Only Story
Venture Round in 2021
Only Story is a cloud-based platform that facilitates the connection between managers and approvers, addressing challenges in sales activities. By providing a comprehensive matching system, the platform enables users to engage with decision-makers effectively, thereby enhancing opportunities for business promotion and management. Through its various functions, Only Story empowers users to navigate the complexities of daily management, allowing them to achieve their business objectives by directly connecting with the relevant approvers in their target companies.
VV Finly Technology Private Limited, established in 2019 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, specializes in finance management software designed for businesses. The company offers a suite of services including prepaid card expense management, automated business payments, petty cash management, and expense report automation. Finly's products aim to enhance business expense management through streamlined processes and improved visibility into spending, thereby increasing efficiency and employee satisfaction. By replacing traditional expense reporting tools, Finly provides finance teams with real-time insights and dynamic reporting capabilities, facilitating better strategic decision-making as businesses grow.
Slice is a fintech startup aimed at enhancing the financial experience for young Indians. The company offers a transparent and efficient platform designed to simplify payments and access to credit. Its flagship product, the slice card, allows users to make seamless credit payments while ensuring a high-quality mobile experience and responsive customer service. Additionally, slice provides other financial products, such as slice borrow and slice account, which facilitate fast and straightforward transactions and help users build their credit scores. By focusing on the needs of young consumers, slice seeks to improve their financial literacy and empower them in managing their money more effectively.
slice
Debt Financing in 2019
Slice is a fintech startup aimed at enhancing the financial experience for young Indians. The company offers a transparent and efficient platform designed to simplify payments and access to credit. Its flagship product, the slice card, allows users to make seamless credit payments while ensuring a high-quality mobile experience and responsive customer service. Additionally, slice provides other financial products, such as slice borrow and slice account, which facilitate fast and straightforward transactions and help users build their credit scores. By focusing on the needs of young consumers, slice seeks to improve their financial literacy and empower them in managing their money more effectively.
Faircent operates as a peer-to-peer lending platform that directly connects borrowers and lenders, eliminating traditional financial intermediaries such as banks. It serves as a virtual marketplace where participants negotiate loan terms, including interest rates and tenure, without bank involvement. By removing middlemen and their overheads, Faircent enables borrowers to access loans at lower rates and offers lenders the potential for higher returns compared with conventional savings options.
FreshToHome
Series A in 2019
FreshToHome is an online grocery store based in Bangalore that specializes in delivering fresh and healthy seafood and meat products to consumers. Launched in 2015 by Shan Kadavil, the platform offers a diverse range of products including fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and marinated foods, all sourced from suppliers committed to providing items free from chemicals and preservatives. FreshToHome's service model not only facilitates the direct supply of high-quality products but also ensures convenient doorstep delivery, making it easier for customers to access nutritious food options at reasonable prices.
InnerChef
Series A in 2019
InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that operates a mobile app and online platform for discovering and delivering a wide range of foods. It enables customers to order ready-to-eat meals, gourmet do-it-yourself recipe kits, detox cleanses, healthy eats, and desserts, with delivery typically available within 20 minutes. The company also offers beverages such as cold coffees, thick shakes, and fruit juices prepared fresh. In addition, InnerChef runs Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace that connects home bakers and neighborhood bakeries with customers.
Drivezy is India's largest marketplace for car and two-wheeler sharing, operating a self-drive vehicle rental application that connects vehicle owners with potential renters. Since its inception in April 2015, the company has facilitated the booking of scooters, motorcycles, and cars, allowing individuals to monetize their vehicles. Drivezy's platform offers a peer-to-peer vehicle-sharing service, enabling consumers to rent vehicles on a membership, hourly, or daily basis while ensuring all necessary paperwork is completed. With over 1,500 owners connected to its marketplace, Drivezy has established itself as a significant player in the shared mobility sector. The company is recognized for its innovative approach and has participated in prestigious accelerator programs such as Y Combinator and Google's Launchpad Accelerator.
InnerChef
Series A in 2018
InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that operates a mobile app and online platform for discovering and delivering a wide range of foods. It enables customers to order ready-to-eat meals, gourmet do-it-yourself recipe kits, detox cleanses, healthy eats, and desserts, with delivery typically available within 20 minutes. The company also offers beverages such as cold coffees, thick shakes, and fruit juices prepared fresh. In addition, InnerChef runs Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace that connects home bakers and neighborhood bakeries with customers.
Matsuri Technologies
Venture Round in 2018
Matsuri Technologies is a Tokyo-based real estate technology company that specializes in developing software solutions for vacation and private property rentals. Founded in 2016, the company offers a range of tools designed to facilitate the management and operation of rental properties, including an Airbnb management platform that assists operators in account management, guest communication, automated check-ins, and customer service. By collaborating with real estate brokerages, Matsuri Technologies enhances business efficiency for private lodging operators and supports various rental arrangements, such as company-owned houses and spaces for short-term rental and meeting room use.
