CIIE, IIM Ahmedabad’s startup incubation arm, and Village Capital have teamed up to launch an acceleration program for startups focused on technology for impact. The accelerator will focus on for-profit,…
Former SeventyMM CEO Mudit Khosla has been appointed as the CEO of Tradus.com, the online marketplace operated by Naspers and Tencent -owned Ibibo Group (MIH India).Khosla had stepped down as…
SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd will invest about Rs.10 crore in Pune-based Mitcon Consultancy and Engineering Services Ltd when the firm launches an initial public offer (IPO) in March to raise…
Media and publishing firm Pearson has acquired the remaining 20% stake in TutorVista. It now completes 100% ownership in the Bangalore-based learning services company. In 2011 Pearson acquired 80% stake…
Multi-stage venture capital investor SAIF Partners, in a move to engage more closely with early stage companies, has launched an initiative called SAIF Doubleclick. The initiative involves inviting 15-20 startups…
Publicly-listed New Delhi-based Info Edge (India), which runs jobs site Naukri.com and other online services, has invested an additional amount of about Rs.55 crore in shares of Zomato Media Pvt.…
Globsyn Technologies, the Kolkata-headquartered group with interests in software technology, knowledge and education, skills development and IT infrastructure, is in talks with a number of leading private equity (PE) and…
Stemcell banking firm LifeCell International Pvt Ltd has raised around Rs.35 crore from Helion Venture Partners, diluting a minority stake in the company. The fund would be used towards increasing…
Anand Lunia founded angel fund, India Quotient has invested in DogSpot, a pet-related portal where one can find everything related to dogs. DogSpot was founded in 2007 by Rana Atheya…
Bangalore-based Pilani Soft Labs, which runs online bus ticket booking portal redBus.in, is looking at raising $20 million through the PE route. The company, started by three BITS Pilani graduates…