Tag: startup

SRI Capital adds to its SaaS startups, invests $1.3 million

Serial entrepreneur Sashi Reddi, through his seed-stage venture capital fund SRI Capital, has invested $1.3 million in two SaaS startups — Yellowdig in Pune and Zuppler in Delhi making it a total of 15 SaaS startups in his current portfolio of 23 companies. Reddi believes that enterprise software…

Travel Boutique Online ties up with Fxkart.com

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…

Mumbai Angels and Times Internet fund MintM

Bengaluru-based digital marketing startup MintM, has raised a pre Series-A funding of undisclosed amount led by Mumbai Angels and Times Internet, with participation from a clutch of angel investors, for its cloud based smart signage solution. The product ‘Magnet’ is a cloud-based resp…

Government mulling to start rating MSMEs on 50 parameters

The government plans to soon start rating Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises on 50 parameters and classifying them into five categories as part of an initiative that is in sync with the Make in India programme and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for “zero defect” manufactur…

Purplle to close $6 million Series-B round

Purplle, an IvyCap Venture-backed online marketplace for beauty products and spa and salon services, is closing a Series-B round of around $6 million with participation from JSW Ventures, existing investors and another investor who’s likely to join in. The company will use some part of the …

Start-ups set to reach new peaks: IT Secretary

Start-ups in India are set to scale new peaks going forward, according to Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary, Information Technology and Communications, Government of Telangana. He was speaking at the second convocation of Woxsen School of Business held here on July 9. The world of start-ups is becoming yo…