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Vivitri Asset Management provides Rs 50 Cr in debt capital to Zaggle

Vivitri Asset Management has invested Rs 50 crore in Zaggle‘s first debenture issue, which will amortise over the next 40 months.

The interest payout will be quarterly, Vivitri added.

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) fintech startup Zaggle was founded by serial entrepreneur Raj N in 2011 and provides expense management systems and employee rewards and recognition programme services to companies.

The Mumbai-based B2B company operates in three verticals—digital payments, cashback, and analytics, and serves startups, SMEs, and corporates.

Zaggle said it will use the capital raised from Vivitri to grow its newly launched products.

Vivitri Asset Management is a credit-focused asset manager that provides debt to mid-sized companies.

Healthtech startup DocPlix raises Rs 5 Cr

DocPlix, a startup that helps facilitate the exchange of data between patients and doctors, has raised Rs 5 crore in a pre-Series A round from Eris Healthcare.

Other angel investors participated in the round as well. DocPlix, in February last year, had raised Rs 1.2 crore in a seed round.

The startup will use the funds to scale up, for research and development, and expand its operations across India.

Lucknow-based DocPlix was founded in 2021 by Dr Varun Garg, Aayush Garg, and Dr Ajay Shukla and is an electronic, on-demand healthcare record provider.

IppoPay invests $500,000 in I-CampusBuddy

Chennai-based fintech startup IppoPay has made a strategic investment of $500,000 in I-CampusBuddy, an ERP software company.

I-CampusBuddy helps educational institutions automate processes and digitise themselves. It offers solutions for a variety of operations, including finance, academics, collaboration, communication, etc.

IppoPay says its investment in the startup will help it establish a distribution network for its financial products in schools and colleges.

“The education payments space is an area we are actively evaluating and seeking to enhance the capabilities of educational institutions by offering ERP and payments collection services to schools and colleges,” said Ramprashanth Ganesan, CSO of IppoPay.

Houseware raises $2.1M in seed funding

SaaS startup Houseware said it has raised $2.1 million in seed funding led by Tanglin Venture Partners.

GTMfund, Better Capital, and investors from the SaaS community in India, including Snowflake, Stripe, Carta, Zendesk, and Superhuman, among others, also invested in the round.

The startup will use the funding to grow its customer base and expand its team.

Houseware, founded in 2021 by BITS Pilani Alumni Divyansh Saini and Shubhankar Srivastava, helps SaaS businesses to create CRMs built on cloud data warehouses.

“Houseware is building at the cusp of two really broad markets—the modern data stack and system of records like the CRM inside SaaS companies. Divyansh and Shubhankar are exceptional founders with deep product thinking,” said Sankalp Gupta, Partner at Tanglin Venture Partners.

Inker Robotics raises $1.2M in funding

Thrissur-based startup Inker Robotics has raised $1.2 million in its pre-seed round from AHK Ventures.

Part of Kerala’s Startup Mission programme, Inker Robotics is focused on creating educational tools to teach robotics and AI and R&D and product development in India, aiming to bridge the skill gap between existing skills and the current requirements of the broader industry.

“We are witnessing the future with the enormous technological changes happening daily. There is a need for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in the youth at a global scale, and we strongly believe Inker has the potential to make a significant impact,” said AHK Ventures.

The investment will help Inker enhance its training platform, Inkerlearn, and deliver more engaging content in the field of robotics and emerging technologies.

Fire-Boltt spends $1M to expand into Vietnam

Smart wearables startup Fire-Boltt has invested $1 million to expand into Vietnam as part of its plan to capture Southeast Asia.

“We see Vietnam as a high-potential market for us. The investment will boost our operations in Vietnam and help us to gain a strong foothold in the region,” said Arnav Kishore, Founder and CEO at Fire-Boltt.

“Just like India, Vietnam is also a price-sensitive market, so our target is to provide the most affordable and feature-loaded products to our consumers without compromising on quality,” he added.

The startup has partnered with SmartechSG to expand into Vietnam and Singapore. It has also set its sights on Indonesia and Malaysia.