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Deal Alert: RVCF, IvyCap join existing investor IDG in follow-on funding for security tech firm Aujas
Information risk management services company, Aujas Networks has raised Series B funding from Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund (RVCF), IvyCap Ventures and existing investor IDG Ventures India. Girish Gupta of RVCF…
Deal Alert: Freshdesk raises $7-M funding from Accel Partners, Tiger Global
Chennai-based online customer support and helpdesk solution company Freshdesk has raised $6.99 million from venture capital firm Accel Partners and Tiger Global in a fresh round of funding. From the…
Deal Alert: Omnivore buys minority stake in aquaculture diagnostics equipment firm Eruvaka
Agri-business focused Investment firm Omnivore Partners has bought a minority stake in Eruvaka Technologies Pvt. Ltd, a Vijayawada-based maker of diagnostic equipment for aquaculture farmers. Eruvaka Technologies, founded last year,…
Deal Alert: Experifun, Sudiksha receive seed funding from Edupreneurs
Education start-ups Experifun and Sudiksha Knowledge Solutions have been selected for seed funding in the inaugural ‘Edupreneurs’ programme, a partnership of Pearson and Village Capital. Led by a team of…
Deal Alert: KKR invests $200-M in Gland Pharma
Gland Pharma Limited (“Company” or “Gland Pharma”), a leading Indian pure-play generic injectable pharmaceutical products company, today announced an agreement under which KKR, a leading global investment firm, will acquire…
Deal Alert: SVB releases report on Indian angel investments
Silicon Valley Bank has released the India Halo report providing a snapshot of investments made by angel groups in India from 2005 to 2012. The report shows that the Median…
Deal Alert: Education content firm InOpen raises funds from Japan’s Benesse Holdings
InOpen Technologies, an education content company incubated in Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), has raised a strategic investment in return for a small minority stake from Japanese education firm…
Deal Alert: Rajan Anandan invests in online food ordering service TravelKhana
Google India head Rajan Anandan has acquired minority stake in TravelKhana, an online food delivery service for railway passengers. Anandan and associates of Pushpinder Singh, chief executive of New Delhi-based…
Deal Alert: First Light invests in pre-school chain Sudiksha
Sudiksha Knowledge Solutions, which runs 22 pre-schools in and around Hyderabad, has attracted an investment from US-based First Light Investment. Sudiksha works mostly in slums and among low-income communities with…