Roundup on Crowd Funding
The Economic Times recently did a full page roundup. Online version available here Venture Intelligence is the leading provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity,…
Deal Alert: Price comparison service PriceBag.com raises $2-M
Gurgaon-based Accentium Web, founded by Vivek Pahwa, which operates the product discovery and price comparison portal PriceBag.com, has raised $2 million in angel funding. The funds will primarily be used…
Deal Alert: SRI Capital invests in US-based machine data analytics firm Glassbeam
Santa Clara, CA (USA)-based machine data analytics company Glassbeam, Inc. has received $2 million in additional funding from investors including SRI Capital. SRI capital founder Sashi Reddy has joined the…
Deal Alert: 8 start-ups join Pitney Bowes accelerator program
Pitney Bowes has announced 8 startups that will join Pitney Bowes Accelerator program in India. The 8 startups are: RetailNav, a solution for retail shopping with unique in-store location-based analytics.…
Deal Alert: Nexus, Sequoia invest $3-M in location based food ordering app maker TinyOwl
Mumbai-based start-up TinyOwl Technology Pvt Ltd, which offers location-based mobile application for ordering food, has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital India and Nexus Ventures. The…
Is the 7-year Startup Boom-and-Bust Cycle Repeating Itself?
By Arun Natarajan At the dawn of 2014, ad industry executive Ramesh Srivats had jokingly predicted: Flipkart will get a few hundred million dollars from VCs in March, July, and…
Deal Alert: SEAF invests in operator of Only Alibaba, Baked & Fried food chains
SEAF India has invested in Kolkata based QSR firm, Guha Roy Food Joint & Hotel Private Limited, which operates the biryani QSR chain ‘Only Alibaba’ and fried chicken brand ‘Baked…
Deal Alert: In travel entertainment startup PressPlay raises $500-K
Delhi-based PressPlay Entertainment has raised a $500k angel round to expand its in-seat entertainment for travelers. PressPlay rents devices to passengers to view content during the journey, and has developed…
Deal Alert: Opes Impact Fund invests in rural-focused solar firm Boond
Boond Engineering & Development has raised Series A equity investment from a clutch of impact investors including Opes Impact Fund, Rianta Capital and Sumantra Roy. Boond distributes and installs small…
Deal Alert: Kin Advisors invests in higher education, real estate advisory firms
Investment banking and family business advisory firm Kin Advisory has invested in two Bangalore-based companies – ft2acres and HEd Ex – via its proprietary seed fund. While ft2acres is an…