A clutch of business-to-business e-commerce players are seeking to attract more business by helping Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) address the issue of recruitment. Ahmedabad-based startup Tradohub, an end-to-end supplier for SMEs, is one such company. It has tied up with local human resourc…
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Smartbox in talks to raise $10 million
Delhi-based start-up Smartbox, which provides online shoppers with a secure way to pick up their parcels from ATM-like terminals at a convenient location and time, is in talks to raise its first round of funding of $10 million from domestic and international investors. With an installed base of 1…
RentoMojo receives $5 mn funding from Accel, IDG Ventures
Online rental solutions company RentoMojo has raised funds of $5 million in a first strategic round (Series A) from IDG Ventures and Accel Partners. The funds raised will be used to further strengthen the product and data driven structure within the company, it said in a statement here on July 18…
BookMyShow raises INR 550 crore funding in fourth round
Mumbai, July 6: Mumbai based Bigtree Entertainment which owns and operates BookMyShow, has raised over INR 550 crores in its fourth and largest single financing round. The round was led by US based Stripes Group, and saw participation from all existing investors – Network 18, Accel Partner…
Mukesh Bansal’s new startup ‘CureFit’ bags $15 million funding
Mukesh Bansal, the Co-Founder of fashion portal Myntra, has snagged funding for his new startup — CureFit — from a group of marque investors, who backed his maiden venture and have now stepped up to close one of the largest seed investment rounds in the Indian startup sector this year. Accel Part…
Nandan Nilekani backed truck network start-up 4TiGO starts operations in six cities
Former Infosys CEO Nandan Nilekani and Accel Partners-backed truck network start-up 4TiGO on Wednesday announced commencement of operations in six Indian states, aimed at optimising goods transportation by bringing all stakeholders on to a common platform. The cloud-based technology platform with…
Consure gets funds from Accel Partners, others
Consure Medical, a healthcare startup, has received an undisclosed series-B funding, led by venture capital firm Accel Partners with participation from earlier investors — Indian Angel Network, India Innovation Fund and India Venture Partners. The company will use the funds for penetrating new ma…
At its warehouse, Nasscom bets on start-ups
Navanee Sundaramoorthy Co-Founded Uncanny Vision, an artificial intelligence start-up, which gives machines an ability to see and analyse like humans, from a garage in a residential area in east Bengaluru. He and other Co-Founders Ranjith Parakkal and Devadas Parakkal then moved to a proper offic…
Wipro ventures picks up minority stake in cyber security startup Vectra Networks
Wipro Ventures, the $100-million venture capital arm of India’s third largest software exporter Wipro, has invested an undisclosed amount for a minority stake in Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity startup Vectra Networks, according to an executive directly familiar with the matter. Vectra, …
Sequoia Capital finds it great to make new investments in startups
Sequoia Capital India strikes a discordant but optimistic note when it says 2016 will be of a “wonderful vintage” and a great year to make new investments in startups. Armed with its largest India-focussed fund of $920 million (Rs6,100 crore), raised this year, Sequoia is scouting for…