Bengaluru, Oct. 13 -- Specialty chemicals startup Scimplify is in advanced talks to raise $70-100 million in a Series C funding round from a mix of new and existing investors, including early-stage venture capital firm Accel, according to two people familiar with the matter. The deal could rank among the biggest investments in a new-age industrial company.

The Bengaluru-based firm, last valued at $150 million after its $40 million fundraise in March, could see its valuation more than double if the deal goes through-cementing its plans to expand international operations to the US and Japan, the two people said on condition of anonymity.

Scimplify and Accel declined to comment on Mint's emailed queries.

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