Start-ups turn to social investors in the country
Bangalore: Venture capital (VC) firms have found that early VC investors have competition from new league of investors like social funds. Start-ups...
Tuesday, 06 April 2010, 12:53 Hrs
Vic Singh co-founded NearVerse raises $1 Million
Bangalore: Philadelphia-based mobile networking startup NearVerse has secured $1 million in seed funding from Meakem Becker Venture Capital in Q4 2...
Tuesday, 06 April 2010, 05:40 Hrs
LearnVest raises $4.5 Million
Bangalore: LearnVest, an operator of a personal finance website for women, has raised $4.5 million in Series A funding. Accel Partners led the roun...
Monday, 05 April 2010, 06:12 Hrs
Venture fund Sequoia invests Rs.50 Crore in Stovekraft
Bangalore: U.S.-based venture fund Sequoia Capital said that it has invested Rs.50 crore in Stovekraft, a leading manufacturer of kitchen appliance...
Friday, 02 April 2010, 04:26 Hrs
Quikr raises $6 Million funding from Norwest Venture Partners
Mumbai: Quikr Mauritious (a holding company of Quikr India), free online classifieds portal has raised $6 million from the new investor Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), and returning investors, Omidyar Network, Matrix Partners India and eBay Inc in the series C, third round of funding. With this round of financing, Quikr has raised in excess o...
Reliance ADAG arm invests Rs. 32 Crore in Reverse Logistics
Mumbai: Reliance Venture Asset Management (RVAM), a venture capital firm and an arm of the Reliance ADA Group, has invested around $7 million (Rs. 32 crore) in Reverse Logistics (RL), a reverse supply chain solutions company based in Bangalore, reports Vandana from Business Standard. Also, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo are co-in...
Acumen Fund to invest $375,000 in Bihar based Husk Power System
Bangalore: Venture capital firm Acumen Fund announced to invest $375,000 in Bihar based Husk Power Systems (HPS), a rural electrification company t...
Now, investors willing to bet on early stage deals
Bangalore: Early stage start-ups are again being able to attract investors and raise funds as the VC industry recovers from a slump last year when ...
