Mumbai: Coworking space provider Innov8 has raised an undisclosed amount in an angel round enabled by LetsVenture and Venture Catalysts. The round saw investments by prominent angel investors such as Vijay Shekhar Sharma of Paytm, Rajan Anandan of Google, Kunal Shah of FreeCharge, Girish Mathrubo…
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GoBumpr bags $300k from Chennai Angels
Chennai: Automobile services platform, GoBumpr, on February 10 announced that it has raised $300k in funding led by The Chennai Angels. GoBumpr.com is an end-to-end pitstop for car and bike owners to find, book & pay for automobile services at a click of the button. The investment round was l…
Online learning portal Unacademy raises Rs 30 cr in funding
Bengaluru: Unacademy, the online learning platform, has raised $4.5 million (approx. Rs 30 crores) in a Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners and existing investor Blume Ventures. Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of Freshdesk and Ananth Narayanan, CEO of Myntra along with Stanford Angels have a…
SMEs have lot more growth potential than large enterprises: Freshdesk Founder
Bengaluru: The idea that large companies cannot be built by only selling to small businesses is based on conventional wisdom, believes Girish Mathrubootham, Chief Executive Officer and founder of Freshdesk Inc. In an interview, he insists that there is a lot more growth potential in small and med…
Online events platform Hubilo secures angel funding
Ahmedabad-based events startup Hubilo Softech Pvt. Ltd has secured an undisclosed amount of angel funding from 12 investors, including Freshdesk CEO and Co-Founder Girish Mathrubootham, multiple media reports said. Hubilo will use the funds to develop its technology platform and grow its sales an…
SaaS start-ups raise over $256 mn in VC funding
In the midst of a funding winter for startups, companies offering software-as-a-service (SaaS) have raised over $256 million in venture capital funding since January, counting several big-ticket deals. What has worked for SaaS startups is the focus on unit economics – a metric to measure a …
Freshdesk raises $ 55 mn from Sequoia Capital, Accel
Cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk said it has raised USD 55 million (about Rs 367 crore), led by Sequoia Capital India. The series F funding round also saw participation from existing investor, Accel. “The latest round of funding will be used to accelerate the gro…
Freshdesk buys ex-Google execs’ AI-based social chat platform Chatimity
Chennai-based cloud-based customer engagement software provider Freshdesk has acquired Chatimity, a social chat platform that developed artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbot technology. Cost of acquisition was not disclosed. Chatimity was built to enable user interactions and improve engagemen…
Here is a ‘speed-dating’ opportunity for startups with venture capitalists
Following highly successful conferences over the past 5 years in Singapore, Jakarta and Tokyo, Tech in Asia, the online hub for Asia’s tech community, is bringing its conference formula to Bangalore, the epicentre of India’s tech ecosystem. Held on July 6-7 at Manpho Convention Centre, the confer…
Zarget raises $1.5 million in seed funding
Zarget, a Chennai-based SaaS startup, has raised $1.5 million (about Rs 10 crore) in seed funding. Global venture capital firms Accel Partners and Matrix Partners and CEO of Freshdesk Girish Mathrubootham participated in the round along with some other investors. “Consider the slow advances…