Startups Weekly: VCs celebrate the new year the only way they know how

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
fund
augmented reality startups and questions some of the larger players, from Magic Leap to Snap and Niantic
start the year off strong:Startups based in India raised more than $10 billion in 2018, per Venture Beat, a record amount of capital for the
country
pulled in a new $110 million Series C funding round this week to push deeper into financial services and insurance.Future tech:Boom
million Series B funding round led by Emerson Capital
stations to produce purified water
Bluewater, a Swedish company that sells water purifiers, among other things, led the round.VC subsidized vending machines:Vengo makes
fee per month in exchange for access to its software
Now it has $7 million to build out its business.A VC gets a second chance:After SpaceX filed more SEC paperwork as part of its $500 million
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