11/07/2018

Kinara Capital gets debt funding from Swiss impact investor ResponsAbility

Non-banking financial company Kinara Capital has raised INR 32 crore (USD 5 million) from Switzerland-based impact investor ResponsAbility Investments AG by issuing non-convertible debentures.
11/07/2018

Dutch impact investor DOEN backs energy venture SELCO India

SELCO Solar Light Pvt Ltd, a for-profit social enterprise founded by Magsaysay award winner Harish Hande, has received an undisclosed amount in funding from Dutch impact investor DOEN Participaties.
11/07/2018

Venture Catalysts injects fresh funds into med-tech startup iNICU

Medical-technology startup iNICU (Integrated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit), which specialises in providing care for newborns, has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-Series A funding from incubation platform Venture Catalysts angels Vishal Jhunjhunwala¸ Vikas Khandelwal, Dipan Dalal, and Vikas Kapoor.
11/07/2018

Brand Capital-backed Avenue Growth bags pre-Series A cheque

Gurugram-based Avenue Growth, an online platform that connects brands with freelance sales professionals, has raised INR 3 crore (USD 437,000) in a pre-Series A funding round.
10/07/2018

SynThera Biomedical receives seed investment from 1Crowd and Venture Center

SynThera Biomedical Private Limited, a Pune-based startup producing affordable biomaterials-based medical devices, has raised an undisclosed seed investment from 1Crowd and Venture Center.
10/07/2018

Info Edge India invests about USD 437,000 in Zippserv

Info Edge India Ltd, an online classifieds company, has made a INR 3 Crore (USD 437,000) investment in Ideaclicks Infolabs Private Limited, a Bengaluru-based real estate risk assessment service provider.
10/07/2018

Insignia Ventures, Lightbridge Partners back online mutual fund seller Groww

Groww, an online platform that sells direct plans of mutual funds, has raised INR 11 crore in a pre-Series A round led by Insignia Ventures Partners, Lightbridge Partners, Kairos. CureFit founders Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori.
10/07/2018

Stellaris, others invest in food-tech startup Dibz

Dibz, an online food delivery startup which also serves as an online-to-offline (O2O) platform for discovering restaurant deals, has raised an undisclosed amount in a bridge round of funding from Stellaris Venture Partners , existing investor Benori Ventures Vikas Bagaria, founder of toilet hygiene brand PeeSafe, and Rahul Maroli, vice-president and business […]
09/07/2018

IndiaLends raises USD 10 million in Series-B round of funding

Delhi-based fin-tech company IndiaLends has raised USD 10 million (about INR 69 crore) in Series-B round of funding, which has been led by London-headquartered asset management firm ACPI Investment Managers and India-focused venture capital firm Ganesh Ventures.
09/07/2018

Lightspeed raises second India-dedicated venture capital fund

Global VC firm Lightspeed Venture Partners has closed its second India fund with a corpus of USD 175 million The Silicon Valley-based firm is now looking to invest in another batch of early-stage startups.
06/07/2018

Artha India Ventures makes first close of maiden fund at USD 6 million

Artha India Ventures, a Mumbai-based seed stage investor, has made a first close at INR 40 crore for its maiden fund Artha Venture Fund (AVF).
06/07/2018

P2P platform Monexo Fintech to raise USD 5 million in equity

Armed with a licence from the banking regulator to operate an NBFC-cum-P2P lending platform Monexo plans to raise USD 5 million in equity to invest in IT and infrastructure.
06/07/2018

Unreasonable Capital bets on Stones2Milestones in maiden India investment

Ed-tech company Stones2Milestones Edu Services Pvt Ltd has raised undisclosed amount of funding from US-based early-stage investment firm Unreasonable Capital.
06/07/2018

Temasek, Info Edge co-invest USD 28 million into PolicyBazaar’s Series F round

Info Edge (India) Ltd and Temasek, existing investors in online insurance selling platform PolicyBazaar, have co-invested around USD 28 million into the company.
06/07/2018

PhonePe to acquire PoS platform of Tiger Global-backed Zopper

PhonePe, the digital payments arm of homegrown e-tailer Flipkart, is in advanced talks to acquire the Point of Sale software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform run by Tiger Global-backed Zopper.
06/07/2018

Neoplux, Sabre Partners lead Series A round in B2B food-tech startup HungerBox

Bengaluru-headquartered HungerBox, an online platform that connects caterers and corporates, has raised INR 31 crore in a Series A investment round led by South Korea-based investment firm Neoplux and India-centric mid-market private equity firm Sabre Partners.
06/07/2018

InnoVen Capital backs executive education firm Eruditus

Eruditus Education Pvt Ltd, which offers executive learning programmes globally, has raised INR 16 crore in venture debt from InnoVen Capital.
05/07/2018

Inventus aims at first close of USD 25 million for maiden India fund

Venture capital (VC) firm Inventus Capital is in the process of making a first close of INR 175 crore for its third fund by early next month, Inventus is targeting a total corpus of INR 325 crore for the fund.
05/07/2018

LoanTap raises INR 43 crore, equity funding round led by Shunwei Capital

Digital lending company LoanTap has raised INR 43 crore in an equity funding round from Shunwei Capital,Tuscan Ventures and Ashish Goenka, owner of Suashish Diamonds.
05/07/2018

E-commerce enabler Anchanto raises USD 4 million as part of Series C round

Anchanto, a Singapore- and Pune-based e-commerce fulfilment platform has raised $4 million (Rs 27 crore) as part of the first close of its Series C round from MDI Ventures, Indonesia-based telecommunications major Telkom Indonesia, Luxasia Group, the Singapore-headquartered omnichannel retailer.
04/07/2018

Anshu Jain-backed InCred may raise up to USD 93 million, plans wholesale lending foray

Mumbai-based InCred Finance plans to begin wholesale lending from August and is in talks to raise around INR 500-600 crore in fresh funding.
04/07/2018

NEA, Goldman Sachs lead USD 250 million investment in Automation Anywhere

Indian-origin founders’ Automation Anywhere, based in Silicon Valley, has raised one of the largest Series A rounds in the venture capital ecosystem worth USD 250 million from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Goldman Sachs ,Growth Equity General Atlantic as well as World Innovation Lab.
04/07/2018

DSG Consumer Partners, others to invest more in fintech firm IndiaLends

GC Web Ventures Pvt Ltd, which operates online lending marketplace IndiaLends, is in the process of raising INR 64 crore in fresh capital from Existing investors DSG Consumer Partners, American Express Ventures and Chinese investment firm Cyber Carrier VC.
03/07/2018

Ajay Relan, others back Biryani By Kilo in pre-Series A round

Sky Gate Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which runs food startup Biryani By Kilo (BBK), has raised USD 1 million in another pre-Series A round of funding from a clutch of investors led by Ajay Relan, co-founder and former managing partner of private equity firm CX Partners.
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