The company via its partnership with Ideal Insurance and Kreative Fingers, is looking to boost innovation among start-ups in the state and provide support facilities as their long-term objective of fostering entrepreneurship across the country.
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Tag: Venture Catalysts
Venture Catalysts invests $500K series A funding in fashion e-Commerce portal Fynd
Identifying promising business ventures and providing them with the right opportunity has become the trademark of investors at Venture Catalysts, Indian seed investment and innovation platform. The platform has now participated in Series A funding round of Fynd, the fashion e-commerce portal with…
Venture Catalysts joins hands with TiECON 2017 as the investment partner for ‘The Pitch Room’
Giving wings to the entrepreneurial vision of innovators and business leaders of the future, Venture Catalysts, Indian seed investment and innovation platform, has tied up with the upcoming TiECON 2017 as its investment partner. Under the association, angel investors from VCats will participate i…
Indian start-ups should focus on sustainability, stop chasing Unicorn tag
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…
Budget 2017: Veterans & SMEs take on hits & misses
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has come up with major sops in much awaited Budget 2017-18. Stumbling under the after-effects of demonetisation, SMEs especially had their fingers-crossed when the FM began with the announcements. The 2 hours ticked swiftly once the Minister began strongly positionin…
Venture Catalysts to invest Rs 75 cr on seed stage start-ups this year
While 2016 saw a distinct drop in funding and the deal sizes, Venture Catalysts invested around Rs 30 crore in early stage startups in its year of inception 2016. The firm which plans to add another 1000 angel investors in the company this year, will be looking to invest around Rs 60-75 crore acr…
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 …
Beardo raises $500k from Venture Catalysts in seed funding
Actor turned entrepreneur Suniel Shetty backed men’s grooming brand Beardo raises seed funding of $500k from Venture Catalysts. The investment round was led by Raj Vazirani – RHV enterprise, Siddharth Somaiya of Godavari Biorefineries & Somaiya Group, Rohit Parakh – Diector, Touchston…
‘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…