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Tamil Nadu MFI Gets $4.25M From MicroVest, UEF, Vinod Khosla

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LeapFrog Investments Raises $44 Mn For Microinsurance Fund

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Accel Partners India Invests in Payment Solution Provider enStage

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SIDBI Venture Capital Raising Rs 1,000 Cr Third Fund

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Aavishkaar India Micro VC Fund Makes Final Close At $14 Mn

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RTVL, Mumbai Angels Invest in Climate Conditioning Apparel Co

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Russian Investor Buys 1.96% In Facebook For $200 Million

In 2007, Microsoft Corp invested $240 million in Facebook, valuing the company at that time at $15 billion....

iYogi Acquires Computer Security Service provider, Clean Machine

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