Yellow-and-black taxis aggregator BookMyCab has raised a Series A round of funding led by impact investment firm Contrarion Drishti managed Contrarian Vridhhi Fund-I. The funding round also saw participation from…
Seattle and Bangalore-based Unitus Seed Fund has invested in education-focused start-ups Curiositi and Cue Learn, a month after it roped in Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Michael and Susan Dell…
Vliv, a mobile video tech start-up, has raised seed funding from Mumbai Angels Network and a group of senior executives of technology companies such as Manish Dalal of Verisign, Srini…
Utthishta Yekum Fund, a Hyderabad-based seed fund, has invested INR 25 lakh to pick a 9% stake in the start-up Vaave promoted by Coherendz India Pvt Ltd. Vaave helps educational…
Bangalore-based IT services firm Avekshaa Technologies has raised about INR 3 crore ($500,000) from a clutch of investors, including Karnataka government’s KITVEN fund and ex-Infosys CFO V Balakrishnan. The company,…
Gurgaon-based Grofers which has developed an app that helps customers get goods delivered from shops around them, has raised funding from Sequoia Capital India. Founded by Saurabh Kumar and Albinder…
Delhi-based Youth4work, a start-up offering pre-assessed talent for-hire to companies, has raised INR 2.8 crore in bridge capital from Aurum Equity Partners, Global Asia Partners and UK-based angel investor Dan…
The Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has led an investment in Aakar Innovations, a maker of compostable sanitary pads. The…
Extracts from a post on the Lightspeed Ventures India blog (emphasis mine): Traditionally, young Indian women and men have struggled to meet new and like-minded people owing to various socio-cultural…
Singapore- and Mumbai-based financial analytics firm Aureus Analytics has raised over Rs 5 crore ($850,000) in an angel round of funding led by Steven Sule, partner in investment firm Naste…