VENTURE CAPITAL

Accel Partners raises $100M for second Big Data fund

June 18, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen

Accel, one of the more active VC firms in India, has struck four deals since January this year including three in the internet space besides ScaleArc, a database infrastructure software developer.

Omnivore invests in Bangalore-based agri-tech startup Barrix

June 18, 2013 | Bruhadeeswaran R

Barrix marks fifth portfolio investment for Omnivore and its second deal in as many months this year.

CloudByte raises $4M Series B round led by Fidelity Growth Partners; Nexus, Kae also participate

June 18, 2013 | Sonam Gulati

Last year, the cloud storage firm secured $2.1 million from Nexus Venture Partners and Kae Capital.

Online baby record book Little1 raises under $100K in angel funding

June 18, 2013 | Anand Rai

The platform enables parents to record and preserve memories of their children.

Bangalore-based Amagi Media Labs raises over $5M from Mayfield Fund, others

June 17, 2013 | Anand Rai

The money will be used for ramping up Amagi’s revenues by scaling up its ad inventory purchase from TV networks.

Online recruitment solutions startup Interview Master secures funding from VentureNursery

June 14, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen

The Bangalore-based startup also has offices in Chennai and Australia.

iPad-based e-learning platform Tabtor raises $1M in seed funding

June 13, 2013 | Anand Rai

The platform combines personalised teaching with an engaging learning programme that supports multiple subjects.

Online food ordering service TastyKhana raises $5M from Germany’s Delivery Hero

June 13, 2013 | Rashi Varshney

Delivery Hero also invested an undisclosed seed round in Pune-based TastyKhana in early 2012.

Intel Capital announces investments in Healthkart, Snapdeal and Singapore-based online retailer

June 07, 2013 | Sonam Gulati

Intel Capital participated in a Series D funding round in Jasper Infotech which runs online marketplace Snapdeal.

Snapdeal closes $50M Series D funding round, brings new investors on board

June 06, 2013 | Sonam Gulati

Kalaari Capital, Nexus Venture Partners and eBay led first tranche of funding round worth $15.6M with $4.5M each.

Real estate portal Housing secures $2.5M in pre-Series A round from Nexus Venture Partners

June 04, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen

The startup has already attracted two rounds of angel funding earlier this year.

Myntra secured $25M more from existing investors last year, total funding at $65M

May 31, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen

Myntra’s investors include Tiger Global, IDG Ventures, Kalaari Capital and Accel Partners.

Mumbai-based Blue Star Infotech to make strategic investment in BI & analytics firm Activecubes

May 31, 2013 | Sonam Gulati

Blue Star, a software services & solutions provider and part of the $700 million Blue Star Group, is looking at more avenues for inorganic expansion.

Online education startup EduKart raises $500K in seed funding

May 31, 2013 | Anand Rai

The funds will be used to accelerate growth, launch new courses and strengthen the company’s franchisee network in the country.

Aavishkaar II nears final close at $95M; to take impact investing to Southeast Asia with new fund

May 30, 2013 | Madhav A Chanchani

Aavishkaar Frontier Fund, looking to raise $60 million, will focus on Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and possibly Pakistan.

Bangalore-based eDreams Edusoft raises $2M from Inventus Capital Partners, Mumbai Angels

May 30, 2013 | Anand Rai

The funds will be primarily used to expand the company’s reach across the country.

Tandem Capital launches India fund, to invest in 20 mobile startups over a year

May 29, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen

There were reports that Tandem Capital was launching a $75-100M early stage fund called The Habit Fund.

Bedbathmore.com raises Series A funding from Blume Ventures

May 29, 2013 | Pooja Sarkar

Blume Ventures gets a board representation besides an observer seat at the e-com venture.

Bedbathmore.com raises Series A funding from Blume Ventures

May 29, 2013 | Sonam Gulati