Technology giant Google is deepening its engagements with startups in India and is working with a bunch of “high growth“ ventures as part of a global programme to mentor and deepen its technical engagement with the potential winners of tomorrow. Over the past year, Google has been working with In…
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Ratan Tata, Hrithik Roshan in talks to fund health start-up, CureFit
Bengaluru: Ratan Tata and Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan are in talks to invest in CureFit, a healthcare startup founded by former Flipkart executives. The year-old entity started by Mukesh Bansal and Ankit Nagori has so far raised about $20 million and counts venture capital firms Kalaari Capita…
Accel creates programme to help portfolio firms in India get Valley talent
S T S Prasad had moved to the US in 1986 for a master’s degree in computer science, and then had several stints, including at Sybase, Junglee, Amazon, and WalmartLabs, the last of which he had helped launch. At some point during his WalmartLabs days, he felt the desire to stay closer to his paren…
Zarget raises $6 mn; quadruples seed funds in 6 months
Zarget, a startup that provides various web optimisation solutions as software as a service (SaaS) to enterprises, has raised $6 million (about Rs 40 crore) in a round of funding led by venture capital firm Sequoia India. The Series-A round also saw participation from Accel and Matrix Partners, b…
Bluestone raises Rs 200 crore from IIFL, RB Investments
IIFL and RB Investments Pte have led Rs 200 crore Series D round in online jewellery retailer Bluestone at undisclosed valuation. Existing investors in the company Kalaari Capital, Accel and IvyCap Ventures participated in the current round. The company competes with Tata Group backed Caratlane i…