Proptech Crib Raises 15 Crores in Seed Round from Founders of Paytm, Cred, Mamaearth and others

Bangalore based prop-tech startup Crib raises Rs. 15 crores in its Seed round co-led by We Founder Circle and Rebright Partners.

The round saw participation from 50+ renowned founders and tech operators like Vijay Shekhar Sharma (PayTM), Kunal Shah (Cred), Ghazal Alagh (Mamaearth), Ramakant Sharma (Livspace), Sandeep Aggarwal (Droom, ShopClues), Ravi Bhushan (BrightChamps, Housing), Ankur Aggarwal (Dunzo) along with various angel syndicates and funds like Imperier Holdings, FAAD, Rogue Opportunities, Sigurd Ventures, Beej Network, Dream Green Capital Venture, Supermorpheus Fund etc.

CRIB Founders

Founded in 2022 by Sunny Garg, Shaifali Jain and Archit Chauhan, Crib is a digital ecosystem that connects landlords, tenants and entrepreneurs. For landlords, Crib offers a SaaS based solution that drives operational excellence, streamlines finances and boosts sales making it a go-to platform for rental housing business owners. For tenants, Crib offers a new-age platform to explore and book properties while enjoying exclusive discounts.

“The real-estate as we know it today, belongs to the youth, the next generation that will soon be bound to take up the responsibilities of managing and growing their forefather’s investments. We at Crib are building the digital infrastructure to support these upcoming property owners by creating the ultimate property solution.” said Sunny Garg, Co-Founder & CEO at Crib.

Crib has recently announced its #BeAnEntrepreneur campaign with the intent to foster the spirit of entrepreneurship and self-reliance amongst students and early working professionals. This campaign empowers users to earn cash upto Rs. 2,00,000 by simply referring properties to their contacts. Now anyone and everyone can enjoy the hefty commissions that come with real-estate bookings.

“Within 12 months of launch, we have built a solid foundation across 10+ cities in India including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, Ahmedabad & Delhi NCR. At present, over 500 landlords managing upto 1,00,000 rental units are collecting an annual rental revenue of Rs. 900 cr. on Crib’s SaaS platform.” told Shaifali Jain, Co-founder, COO & CPO at Crib.

“I have known the founders since 2017 when they were building YourShell, their professional growth over the past 6 years combined with their persistent passion for the housing industry is a clear sign that they are the best team to crack this market.” said Neeraj Tyagi, Co-Founder WeFounderCircle.

“Real Estate Industry in India has the potential to become more efficient and transparent for all stakeholders through technology interventions. We are backing Crib to transform this Industry by bringing in new products and services for Landlords, Renters, Service Providers and Financing Partners” said Brij Singh, General Partner at Rebright Partners.

The company plans to use the funds to expand its product offerings, and scale distribution to all major pincodes in India.

Flixy Games Launches 'Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar' Game and Raises Funding from Rebright Partners

Flixy Games launches, the game; ‘Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar’ in partnership with foreign gaming studios and raised seed funding of $425K from Rebright Partners, Japan. Rebright Partners is a venture capital firm established in Tokyo, Japan, investing in internet and mobile start-ups in Southeast Asia and India. Comet on Mahaar is now live on Android and will be live on iOS in next few days.

The game is a strategy RPG multiplayer online battle arena. The game Avatars Clash: Comet on Mahaar, begins when a comet crashing into Mahaar, a fictional city in a fictional land called Bharat. Various heroes venture in search of what the comet has brought. The original game is credited to its creator, Axelmark; However, Flixy Games handles the production, running the game as a live service, customer support and incorporate monetization strategies suitable for India.

Felix Manojh, Founder, Flixy Games on the launch & funding said, “High-quality games that also compliment the theme are growing lesser in number day by day. The bar is set very high on international games, but the same cannot be said for India. My team and I, we wish to change that and give Indians the high quality gaming experience on their phones, with games that also cater to our very unique aesthetic.”

