solutions," says Sashi Reddi, venture advisor to Westbridge Capital.
In 2016, So... |
| 31.05.2021 | Vernacular.ai secures $25 million funding from WestBridge Capital | - |
| 23.07.2020 | Kochi Based Vernacular Language Learning Startup ‘Entri’ Raises $1.7 Million Funding | Kochi-based startup ‘Entri’ has raised $1.7 million from a set of investors led by Good Capital.
With this funding, the startup closed its Pre-Series A funding round at a total of $3.1 million (raised $1.4 million in February).
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| 06.05.2020 | India Deal Monitor: Vernacular.ai raises $5.1m in Series A round and more updates | Premium
Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Vernacular.ai has raised $5.1 million in its Series A round of funding led by Exfinity Ventures and IAN Fund.
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| 06.05.2020 | Vernacular.ai raises $5.1 million led by Exfinity Ventures, Kalaari Capital | Vernacular.ai provides an AI-based voice automation platform - VIVA that helps accelerate engagement strategy, and utilises speech recognition and natural language understanding (NLU) technology Vernacular.ai raises $5.1 million led by Exfi... |
| 06.05.2020 | Vernacular.ai secures $5.1 Mn in Series A round | Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Vernacular.ai has secured $5.1 million in a Series A funding round led by Exfinity Ventures and IAN Fund. Kalaari Capital, AngelList, and LetsVenture also participated in the round.
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| 06.05.2020 | [Funding alert] Vernacular.ai raises $5.1M in Series A round led by Exfinity Ventures, Kalaari Capital | Bengaluru-based Vernacular.ai, an AI-based SaaS startup, has raised Series A investment of $5.1 million, led by Exfinity Ventures and Kalaari Capital. AngelList, IAN Fund, and LetsVenture also participated in the round.
The startup said the... |
| 06.02.2020 | [Funding alert] Vernacular audio startup KukuFM raises $5.5M in Series A round led by Vertex Ventures | After registering a 10x user growth over the last year, Mumbai-based vernacular audio platform Kuku FM has raised $5.5 million in a Series A round of financing, led by Vertex Ventures with existing investors Shunwei Capital, India Quotient,... |
| 04.11.2019 | Vernacular news, classifieds app Lokal raises $3 million | Supriya Roy 4 Nov, 2019
Local news and classifieds app Lokal has raised $3 million in a funding round from a group of investors, including venture capital firms India Quotient and 3one4 Capital. The stage of funding was not specified.
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| 26.07.2018 | India: Vernacular platform Vokal raises $5m from China’s Shunwei, 500 Startups | Premium
Vokal, a peer-to-peer knowledge-sharing platform for India’s non-English Internet users, on Thursday said it has raised $5 million in a Series A round of funding lead by China’s Shunwei Capital, and new investor 500 startups.
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| 26.07.2018 | Shunwei Capital backs another vernacular platform, leads $5 mn investment in Vokal | Bombinate Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which runs vernacular knowledge-sharing platform Vokal, has raised $5 million (around Rs 34 crore at current exchange rates) in a Series A round of funding led by Chinese venture capital firm Shunwei Capital... |
| 18.01.2018 | Vernacular centric social network ShareChat secures $18 Mn led by Xiaomi | Bengaluru-based local language social networking app ShareChat has secured $18.2 million in a Series B round led by Xiaomi. Existing investors SAIF Partners, Lightspeed Partners, India Quotient and Venture Highway also participated in the r... |
| - | AI Based Chatbot Startup Vernacular.ai Gains Funding From KStart | Kalaari Capital has invested an undisclosed amount in AI startup Vernacular.ai. The investment was done as a part of Kalaari Capital’s accelerator programme Kstart.
Bengaluru-based Vernacular.ai was launched in 2016 by IIT Roorkee alums Sou... |
| - | Vernacular Edtech Startup Entri.app Secures $7 Mn From Omidyar Network India, Others | Vernacular edtech startup Entri.app has raised $7 Mn in Series A funding round led by Omidyar Network India with participation from Boston-based Innospark Ventures and Integrated Capital, a Hong Kong-based private equity. This round of fund... |
| - | Vernacular Edtech Startup Entri Raises $3.1 Mn To Capitalise On Growth Spike | Vernacular edtech startup Entri has closed its pre-Series A funding round at $3.1 Mn after raising an additional $1.7 Mn led by Good Capital. HyperTrack founder Kashyap Deorah and BigBasket HR head Hari TN also participated in this round al... |
| - | Vernacular Edtech Startup Entri Bags $1.4 Mn In Seed Round To Add More Languages | Edtech startup Entri has closed a seed round of $1.4 Mn led by Good Capital. Entri is a local language learning app for India that provides different types of learning content in vernacular or regional Indian languages for job aspirants. En... |
| - | SaaS Startup Vernacular.ai Raises $5.1 Mn Series A Funding | Bengaluru-based SaaS startup Vernacular.ai has raised $5.1 Mn in Series A funding. The company said that the round has been led by Exfinity Ventures and IAN Fund. Further, AngelList, Kalaari Capital and LetsVenture also participated in the ... |
| - | Funding Galore: Indian Startup Fundings Of The Week [15 May – 20 May] | Paytm raised $1.4 Bn funding from SoftBank Group, the Japanese Internet and telecom major. The investment was done in Paytm’s parent company One97 Communications. With this move, SoftBank has joined Alibaba Group as a major shareholder and ... |
