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    altM raises $10.3 million in a Series A round led by Rainmatter by Zerodha and Mela Ventures, with Omnivore, Theia Ventures, Aureolis Ventures, Spectrum Impact and strategic angel investors participating. Venomics AI raises $2.7 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Speciale Invest and South Park Commons, with Operators Studio participating. EloElo Group raises $80 million in a Series C round led by Hornbill Capital and NBCUniversal, with MIT Investment Co. and existing investors participating. Peppermint Robotics raises ₹100 crore (approximately $10.5 million) in a Pre-Series B round led by pi Ventures and Crane Venture Partners, with Asiana Fund participating. Traversal raises $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures and Amex Ventures participating. GIVA raises over $100 million in a round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The Croffle Guys raises ₹14 crore in a round led by V3 Ventures, with N.A.N Partners participating. Solgram raises over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Saama Capital, with Kapil Chopra participating. Sachin Tendulkar makes a strategic investment in Metasports Interactive, the company behind Hitwicket. The amount was not disclosed. Hyeglo Beauty raises ₹7 crore in a round led by Sauce, with Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Reckitt's Arjun Purkayastha and The Patient Capital participating. altM raises $10.3 million in a Series A round led by Rainmatter by Zerodha and Mela Ventures, with Omnivore, Theia Ventures, Aureolis Ventures, Spectrum Impact and strategic angel investors participating. Venomics AI raises $2.7 million in a pre-seed round co-led by Speciale Invest and South Park Commons, with Operators Studio participating. EloElo Group raises $80 million in a Series C round led by Hornbill Capital and NBCUniversal, with MIT Investment Co. and existing investors participating. Peppermint Robotics raises ₹100 crore (approximately $10.5 million) in a Pre-Series B round led by pi Ventures and Crane Venture Partners, with Asiana Fund participating. Traversal raises $120 million in a Series B round at a $1 billion valuation, led by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint and Khosla Ventures, with Sequoia Capital, Battery Ventures and Amex Ventures participating. GIVA raises over $100 million in a round led by Multiples Alternate Asset Management. The Croffle Guys raises ₹14 crore in a round led by V3 Ventures, with N.A.N Partners participating. Solgram raises over $1 million in a pre-seed round led by DSG Consumer Partners and Saama Capital, with Kapil Chopra participating. Sachin Tendulkar makes a strategic investment in Metasports Interactive, the company behind Hitwicket. The amount was not disclosed. Hyeglo Beauty raises ₹7 crore in a round led by Sauce, with Giga Capital, Consumer Collective, Reckitt's Arjun Purkayastha and The Patient Capital participating.
  • Fire AI Secures Pre-Seed Funding from Venture Catalysts to Simplify Business Data with AI

    Fire AI

    New Delhi: Fire AI, a cutting-edge AI-powered business intelligence platform, has announced the successful closure of a pre-seed funding round led by Venture Catalysts, India’s leading early-stage investment firm.

    The round also saw strategic participation from Gaurav Khatri, Co-founder & CEO of Noise, and Amit Kumar Singh, Former MD of Central Warehousing Corporation.

    The investment will enable Fire AI to accelerate its product roadmap, enhance its AI capabilities, expand its team, and scale its go-to-market strategy across key industry verticals.

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    Founded by Vipul Prakash, a seasoned leader with over 12 years of experience at high-growth startups like Zomato, Delhivery, and BharatPe, Fire AI is on a mission to make enterprise data interaction as simple as messaging a colleague.

    The platform aims to eliminate the complexity of traditional business intelligence tools by delivering insights through a conversational, natural language interface – allowing business users to engage with data without technical expertise.

    “At Fire AI, we believe data should work for people – not the other way around,” said Vipul Prakash, Founder & CEO. “With this pre-seed backing, we are doubling down on building a conversational, AI-enabled platform that enables businesses to make data-driven decisions faster, easier, and more intuitively.”

    Fire AI: Unified BI Platform Covering All Stages of Data Maturity Lifecycle

    Fire AI differentiates itself by offering a comprehensive, unified BI platform covering all stages of the data maturity lifecycle – Ad Hoc, Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics – unlike most solutions that focus on only one or two segments.

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    “Fire AI represents the next frontier in enterprise analytics,” said Dr Apoorva Ranjan Sharma, Co-founder and MD of Venture Catalysts. “Its ability to unify advanced analytics with conversational AI makes it a powerful enabler of real-time decision-making for businesses. We’re excited to support their journey.”

    As India’s data analytics market is projected to reach $27 billion by 2033 with a 27.5% CAGR, and over 60 million MSMEs increasingly demanding actionable insights, Fire AI is strategically positioned to lead the shift toward AI-first data interaction across enterprises.

    This round marks a pivotal step in Fire AI’s mission to democratize access to business intelligence – enabling enterprises of all sizes to transform data into action with speed, simplicity, and scale.

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    • Salil Urunkar

      Salil Urunkar is a senior journalist and the editorial mind behind Sahyadri Startups. With years of experience covering Pune’s entrepreneurial rise, he’s passionate about telling the real stories of founders, disruptors, and game-changers.

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