Open Secret has raised ₹50 crore in funding led by @Desai Brothers Group to expand its offline presence, scale its product portfolio, and strengthen its omnichannel business. Having crossed ₹200 crore ARR and achieved EBITDA profitability, the brand is targeting ₹1,000 crore ARR within three years while accelerating growth across India's healthy snacks market.#pulsedaily
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Capital is only useful when it accelerates the right priorities.
PlayBlue has raised $2.7M in seed funding to expand its omnichannel sports retail business across India.
But the real story isn't the funding, it's how the capital will be deployed:
• Experience-first stores
• Stronger omnichannel capabilities
• Better technology & logistics
• Faster, scalable operations
For Indian SME founders, this is a reminder that growth capital should fund capabilities, not just expansion.
If your business raised ₹20 crore today, where would you invest first?
#IndianSMEs#SMEGrowth#Funding#Retail#ScaleME#BusinessGrowth#StartupIndia#Founders#GrowthStrategy#Omnichannel
Healthcare and wellness brand The Func. Lab has secured $1.5 million in a seed funding round from a group of investors, including Nisaba Godrej, Anand Piramal, Abhishek Nayar, Bhakti Modi, Harsh Parekh and Sahil Vora, among others.
The startup will use the new funds to expand its product range, strengthen its distribution network, improve its supply chain and grow its presence across online platforms, quick commerce and offline retail stores.
Sohrab Khushrushahi | Sahil Omprakash Kukreja | Daneesh Davar
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#TheFuncLab#Healthcare#Wellness#Funding#StartupNews
What people see: a fundraise announcement🚀
What it actually is: hundreds of conversations, operational chaos, retailer trust, midnight fixes, missed weekends, and a team that simply refused to stop building.
And somewhere between the excitement and the headlines…there’s the finance hustle too. From negotiating term sheets, managing endless due diligence data requests, coordinating with investors & legal teams, closing compliances, to finally seeing the funds hit the bank account, every step comes with its own pressure, precision, and adrenaline💙
Startups are rarely built in boardrooms alone. They’re built during 6 AM store checks, late-night reconciliation calls, investor discussions, ops firefighting, and solving the same problem 10 different ways until it finally works.
Proud to be part of a team that is obsessed with execution and creating real impact for kirana stores and brands across India.
Prateek BansalYash BansalRachit Khandelwal Jayant Chauhan Amit KukrejaAvinash PandeyKaran KhannaRavi ChaurasiaSachin TyagiArjun Singh
This milestone belongs to every retailer, partner, investor, and teammate who believed in the vision before it looked exciting.
Still day 1🚀
#FairdealMarket#StartupIndia#RetailTech#QuickCommerce#FMCG#Entrepreneurship#Fundraise
Healthcare and wellness brand The Func. Lab has secured $1.5 million in a seed funding round from a group of investors, including Nisaba Godrej, Anand Piramal, Abhishek Nayar, Bhakti Modi, Harsh Parekh and Sahil Vora, among others.
The startup will use the new funds to expand its product range, strengthen its distribution network, improve its supply chain and grow its presence across online platforms, quick commerce and offline retail stores.
Sohrab Khushrushahi | Sahil Omprakash Kukreja | Daneesh Davar#TheFuncLab#Healthcare#Wellness#Funding#StartupNews
Supply6 Raises ₹48Cr for Product Expansion, Unilever Partnership
Supply6, a D2C home care and personal care player, has secured ₹48 crore in funding to accelerate product portfolio expansion and geographic reach. The capital infusion, backed by Unilever's venture arm and other investors, signals confidence in the Indian D2C consumer goods segment. Supply6 compete
Why this matters:
→ Validates D2C home care as a venture-scalable segment in India, separate from pure marketplace logistics plays.
→ Unilever's involvement suggests traditional FMCG majors are hedge-betting on DTC brands rather than purely acquiring them.
→ Supply6's expansion could cannibalize or threaten smaller regional D2C players and force larger e-commerce platforms to improve margin share.
Amit Tyagi's Take:
Unilever backing a D2C home care startup isn't goodwill; it's optionality. Supply6 builds brand direct-to-consumer, proving unit economics and customer LTV independently. If successful, Unilever acquires a digital-native asset and customer cohort; if it fails, Unilever learns D2C cost structure without balance-sheet drag. This is strategic risk transfer, not venture charity.
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Foodstories has raised ₹50 crore in funding led by Nikhil Kamath to expand its product portfolio, strengthen distribution, and accelerate growth.
Founded by Avni Biyani and Ashni Biyani, daughters of Kishore Biyani, the startup operates in the premium food category with a growing presence across retail and digital channels.
The fresh capital will support brand expansion, manufacturing growth, product innovation, and market penetration as Prolicious scales its footprint across India.
#ConsumerBrands#FoodStartup#D2C#Retail#StartupIndia#FundingNews#BrandBuilding#FMCG
Sumosave Retail Ventures Pvt Ltd has raised Rs 50 crore in a Pre-Series B round — and the story behind the funding is worth paying attention to.
The round was led by 12 Flags Group, a consumer-focused fund headed by Rakesh Kapoor, former Global CEO of Reckitt Benckiser, with venture debt participation from Stride Ventures.
Key highlights worth noting:
🔹 Rs 50 crore raised in Pre-Series B equity and venture debt
🔹 Founded in 2022 by Mohit Kampani with a mission to build "Bharat ki nayi modern Ration Ki Dukaan"
🔹 Currently operates 35 company-owned neighbourhood supermarkets
🔹 Target: 500 stores by 2030
🔹 Focused on middle and lower-middle income households across East and North India
🔹 Capital will be deployed toward physical store expansion, regional warehouse optimisation, and smart inventory technology
A value grocery format targeting middle India with institutional backing and a credible expansion roadmap. One to watch closely.
#Sumosave#RetailFunding#EastIndiaRetail#GroceryRetail#StartupIndia#RetailExpansionPiyali Roy Oberoi| Sumosave Retail Ventures Pvt Ltd| 12 Flags| Mohit Kampani | Rakesh Kapoor| Surabhi Kampani
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