Naspers backed travel portal Travel Boutique Online has entered into a strategic partnership with Fxkart.com, a marketplace of foreign exchange dealers. The company said the move will enable its 19,000 travel agents to make foreign exchange bookings for their customers seamlessly. Travel Boutique…
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Banks develop an appetite for start-ups
In a dimly lit auditorium, three groups were called on to the stage to polite applause. Electronic music, with the bassline turned up too high, reverbed through the speakers. A couple of them smiled as they held their award to the flashlight of two cameras. Orange, which was the hallmark colour o…
Goldman Sachs scouting for fintech start-ups
Goldman Sachs, the investment bank, is scouting for financial technology start-ups and is looking at Bengaluru for new picks. The Principal Strategic Investment Group of the bank has a global portfolio of 75 firms, including a dozen investments in the Asia-Pacific. Two are in India — National Sto…
V-Cats to hold road-show for start-ups
Seed investor and start-up accelerator Venture Catalysts (V-cats) plans to conduct a road-show for start-ups looking to raise pre-Series or Series A funding. ,This will be similar to those held by companies that plan to go for an IPO (Initial Public Offering). At the May 18-19 VC Roadshow, which …