Mumbai-based online beauty and personal care e-tailer Purplle has raised its first round of funding from seed fund Blume Ventures and angel networks Mumbai Angels and The Chennai Angels. The…
New Delhi-based Airwoot, a startup that helps brands provide customer support on social media, has raised funding from investors led by Kae Capital. Top angel investors like Google India managing…
Seed fund Blume Ventures has disclosed that it has invested in 12 ventures in the first six months of 2013. Infollion: Delhi-based Infollion brings together buyers and sellers of research…
Drums Food International, owner of the Hokey Pokey brand of ice cream, has raised less than a million dollars from investors led by Peter Rajsingh, a partner at New York-based…
Sequoia Capital and Norwest Venture Partners are backing Bangalore-based outdoor-gear maker Wildcraft with a $10-million investment. The funds are valuing the backpack and rucksack brand at nearly $50 million. The…
Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni has invested in sports goods and apparel brand Fitsoul, a venture backed by ex-Reebok honcho Sajid Shamim and entrepreneur Parvinder Singh. Fitsoul, launched seven months ago,…
New York based travel intelligence and information portal, Skift, has raised funding from Times Internet Limited. The terms of the deal do not involve a board seat. Skift, which offers…
ATM outsourcing company Electronic Payments and Services (EPS) has raised $6 million (Rs 36 crore) from Social VC fund Aavishkaar. This is the second round of funding for the start-up…
Crickter Sachin Tendulkar has picked up an 18% stake in Smaaash Entertainment, the sports simulation venture, started by serial entrepreneur Shripal Morakhia. Morakhia earlier founded brokerage firm Sharekhan and investment…
Sequoia Capital has bought a minority stake in Ahmedabad-based Vini Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd for Rs.110 crore. Of this, Rs.35 crore was used to purchase the stake of an unnamed investor.…