In the world of mobile gaming, comes a publisher who guarantees a gaming experience for Indians like no other. It’s here to change the face of mobile gaming. Flixy Games is one of the publishers of mobile games and its predominant focus lies in the Indian market. They have brought a groundbreaking new style of marketing games which includes partnering with foreign gaming studios to provide Indian versions of the same with changes in storyboard and characters making it more friendly for Indian audiences. So far Flixy has partnered with Japanese gaming studios such as Axelmark and Fields Corporation and will be partnering with many more in the near future.

Takeshi Ebihara, Founding General Partner of Rebright Partners said, "Flixy is positioned to capitalize on the tremendous potential of the Indian gaming industry through its one of kind publisher partnerships with strong gaming studios from Asian countries like Japan, Korea etc. We strongly believe that gaming in India is about to witness revolutionary growth on the back of cheaper 4G data and smartphones. Felix and his team have a solid foundation in releasing world class games with their experience at Zynga and we are excited to back their vision."

Flixy Games has more exciting news here; another game in the pipeline which will be released soon, an arcade third person shooter game with the best quality graphics and animation. They’re also modifying the story to an India Vs other countries setting. Flixy plans to launch at least 4 games by or before mid of next year. These will all be of high-quality, way better than what’s already available in the indianized format.

Manojh further added, “As of now this is the best market to be in, owning to the fact that there is a lot of room to grow in India riding on the smartphone and data wave segment. There’s also the need for more publishers to handle the launch of games, so that the game developers can focus on the thing that they do best– ‘creating games’.”

Flixy Games is carving a new path for launchers and publishers world-over to create more niche content for the ever growing crowd of game lover’s world over. The company has undoubtedly gone through a lot of learning and evolving, since its establishment. The team is small, yet filled to the brim with talent. They have a vision for their company that goes beyond the stars.

DocsApp Raises $1.2M From Facebook’s Early Investors and Rebright Partners

DocsApp, a leader in the Online Doctor Consultation space has now announced a seed investment of $1.2 million in funding by Facebook’s Angel Investors Anand Rajaraman - Venky Harinarayan and Japanese Venture Capital firm Rebright Partners.

Founded in 2015 by IIT Madras Alumni, DocsApp is the leading mobile medical consultation platform in the country which provides quality consultation for patients with fastest turnaround time of 30mins. DocsApp has been designed to give the best experience to patients with complete privacy. Patients can chat with the doctor and also share pictures and reports of the ailment with the doctors privately. DocsApp aims to utilize the funding to develop and expand their scale of operations, recruit talent and continue breaking barriers through technology in the medical space thereby excelling at user experience.

In India, currently around 4 billion transactions happen in the healthcare sector every year. The entire healthcare market in India is worth around $80 billion; however the online market is estimated to grow to around $42 billion in the coming years. . Within a year, majority of DocsApp users have come from major cities like Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai & Hyderabad. With over 80,000 users, more than 15,000 patients take consultation using DocsApp every month. DocsApp has a pool of 500 top notch doctors in the country who are available to connect with the patients for consultations.

Speaking about the $1.2 Million investment in DocsApp, Facebook’s early investors Anand Rajaraman & Venky Harinarayan said, “The DocsApp team has created an amazing app that combines whiz bang technology with specialist doctors to enable speedy doctor consultations and great patient outcomes. This app will revolutionize primary healthcare in India!”

The investment round was led by Rebright Partners and Takeshi Ebihara, Founding General Partner of Rebright Partners said, “The team has a great understanding of the healthcare space and it is a scalable business model that can service millions of patients across India and South-East Asia.”

Founded by IIT Madras Alumni Satish Kannan & Enbasekar Dinadayalane at the IIT Madras Research Park, in 2015, DocsApp, a Bangalore based health-tech start-up has grown to a team of 36 members from leading colleges such as IIT, BITS and CMC Vellore. The app currently supports 9 specialities: Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Weight Management, Sexology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine and Hair & Scalp care.