BrightTable
Series A in 2018
BrightTable, Inc. is a Tokyo-based company that develops and operates the gourmet Q&A application known as Pecotter. Founded in February 2012, BrightTable provides a gourmet concierge app designed to streamline the table reservation process for users. The application allows customers to input details such as the restaurant name, date, time, and party size, after which it facilitates the reservation by contacting the restaurant directly. This service aims to enhance the dining experience for food enthusiasts and socialites by making restaurant reservations convenient and hassle-free.
Faircent operates as a peer-to-peer lending platform that directly connects borrowers and lenders, eliminating traditional financial intermediaries such as banks. It serves as a virtual marketplace where participants negotiate loan terms, including interest rates and tenure, without bank involvement. By removing middlemen and their overheads, Faircent enables borrowers to access loans at lower rates and offers lenders the potential for higher returns compared with conventional savings options.
Slice is a fintech startup aimed at enhancing the financial experience for young Indians. The company offers a transparent and efficient platform designed to simplify payments and access to credit. Its flagship product, the slice card, allows users to make seamless credit payments while ensuring a high-quality mobile experience and responsive customer service. Additionally, slice provides other financial products, such as slice borrow and slice account, which facilitate fast and straightforward transactions and help users build their credit scores. By focusing on the needs of young consumers, slice seeks to improve their financial literacy and empower them in managing their money more effectively.
TripBox Japan
Venture Round in 2017
TripBox Japan is a Tokyo-based company that has developed a mobile application designed to help users find restaurants and drinking establishments. The app allows users to search for dining options using visual information, such as pictures of the restaurant's interior, exterior, and meals shared on social media platforms. This innovative approach enables customers to discover restaurants that appeal to them while browsing through their social media feeds. TripBox Japan aims to deliver information of consistent quality, helping users access reliable dining recommendations regardless of their location.
BRD is a financial software company that focuses on the development and marketing of blockchain applications. Founded in 2015 by Aaron Voisine and Adam Traidman, and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, BRD offers a personalized non-custodial Bitcoin wallet that enables users to securely buy, protect, and convert cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, and Ethereum. The company's platform also provides a range of services, including crypto purchasing, commercial register information, credit rating management, trading, and merchant services. With a global customer base, BRD aims to facilitate seamless transactions in the cryptocurrency space.
TripBox Japan
Venture Round in 2017
TripBox Japan is a Tokyo-based company that has developed a mobile application designed to help users find restaurants and drinking establishments. The app allows users to search for dining options using visual information, such as pictures of the restaurant's interior, exterior, and meals shared on social media platforms. This innovative approach enables customers to discover restaurants that appeal to them while browsing through their social media feeds. TripBox Japan aims to deliver information of consistent quality, helping users access reliable dining recommendations regardless of their location.
Drivezy
Venture Round in 2017
Drivezy is India's largest marketplace for car and two-wheeler sharing, operating a self-drive vehicle rental application that connects vehicle owners with potential renters. Since its inception in April 2015, the company has facilitated the booking of scooters, motorcycles, and cars, allowing individuals to monetize their vehicles. Drivezy's platform offers a peer-to-peer vehicle-sharing service, enabling consumers to rent vehicles on a membership, hourly, or daily basis while ensuring all necessary paperwork is completed. With over 1,500 owners connected to its marketplace, Drivezy has established itself as a significant player in the shared mobility sector. The company is recognized for its innovative approach and has participated in prestigious accelerator programs such as Y Combinator and Google's Launchpad Accelerator.
Dely
Venture Round in 2017
Dely, Inc. is a Japanese company based in Tokyo, founded in 2014, that specializes in designing and developing the Kurashiru application, a leading cooking video service. Kurashiru offers a wide array of recipe tutorials that guide users through the cooking process with step-by-step video content. The platform aims to enhance culinary skills for its users, allowing them to prepare a diverse range of dishes. With tens of millions of monthly viewers, Kurashiru significantly impacts the cooking habits of its audience, making it a popular resource for individuals looking to explore new recipes and improve their cooking abilities.
InnerChef
Series A in 2016
InnerChef is an Indian food tech company that operates a mobile app and online platform for discovering and delivering a wide range of foods. It enables customers to order ready-to-eat meals, gourmet do-it-yourself recipe kits, detox cleanses, healthy eats, and desserts, with delivery typically available within 20 minutes. The company also offers beverages such as cold coffees, thick shakes, and fruit juices prepared fresh. In addition, InnerChef runs Indulge, a hyperlocal dessert marketplace that connects home bakers and neighborhood bakeries with customers.
FreshToHome
Seed Round in 2016
FreshToHome is an online grocery store based in Bangalore that specializes in delivering fresh and healthy seafood and meat products to consumers. Launched in 2015 by Shan Kadavil, the platform offers a diverse range of products including fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and marinated foods, all sourced from suppliers committed to providing items free from chemicals and preservatives. FreshToHome's service model not only facilitates the direct supply of high-quality products but also ensures convenient doorstep delivery, making it easier for customers to access nutritious food options at reasonable prices.