VENTURE CAPITAL
Cloud-based healthcare platform SmartRx secures $500K from Ventureast, others
April 24, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen
SmartRx will use the money for product development besides boosting sales and marketing.
Mobile video streaming firm Apalya raises funds from Cisco, existing investors
April 23, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
In 2011, the Hyderabad-based firm raised $7.5 million from IndoUS Venture Partners, IDG and Qualcomm in a Series B round.
One97 Mobility Fund tweaks sector-agnostic investment strategy
April 22, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
Out of the 12 investments made till now, the investment vehicle formed by One97 and SAIF Partners has clocked two exits through strategic sales.
Omnivore backs Arohan Foods, to invest in 4-5 agtech firms this year
April 18, 2013 | Diksha Dutta
This is one of the few venture capital deals involving firms based in the north-east region; Guwahati-based Arohan now planning own production facility.
SAI Life Sciences eyeing $10M in fresh funding in 2014
April 18, 2013 | Lohit Jagwani
The firm, backed by Sequoia Capital and MPM Capital, is targeting revenues of $100 million by 2017 and may launch an IPO around that time.
Ranjan Pai, Mohandas Pai to invest in early-stage Habit Fund
April 17, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen
The upcoming fund will focus on startups operating in social media, mobile and cloud computing verticals, and invest in a dozen companies every quarter.
Unitus Seed Fund invests in vocational skills training firm iSTAR
April 17, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
This is the first institutional capital raised by iSTAR and the company expects to train over 1.4 lakh students in the next five years.
Mobile billing aggregator Qubecell gets seed funding from Kae Capital, others
April 16, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
Qubecell has integrated its services with all leading operators in India and is now looking to expand into other emerging markets.
Fulcrum to invest $4M in pharma company Shield Healthcare, values it at $10-11M
April 16, 2013 | Bruhadeeswaran R
Chennai-based Shield is also in discussion for possible partnerships with Italian and American firms.
Mountain Partners, Kanwars make seed investment in private label lingerie e-tailer Moodsofcloe
April 16, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
Kanwar family-led Apollo International earlier invested in UFO Moviez, a digital film distribution company.
Gadget repair ‘concierge’ PICKmE secures $500K from three angels
April 16, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen
The company will use a major chunk of the money to expand its operations in new cities and enhance its web presence.
Bangalore-based ZipDial raises funding from Jungle Ventures
April 15, 2013 | Anand Rai
Previous investors in ZipDial include Mumbai Angels, Blume Ventures, AngelPrime, Times Internet and 500 Startups.
Reviews42 raises Series A from Nirvana Ventures, others
April 15, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
VentureEast, which had earlier invested along with Blume Ventures, has exited the firm in the latest transaction.
MyDentist raises $9M in Series B led by Asian Healthcare Fund; Seedfund puts in more
April 15, 2013 | Lohit Jagwani
Second disclosed investment by Asian Healthcare Fund in almost 3 years after it invested in medical imaging firm Diwan Chand Medical Services.
Infosys plans $100M innovation fund for new ideas, spin-outs
April 12, 2013 | Sainul K Abudheen
Infosys has previously seen some successful spin-outs including VAS firm OnMobile and Yantra Corp, which was acquired by SBC Communications.
Event-related content archiver Eventifier raises funding from Kae Capital
April 11, 2013 | Anand Rai
Late last year, Kae Capital also invested in Sharedcab.com and Fortunepay.
Babyoye & Hoopos merging; Helion leads $12M fresh infusion in venture
April 11, 2013 | Sonam Gulati
Babyoye is backed by Accel Partners and Tiger Global while Hoopos had earlier raised funds from Helion.
Canbank Venture Capital Fund invests $4.6M in Ashapura Garments
April 09, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
Last year, too, the fund invested in the garments space and picked up 6.11% stake in Scotts Garments for $3.68 million.
Japanese internet company, Junglee founders join eBay in $50M Snapdeal investment
April 08, 2013 | Shrija Agrawal
Snapdeal has raised about $103 million in three rounds so far.
VC firms betting more on smaller seed investments than Series A: GSF Survey
April 08, 2013 | Anand Rai
There were also a lot of co-investments in which angels and VCs invested together in 2012, compared to the year before.
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