Deal Alert: KPO Evalueserve on the block
Economic Times The promoters of KPO Evalueserve are preparing to sell their majority stake 12 years after founding it. Swiss family office IHAG Holdings, which has a minority stake in…
Deal Alert: Madrat Games raises funding from Blume Ventures, others
MediaNama Blume Ventures, along with First Light Ventures, has invested $500,000 in MadRat Games. Adit Parekh from Blume will join the MadRat board. Bangalore-based MadRat Games makes offline and online/mobile…
New Fund Alert: US-India tech fund Naya Ventures announces first close on $50-M fund
Naya Ventures, a venture capital fund specializing in early stage companies in the mobile and cloud markets, has announced the first closing for its $50 million fund. Headquartered in Dallas,…
Know the level (of thy company) before you “let go”
And other vignettes from TiECon Chennai-2012 “I’m going to just stay still like you,” said the rabbit to the owl on the tree branch above. And proceeded to stay still.…
Deal Alert: AR Rahman-promoted Qyuki scouting for strategic investors
Economic Times Qyuki, the fledgling digital media venture promoted by director Shekhar Kapur and composer AR Rahman, is looking for strategic investors in a second round of funding. It had…
Deal Alert: Analytics software & services firm NettPositive acquired by Equifax
NYSE-listed Equifax Inc. has acquired a controlling stake in NettPositive, a Bangalore-based provider of analytics and business intelligence solutions to the financial services, insurance, retail and telecommunications industries. NettPositive, co-founded…
Deal Alert: Cloud app development firm MindHelix to join Alchemist Accelerator program
Yourstory.in MindHelix, a Startup village Cochin incubatee, has been selected to be a part of the Menlo Park, California (USA) based Alchemist Accelerator. MindHelix is a new generation Enterprise Cloud…
Deal Alert: Cloud security startup CipherGraph attracts invests from Chamath Palihapitiya
Yourstory.in Bangalore-based startup CipherGraph Networks which provides enterprise cloud security solutions, focusing on cloud security and accessibility has raised money from US-based former Fecebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya. The funding raised…
Web First, Mobile Next
From the post titled “Why Mobile First is not the Right Strategy!” on being practical: There are some brilliant mobile apps created by startups in recent years, the biggest challenge…
Deal Alert: Hyderabad Angels invests Rs.2 Cr in Whistle Talk
FirstPost.com Bangalore-based Whistle Talk, an online employee referral site, has raised close to $400,000 (about Rs 2 crore) from Hyderabad Angels. Whistle Talk uses social networking sites, such as Facebook,…