DocsApp Raises $1.2M From Facebook’s Early Investors and Rebright Partners

DocsApp, a leader in the Online Doctor Consultation space has now announced a seed investment of $1.2 million in funding by Facebook’s Angel Investors Anand Rajaraman - Venky Harinarayan and Japanese Venture Capital firm Rebright Partners.

Founded in 2015 by IIT Madras Alumni, DocsApp is the leading mobile medical consultation platform in the country which provides quality consultation for patients with fastest turnaround time of 30mins. DocsApp has been designed to give the best experience to patients with complete privacy. Patients can chat with the doctor and also share pictures and reports of the ailment with the doctors privately. DocsApp aims to utilize the funding to develop and expand their scale of operations, recruit talent and continue breaking barriers through technology in the medical space thereby excelling at user experience.

In India, currently around 4 billion transactions happen in the healthcare sector every year. The entire healthcare market in India is worth around $80 billion; however the online market is estimated to grow to around $42 billion in the coming years. . Within a year, majority of DocsApp users have come from major cities like Bangalore, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Chennai & Hyderabad. With over 80,000 users, more than 15,000 patients take consultation using DocsApp every month. DocsApp has a pool of 500 top notch doctors in the country who are available to connect with the patients for consultations.

Speaking about the $1.2 Million investment in DocsApp, Facebook’s early investors Anand Rajaraman & Venky Harinarayan said, “The DocsApp team has created an amazing app that combines whiz bang technology with specialist doctors to enable speedy doctor consultations and great patient outcomes. This app will revolutionize primary healthcare in India!”

The investment round was led by Rebright Partners and Takeshi Ebihara, Founding General Partner of Rebright Partners said, “The team has a great understanding of the healthcare space and it is a scalable business model that can service millions of patients across India and South-East Asia.”

Founded by IIT Madras Alumni Satish Kannan & Enbasekar Dinadayalane at the IIT Madras Research Park, in 2015, DocsApp, a Bangalore based health-tech start-up has grown to a team of 36 members from leading colleges such as IIT, BITS and CMC Vellore. The app currently supports 9 specialities: Gynaecology, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Weight Management, Sexology, Gastroenterology, General Medicine and Hair & Scalp care.

NewsInShorts Raises Rs.25 Crores In Series A Funding Led By Tiger Global

Noida-based mobile app firm News in Shorts has raised US$4 million (around Rs.25 crore) in Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Japan's Rebright Partners and and existing investors Sachin and Binny Bansal, the founders of Flipkart also participated in the round.

Founded in 2013 by three IIT dropouts Azhar Iqubal, Deepit Purkayastha, and Anunay Arunav, News in Shorts publishes top news stories in 60-word bite-sized portions, containing only the essential facts, compromising on anything that is close to opinionating and storytelling.

"Mobile content is ripe for disruption, and we believe they (News In Shorts) can revolutionize the way content is being consumed on mobile devices. The 60-word news 'shorts' is just a step towards that goal," said Fixel, partner at Tiger Global.

"In the next three months, we will build a larger team, ramp up technology, move into audio and video streaming and add a layer of personalization to our content," said 22-year-old Azhar Iqubal, co-founder and CEO.

Iqubal also said it was the founders of Flipkart who made this round of funding possible for News in Shorts, ut was Sachin & Binny Bansal who introduced News In Shorts to Tiger Global - one of Flipkart's early investors - which got the ball rolling for this Series A round.

Recently, this month only another similar app NewsHunt also raised Rs 120 crore in Series C funding led by Falcon Edge Capital

Launched in September 2013, News In Shorts was initially a Facebook page, and picked up followers immediately. It was shortlisted for the third batch of Nasscom's 10,000 Startups and then became part of the fourth batch of Times Internet's accelerator T-Labs. In June 2014, angel investors and mentors Ankush Nijhawan, Gaurav Bhatnagar and Manish Dhingra led its Rs 2 crore funding round, with participation from Flipkart Co-founders Sachin and Binny Bansal, as well as Times Internet.