Bengaluru-based agritech startup CropIn has raised an undisclosed amount of Pre-Series A funding from Singapore-based Beenext. Exiting investors Ankur Capital, Boston-based organisation Invested Development also participated in the round. With this round of funding the total funds …
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Taizo Son ties up GSF India & Infobride to launch start-up accelerator Gastrotope
Gastrophe aims to invest in start-ups that deal in agriculture, food processing sector and other related projects. The accelerator will also work with start-ups in India and abroad.
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Flush with funds, Flipkart sets aside $1.25 b for buyouts, investments
Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has bumped up the reserves earmarked for financing investments, making acquisitions and extending inter-corporate loans to Rs 8,000 crore ($1.25 billion), show its recent filings with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In a board meeting on 29 August, the compa…
OYO raises $250 m in fresh round of funding led by existing investors, Hero Enterprise
Online hotel aggregator OYO said it has raised $250 million (over Rs 1,600 crore) in a fresh round of funding led by its existing investors and Hero Enterprise. The company plans to use the funds to expand its presence in India and South-East Asia, OYO said. “We have raised $250 million in a fres…
Revenues v/s investments: How money moves in Indian start-ups
Over the last five years, consumer internet companies have grabbed most of the dollars but it’s the workhorse business-to business start-ups that are racking up revenues
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SoftBank to invest $200 m in logistics start-up Rivigo
Japanese conglomerate Softbank is eyeing logistics industry as it is set to infuse $200 Million in Gurgaon-based logistics startup Rivigo. The investment, if it goes through, could value the three-year-old company at nearly $1 billion, one of them said, while another pegged the potentia…
Travel-tech start-up Travelspice raises seed round
Travel e-Commerce platform Travelspice has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from Bangalore-based early-stage investor Eagle10 Ventures, a company statement said. “Two-thirds of the fund will be deployed for marketing and the rest will go towards product development,” said Ramu Kallepa…
B2B’s time has come: Rajan Anandan, VP, Google India
Ace angel investor and Vice-President, Google India & South East Asia, Rajan Anandan talks about the challenges in the start-up environment in India. Edited excerpts: Q: Are investments hard to come by? A: Two things are going on. At very early stage the pace has not changed. Early stage inve…
Want to help small firms fight big companies: Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Paytm
From its beginnings during dotcom bubble as a mobile value added services company, to becoming the fastest-growing payments players in the country, Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s One 97 Communications has become one of the most valued digital companies in India with mobile wallet brand Paytm. Now w…
Funding Revival: Chinese & US tech corporates re-energise Indian start-ups
There’s a start-up funding revival in 2017, and it is being driven by Chinese and US tech companies. In 2015, it were hedge funds and pension funds that played a big role in large funding rounds, and it was their retreat that led to the slowdown of 2016. But now, corporate funds have come t…