MMT Head Deep Kalra Joins Dunzo’s Ongoing Series C Funding
Done has raised $3.1 Mn in the ongoing investment round. Krishna Sindhuri Trust has contributed $985K. Done offers a chat-primarily based app that allows customers to collaborate with people and get their work done.
MakeMyTrip chief govt Deep Kalra has invested INR 3 Cr ($ 422K) on behalf of Prudent Advisors in Bengaluru-based errand-runner startup Dunzo in its ongoing Series C round. Last week, Dunzo raised $3.1 Mn (INR 22. Forty-nine Cr) in its Series C funding round. Popular buyers, including Milestone Trusteeship Services, Cognizant co-founder N Lakshmi Narayanan, Monika Garware Modi, and the Raintree Family, have already participated in the funding spherical. According to reports, Kalra has picked up 567 cumulative convertible desire shares (CCPS) for INR fifty-two 927.2 each. Also, Parthasarthi Reddy Bandi, on behalf of Krishna Sindhuri Trust, has poured INR 7 Cr ($985K) for approximately 1,323 shares of equal class and rate.
Done was founded in 2015 using Ankur Aggarwal, Dalvir Suri, Mukund Jha, and Kabeer Biswas. It uses synthetic intelligence to provide hyperlocal services. Through its chat-based interface, the application permits users to create to-do lists, collaborate with others, and achieve their paintings. This investment spherical is available after it became pronounced in November 2018 that Dunzo became in superior talks to elevate $25 Mn from Google and other traders. In November 2018, Dunzo raised INR 7 Cr ($985K)from project debt firm Alteria Capital, allowing you to amplify its services. The startup had raised $12 Mn (INR 85.2 Cr) investment from seeking corporation Google in opposition to a minority stake in the startup in 2017.
Developing Hyperlocal Space In India According to a market studies firm Ken Research report, the Indian hyperlocal marketplace will grow at a full-size CAGR rate due to exceeding INR 2,306 Cr in 2020. Currently, food tech massive Swiggy forayed into the on-call for hyperlocal space with the launch of ‘Swiggy Stores’ incorporated within the app. In December 2018, Gurugram-based total of seventy-four BC Technologies, the figure company of Baxi, shifted its enterprise to the hyper-local transport model. Under this, the business enterprise joined hands with two FMCG manufacturers and rebranded itself as B-Fresh. Investor Deep Kalra’s online travel company MakeMyTrip also started imparting hyperlocal offerings through its newly launched function ‘Experiences’. The company offers leisure activities such as meal walks, daycations, museum visits, and sporting activities through this selection.