VENTURE CAPITAL

Year in review: Top 5 VC deals of 2012

December 26, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

Venture capitalists are still funding consumer internet companies and existing investors continue to bet on their earlier investments.

Kae Capital & Mumbai Angels invest in Squeakee.com

December 21, 2012 | Sonam Gulati

Founder Abrar Shaikh said the company has raised under $1 million.

Accion to invest up to $3M in voice authentication firm Uniphore

December 21, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

Accion’s initial investment commitment is typically around $1m-$3m.

Gujarat-based Sumeet Industries raising $1.8M from IFCI Venture Capital

December 20, 2012 | Bhawna Gupta

IFCI Venture Capital Funds was quite active in 2011, striking around a dozen deals, but has announced just two transactions in 2012.

Norwest pares more of its debut India investment in Persistent with over 4x return

December 18, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

Last month, Norwest Venture Partners sold 5.01% stake in Persistent for Rs 100 crore.

Accion may invest around $25M in India from its new impact investment fund

December 18, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

In its roadmap for Asia, Accion lists several plans for India where more impact investments & micro-credit standardisation programmes are expected.

Nexus Ventures-backed Vdopia raises $3.4M as part of $7.4M Series B round

December 17, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

Set up in 2008, Vdopia raised $4 million from Nexus Venture Partners three years ago.

Hedge fund manager Blue Mountain Capital raises $35M VC fund, sees first deal in early 2013

December 12, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

Initially, the firm will look to fund one venture per quarter.

IDG-backed iCreate Software raises $9.2M led by Sequoia Capital

December 12, 2012 | Sonam Gulati

The funds will be utilised for market expansion, product portfolio enhancement and to deploy banking solutions.

Idealab in talks to exit plug-and-play solar power device-maker Duron Energy

December 11, 2012 | Vrishank Chandavarkar

Intel Capital yet to exercise its option to invest in the firm 15 months after naming Duron among six new portfolio cos with $20m commitment.

Cloud-based healthcare solutions firm Attune raises $6M from Norwest Venture Partners

December 10, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

Based in California with offices in Mumbai & Bangalore, Norwest is an early-to-late-stage investment firm that has funded over 500 companies so far.

Facebook & Twitter investor Ecosystem Ventures invests in price discovery startup Simplibuy

December 10, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

In May this year, Mumbai based Pricebaba also launched a local price search engine that helps real world shoppers to search prices in their vicinity.

Gaming startup MadRat raises funding from Blume Ventures

December 07, 2012 | Anand Rai

MadRat offers games in Indian languages, as well as in English, and these are both PC and mobile compatible.

Naya Ventures raising $50M fund for mobile & cloud startups

December 06, 2012 | Anand Rai

The fund size could be expanded by another $25 million.

The Social+Capital Partnership invests in Bangalore-based CipherGraph

December 06, 2012 | Anand Rai

The funds will be used to ramp up the technology and to expand the team.

Nuziveedu Group chairman Prabhakar Rao anchors early-stage fund Utthishta

December 05, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

Utthishta Yekum Fund, a seed fund targeting $9.2 million and focusing on technology startups, has made its first close.

We are a top-quartile VC investor in India: Sudheer Kuppam, MD, Intel Capital

December 03, 2012 | Shrija Agrawal

Intel Capital recently led an investment round in Mumbai-based digital entertainment company Hungama, to boost its expansion plans.

Helion, Footprint Ventures invest $6M in QSR chain Mast Kalandar

December 03, 2012 | Diksha Dutta

The current tranche of funds will be used to scale up to 100 outlets across eight cities in the next 18 months.

Over $1B in fresh venture capital money now chasing Indian Startups

November 29, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

VC and angel investments in India are close to hitting the $1 billion mark for the 2nd successive calendar year in 2012, as per VCCEdge.

Shubham Housing raises $8M from Elevar, Helion, Accion & Saama Capital

November 29, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

The mortgage company, which focuses on low-income families in India, raised around $2m from Elevar Equity and Helion around 2 years ago.

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December 26, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

December 21, 2012 | Sonam Gulati

December 21, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

December 20, 2012 | Bhawna Gupta

December 18, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

December 18, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

December 17, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

December 12, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

December 12, 2012 | Sonam Gulati

December 11, 2012 | Vrishank Chandavarkar

December 10, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

December 10, 2012 | Sainul K Abudheen

December 07, 2012 | Anand Rai

December 06, 2012 | Anand Rai

December 06, 2012 | Anand Rai

December 05, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

December 03, 2012 | Shrija Agrawal

December 03, 2012 | Diksha Dutta

November 29, 2012 | Madhav A Chanchani

November 29, 2012 | Bruhadeeswaran R

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