The next company that is being greenlighted to enter the prestigious Unicorn club of startups is Oyo Rooms, a SoftBank-backed budget hotel aggregator. Founded by 21-year-old Ritesh Agarwal in 2015, the company is reportedly in talks with the Japanese SoftBank to raise about US $300-500 million. I…
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Stepping out: Angels rush to small towns now to find those heavenly start-up deals
When Ankit Agarwal founded his start-up, HelpUsGreen, in Kanpur in 2015 to recycle temple waste that otherwise would be dumped in the Ganges, many in his home town mocked him. Not anymore. Lately, the young entrepreneur has been busy meeting several local wealthy individuals keen on investing in …
‘Don’t Scratch Your Head’ gets Rs 1.68 crore investment from VCats
Venture Catalysts (VCats) has invested $250,000 (about Rs 1.68 crore) in ‘Don’t Scratch Your Head (DSYH), a SaaS-based logistics reconciliation platform for e-commerce channels. Gaurav Singhvi, Managing Partner – VCats Surat and Mumbai-based Zaffiro Ventures have made the invest…
Vahanalytics, a tech-driven start-up, raises seed fund through Venture Catalysts
Vahanalytics, a tech-driven start-up aimed at making Indian roads safer and better has raised $200,000 through Venture Catalysts (VCats), India’s seed investment and innovation platform. The investment was led by Vikram Lakhotia and Anirudh Damani of VCats. With driver less smart cars increasingl…
Angel network plans to invest over Rs 1 crore in artificial intelligence startups
Mumbai-based Angel Network and co-working space Venture Catalysts, which has over 150 angels in its network, plans to invest over a crore in artificial intelligence startups over the next one year. The network which recently partnered with Silicon Valley-based startup accelerator Plug and Play, e…
Venture Catalysts join hands with Plug & Play to help startups
Local seed investment and innovation platform Venture Catalysts has partnered with global incubator and seed fund Plug & Play International to help Indian startups get exposure to Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors. To begin with, they will send two Indian startups working on artifici…