CtrlB Secures $2.5 Million in Seed Funding
Unified data platform CtrlB has raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Chiratae Ventures, with participation from Equirus, InnovateX Fund, Campus Fund, and Point One Capital.
The fresh capital will power engineering, R&D, and patent filings for CtrlB’s cutting-edge indexing and compression technology, while also enabling the company to…
India’s venture capital scene is heating up as Chiratae Ventures, one of the country’s leading technology-focused investment firms and an early backer of Flipkart, has announced the second close of its fifth fund at $150 million.
With a target corpus of $350 million and a hard cap of $500 million, the firm expects to reach the final close of Fund V in the first quarter of 2026. This new fund…
Indian venture capital firm Chiratae Ventures, best known for backing Flipkart, FirstCry, and Lenskart in their early days, has announced the second close of its fifth fund at $150 million. The firm is now on track to raise $350 million (with a hard cap of $500 million) by the first quarter of 2026.
The new fund, named Chiratae Ventures Master Fund V under its Category II AIF Chiratae Ventures…
Fashion in 60 Minutes? ZILO Raises $4.5M to Reinvent How India Shops for Style
Imagine ordering your favorite Levi’s jeans or Puma sneakers—and having them at your doorstep within an hour. That’s not a fantasy. It’s the future ZILO is building.
The fashion-tech startup, launched in 2025, has just raised $4.5 million in seed funding to scale its lightning-fast, curated fashion delivery…
Edtech platform Questt has raised $6.75 million in Series A round drove by Celesta Capital and Premji Invest. Existing backers, for example, AET Fund, Titan Capital, First Check and MarsShot Ventures have also participated, with Chiratae Ventures increasing its shareholding.
The new round comes only seven months after the Gurugram-based startup bagged $1.35 million in its seed round drove by…
The ShopSe, which accomplices moneylenders and retailers to give EMI alternatives to clients at the place to checkout, has raised $5.5 million (Rs 40 crore) in financing drove by beginning phase investment supports Chiratae Ventures and Beenext.
The round likewise saw support from Pentathlon Ventures, Opus and existing private backer Abhishant Pant of Yatra Angel Network.
The startup will use the…
Callify.ai, a shrewd considering stage that focusses on working experts, has raised $560,000 (Rs 4.11 crore at current trade rates) in a seed financing round.
Blessed messenger speculation firm Malpani Ventures drove the round, the Mumbai-based startup said in an articulation.
The Chennai Angel Network and Marvari Angel Network additionally partook in this round.
Callify.ai was set up in 2016 by…

