ET Year-end Special Reads
This also represents an 88.6% decrease from last week’s total of $735.9 million.This week, startups raised funds through 17 deals, compared to 44 in the year-ago period, when they raised a total of $1.09 billion, according to data from data intelligence platform ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/tracxn” target=”_blank”>Tracxn.
Top deals of the week
ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/bureau” target=”_blank”>Bureau: Identity verification startup Bureau secured $30 million in a fresh ref=”dofollow” data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/equity-funding” target=”_blank”>equity funding round led by US venture firm Sorenson Capital and PayPal Ventures.
ETtechBizom: Retail intelligence platform Bizom raised $12 million in a funding round led by Hyderabad-based data-ga-onclick=”Inarticle articleshow link click#Tech#href” target=”_blank” href=”https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/definition/venture-capital”>venture capital firm Pavestone, which contributed $7.5 million.
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Zingbus: Electric intercity bus platform Zingbus raised $9 million in a funding round led by BP Ventures.
ETtechSeekho: Online learning platform Seekho raised $8 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed India Partners. Existing investor Elevation Capital also participated in this round.

































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