7 rising startups in India – Sept. 4, 2016

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Talk about looking good. Three startups worked the runway last week. A cybersecurity startup, a cloud computing company, a mobile personal assistant, and yet another home services upstart round out our list of funded startups. Start your week by getting caught up.

Voonik

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On Friday, Bangalore-based fashion marketplace Voonik made yet another acquisition of the year, adding fashion search app Dekkoh to its ever-growing roledex of fashion companies.

Founded by USC grad Aditya Chalsani and lawyer Varun Mathew, fashionistas can use Dekkoh to connect with one of 200 personal stylists over chat, then purchase clothing they like. The app also features a chatbot.

In the past year and a half, Voonik has acquired men’s fashion site Getsty, fashion website Vilara (previously called Zohraa), silk saree ecommerce portal Picksilk, salon booking startup Styl, and virtual dressing room app TrialKart.

The Dekkoh acquisition will help Voonik improve its personalization features.

Founded in 2013 by Sujayath Ali and Navaneetha Krishnan, Voonik helps customers search for personalized fashion choices. It claims to have over 12 million registered users with 10 million app downloads. Its platform features over 20,000 vendors.

Last month, Voonik raised US$3 million from Innoven Capital. It raised its series B round in June.

Flyrobe

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Japan’s Gree Ventures made its India debut last week with an investment in Flyrobe, a fashion rental site.

IDG Ventures led the US$5.3 million in series A funding for the Mumbai-based startup. Gree Ventures participated along with Sequoia Capital.

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