Deal Alert: Indix closes Series A-1 with $9mn from Nexus Venture Partners & Avalon Ventures
Indix Corporation, a SaaS + Big Data product intelligence platform company, today announced that it has closed $8.5 million of a $9 million Series A-1 round of financing,co-led by Avalon…
Deal Alert: Seven start-ups make it to TLabs Accelerator’s Batch 5
TLabs, the start-up accelerator run by Times Internet has announced its 5th batch. Here are the details of the firms in the Spring 2014 batch: Fashupp: a social fashion platform…
Deal Alert: Chennai Angels, Lok Capital invest Rs 5.7 cr in Everest Edusys
Chennai-based Everest, which works under the brand QED has developed a range of tools that have been used at by over 20,000 children in 100 schools so far. About a…
Deal Alert: Education start-up Skyfi Labs raises funding from Chennai Angels, Spark Capital
Bangalore-based education start-up Skyfi Labs has raised funding from angel investor network Chennai Angels, as well as investment bank Spark Capital. Started in 2010 by IIT-Kanpur graduates, Skyfi provides engineering…
Deal Alert: Bookstreet selected for BSE-Ryerson Incubation programme
Mumbai-based Bookstreet, a start-up that provides solutions for past exam papers called ‘Smart Solutions’, written by university professors, has been selected to participate in the BSE-Ryerson Incubation Center’s first incubation…
Deal Alert: Powerhouse Ventures invests in Mahesh Bhupathi’s e-commerce firm Sports365
Bangalore based Sports365, the e-commerce company backed by Tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi that retails sports and fitness products, has raised funding from Powerhouse Ventures. The transaction was advised by Delhi-based…
Deal Alert: Accel leads $1-M round for online tea retailer TeaBox
TeaBox, a Siliguri-based e-commerce company which sells different types of tea, has raised $1 million from Accel Partners. TeaBox, founded by former KPMG consultant Kaushal Dugar in 2011, has shipped…
Deal Alert: YourNest, Indian Angel Network, Ray Stata invest in voice tech firm Uniphore
YourNest Angel Fund, Indian Angel Network (IAN) and Ray Stata have invested in Uniphore Software Systems, a Chennai-based player in Indian language speech recognition solutions. This round of investment was…
Deal Alert: Sanjay Kamlani, Deepak Shahdadpuri invest in adult products e-store Thatspersonal
Pangea3 founder Sanjay Kamlani and Deepak Shahdadpuri, founder of DSG Consumer Partners, have joined Neville Taraporewalla, Jaspreet Bindra, Umeed Kothavala and Nirav Mehta as investors in Mumbai startup Digital E-Life…
Deal Alert: Online book retailer BookAdda acquires e-tailer KoolSkool
Online retailer of educational services and learning products, Bookadda, has acquired KoolSkool in a cash and stock deal. KoolSkool sells an eclectic range of products ranging from books to toys,…