Aavishkaar, via its Aavishkaar India II Fund, has made further investment in Orissa based dairy company Milk Mantra. The investment happened in December 2012. Aavishkaar has invested Rs.3 crore as…
Indix secures $4.5 million in Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners and Avalon Ventures Indix today announced that it had secured $4.5 million in new funding from leading venture…
Pepperfry.com, an online lifestyle store run by Mumbai-based Trendsutra Platform Services Pvt. Ltd, has raised $8 million from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) in its second round of funding. The proceeds…
Mumbai-based Invision Air, which provides a private jet charter servie aimed at corporate travelers and also sales and maintenance services of private aircrafts, is looking to raise $27 million in…
Saturday (April 6): 4:00 pm & Sunday (April 7): 4:00 pm CNBC-TV18 will telecast a special panel discussion on Private Equity this weekend featuring: K.P.Balaraj, Founder & MD, WestBridge Capital…
IFC is to invest in Chennai-based microfinance firm Suryoday Microfinance Pvt. Ltd. via quasi-equity and senior debt. Suryoday has a borrower base of approximately 145,000 borrowers and a gross loan…
New-Delhi based online marketplace Snapdeal has raised $50 million from eBay and existing investors, including a Japanese financial institution. The investment, which was closed around 4 months back, was led…
Scions of five very wealthy Marwari business families – the Kanorias, Salarpurias, Dalmias, Patodias and Kayans – have formed an angel investment group, christened Calcutta Angels. The group has formed…
Prana Studios, backed by Mukesh Ambani and Anand Mahindra, has won the bid to purchase bankrupt Rhythm & Hues, which recently won the visual-effects Oscar for Life of Pi, pipping…
A good summary of the Stanford ecorner talk by the publisher-conference organizer-venture capitalist is available here. Audio/Podcast version and shorter video segments are available from the Stanford ecorner web site…