Big Data firm Saama Technologies raises $35M from Carrick Capital
Saama Technologies Inc, a US-headquartered Big Data solutions and services company with an office in Pune, has raised $35 million in Series A round of funding from California-based Carrick Capital Partners, an investment firm focused on technology-enabled service-based businesses.As part of the deal, Marc McMorris, co-founder and MD of Carrick ......
Temasek, Ola founders buy stake in cab-hailing firm via secondary deals
Ola’s co-founders, along with Singapore’s state investment arm Temasek, are in the process of buying out a less than...
Arihant Patni, others back live entertainment firm Playtoome via Venture Catalysts
Playtoome, an online platform that lets users live-stream concerts and performances, has raised Rs 2 crore (around $2,82,000)...
Rajya Sabha names 10 members to join panel on land bill
Rajya Sabha today named 10 members, including Digvijaya Singh of Congress and TMC's Derek O'Brien, to the Joint Committee that will look into the controversial Land Acquisition Bill.The 30-member Joint Committee of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha would submit its report on the first day of Monsoon Session on the ......
Apollo Hospitals founder and chairman Prathap Reddy on entering new segments, acquisition strategy, pharmacy biz and expansion
India’s largest healthcare service provider by market capital – Apollo Enterprises Ltd, which started its first hospital in Chennai in 1983, operates 61 hospitals, more than 1,500 pharmacies and over 100 primary care and diagnostic clinics.The company also has interest in other healthcare verticals like health insurance, global projects consultancy ......
Mumbai investment firm backs online events platform TheCollegeFever
Bengaluru-based online college event ticket booking startup TheCollegeFever (TCF) has completed raising $250,000 (around Rs 1.7 crore) in seed funding from Mumbai-based investment firm 11.2 Advisors, founder Kushal Aralihalli told VCCircle.This is the company's first external fundraising and it will use the capital for customer acquisition and upgrading technology, Aralihalli ......
Blume Ventures-backed E2E Networks’ IPO covered 70 times as HNIs pile on
Delhi-based cloud computing firm E2E Networks Ltd, which is backed by early-stage VC firm Blume Ventures, witnessed an overwhelming...
Fractal Analytics raises $100 mn from Malaysia’s Khazanah
Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad will invest up to $100 million (Rs 667 crore) in Fractal Analytics, the India- and US-based data analytics provider said.“There is a revolution underway in advanced analytics, deep learning and visual storytelling. The investment from Khazanah will help us invest further in our ......
Swiggy, Razorpay, Rivigo & Flipkart take top honours at TechCircle Awards
Food-tech startup Swiggy, online payment gateway Razorpay, venture capital firm Accel Partners and angel investor Kris Gopalakrishnan...
Kris Gopalakrishnan interested in funding e-com, digital marketing firms
IT major Infosys co-founder and non-executive vice chairman S Gopalakrishnan today said he is looking at angel investing in technology startups in his personal capacity after retiring from the board in October."I'm looking at that....obviously what I know well is technology, within technology this whole area of digital, marketing, e-retailing ......















