Deal Alert: Handicrafts e-tailer Caravan Craft raises Rs 1-Cr from Unitus Seed Capital
Caravan Craft Retail Private Limited, a Bangalore based apparel and home décor company, has raised Rs 1 cr from United Seed Fund. Co-founded by former Hidesign Chief Executive Officer Kunal…
Deal Alert: Head Held High raises Rs.2.5 Cr; in talks to raise Rs.20-Cr
Head Held High Services Pvt Ltd has raised a first round of investment of Rs 2.5 crore from Unilazer Ventures, five angels from the Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I3N). The…
Deal Alert: Organic products e-tailer Organicshop.in raises capital from Rajasthan Angel Investor Network
Organic products e-tailer, Organicshop.in, has raised an angel funding of Rs 30 lakh from Rajasthan Angel Investor Network (RAIN). 13 investors from the network have picked up a total stake…
Deal Alert: Former Viacom 18 CEO Vikram Malhotra floats independent studio, raises Rs. 150-Cr
Vikram Malhotra, the former CEO of Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, has ventured into an independent studio model under the banner Abundantia. He has raised Rs.150 crore from two investors –…
Deal Alert: One97 acquires Plustxt
One97 has acquired Mumbai Angels- and Bangalore Angels-backed, Bangalore-based regional language messaging app startup, Plustxt. Plustxt allows text messaging in Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Marathi, Malayalam…
Deal Alert: E-tailer Squarekey raises funding from 500Startups, others
New York & Mumbai based online lifestyle retailer Squarekey has raised funding from 500Startups and Devaraj Southworth, Executive Vice President of US-based payments firm Zipmark. Squarekey is a editorially driven…
Deal Alert: Saif invests in furniture e-tailer UrbanLadder
Bangalore based, online home decor retailer Urbanladder has raised Series A round of funding led by the Saif Partners. With this round of funding Deepak Gaur, Partner at Saif Partners…
Deal Alert: Snow Leopard Tech Ventures invests in mobile payments firm LivQuik
Mumbai based payment technology startup LivQuik Technology (India) Pvt Ltd has raised funding from Snow Leopard Technology Ventures. The funds will be used to expand its team in engineering, operations…
Deal Alert: Curadev Pharma raises Rs 25 Cr
The FIPB has cleared Noida-based Curadev Pharma Pvt Ltd’s proposal to raise Rs.25 crores from a Venture Capital fund registered with SEBI. In March 2011 Curadev Pharma was incubated at…
The Bubble in Social Venture / Impact Investing
Economic Times has raised the “danger” flag on the bubble building up in the sector in a full page feature. “The hype around impact investing far outweighs reality,” warns Vineet…