Unitus Seed Fund has invested in Bangalore-based iStar, is a vocational skills training company that provides unemployed graduates with additional skills training to make them readily employable in the BFSI…
IFC has committed to invest in India Business Excellence Fund IIA (IBEF IIA), a fund which aims to offer growth equity and strategic and operational assistance to Small and Medium…
Shree Shubham Logistics Limited (“SSLL”),a subsidiary of Kalpataru Power Transmission Limited (KPTL) has signed an agreement with Tano India Private Equity Fund II to raise Rs 80 crore to fund…
Bangalore-based micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME) lending company Kinara Capital has raised about Rs.5.4 crore ($1 million) in a Series A round led by Sorenson Impact Foundation. The other…
Singapore-based VC firm Jungle Ventures has invested in Bangalore-based mobile technology company ZipDial Mobile Solutions as it expands its business in the Southeast Asian markets. ZipDial has just launched operations…
Asian Healthcare Fund (AHF), a PE firm floated by Dabur Group chairman Anand Burman and former Dabur Pharma CEO Ajay Kumar Vij, is close to investing Rs.40-50 crore in Mydentist,…
IFC is to make a quasi equity investment in Chennai-based IFMR Rural Channels & Services Pvt. Ltd., an investment & distribution company founded by the IFMR Trust. IFMR Rural provides…
Hong Kong-based hedge fund OCP Asia Ltd. has invested $15 million HomeShop18, the Noida-based teleshopping arm of publicly listed Network18 Media & Investments Ltd. Network18 will also invest a similar…
From Business Today: Retirement homes have always been a popular concept in the West. But they were relatively slow to take off in India where for the longest time they…
Hong Kong startup accelerator AcceleratorHK is announcing the second iteration of its 14-week program. The accelerator is accepting applications, both from local and overseas startups, between April 9 and April…