Why Everyone & His Uncle Likes Doing Dr.Raghuram Rajan’s Job
Every time a monetary policy review is round the corner (like now), everybody from the Finance Minister to twitter-friendly industrialists decide to front run Dr.Rajan to get media attention. In…
Deal Alert: Paypal Start Tank to incubate two new start-ups
PayPal India has selected two new tech start-ups – Clockwork Interviews Pvt Ltd and Demach Software India Pvt Ltd – for its ‘Start Tank’ Incubation Center in Chennai from among…
Deal Alert: POPxo.com secures INR 3 Cr from Rajan Anandan, Chennai Angels, others
Google India Head Rajan Anandan, Chennai Angels (represented by CaratLane’s Mithun Sancheti), Hussein Kkanji and others have invested INR 3 crore in POPxo.com, a 7-month old digital lifestyle website focused…
Deal Alert: Kalaari leads $2-M Series A for real estate portal Grabhouse
Grabhouse, the property search and listings site owned by Mumbai-based Cryptopy Technologies, is raising $2 million in a Series A round of funding led by Kalaari Capital. Seed stage investor…
Deal Alert: Nexus invests in big-data powered marketing SAAS company: Blueshift
Blueshift Labs, a big data-powered marketing SaaS company, today announced that it has raised a $2.6 million Series-Seed round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Nexus Venture Partnerswith participation…
Deal Alert: Vishal Gondal invests in Flipsicle
KK Raghava founded Flipsicle, a New York-based startup focused on creating a new kind of social network, has attracted $2 million in angel funding from 10-12 investors, including Vishal Gondal,…
Deal Alert: Khosla incubates start-up to enable bank transactions via kirana stores
Khosla Labs, launched by investor Vinod Khosla, has incubated a technology startup to drive financial inclusion Novopay Solutions in Bangalore under the guidance of Srikanth Nadamuni. Novopay is a mobile…
Deal Alert: Indian Angel Network invests in Inthree
Inthree, which operates a rural distribution network, has attracted investment from the Indian Angel Network. The funding will be principally used to fuel Inthree’s evolution into a complete rural consumer…
Deal Alert: Dell Foundation invests Rs.12-Cr in virtual classroom firm Edutel
Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (MSDF) has invested INR 12.4 crores in Edutel Technologies, a Bangalore-based provider of virtual classrooms for students in government and low-fee private schools. The company…
Deal Alert: Aspada invests Rs.11-Cr in education firm Xamcheck
Aspada Investment Company has made a commitment of INR 11 Crore ($1.8 million) to Xamcheck, a third-party assessment, test design, and feedback solution for K-12 schools in India. Xamcheck was…