Sheroes.in, a jobs and career platform for women has raised Rs 12 crore in a Series-A funding led by Lumis Partners as part of a larger commitment. The fund raising also saw participation from The HR Fund, angel investor Rajul Garg and existing investor Quintillion Media led by Raghav Bahl. Dexte…
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PayU India plans to double value of processed transactions to $1 billion per month
Financial technology arm of Naspers, PayU India, said its payment gateway business plans to double the total value of transactions processed, to $1 billion per month in the next one year, backed by boost in volumes from offline and online partnerships. “Striking partnerships is critical to …
Indian digital payments market to reach $500 bn by 2020: Report
Digital payments market size in the country is expected to touch USD 500 billion by 2020, accounting for about 15 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), a report said on July 25. The ‘Digital Payments 2020’ report, jointly published by Google and Boston Consulting Group, projects th…
Sri Lanka’s venture engine event attracts global investors
The annual Venture Engine event in Colombo, Sri Lanka that started as a small, local event to fund and encourage early stage companies has scaled up significantly and now attracts global investors. The 16th edition of the event held last week in Colombo attracted about 20 investors from India, US…
Indian Angel Network tops list of start-up funders
Seed and early-stage funding by angel investors has been the lifeline to entrepreneurs to start their ventures. And, leading the list of top 10 angel investors is Indian Angel Network (IAN), an early mover in the sector. Since January 1, 2011, IAN has done 61 investments followed by Mumbai Angels…
Unacademy raises Rs 3.3 crore in funding led by Blume Ventures
Education technology platform Unacademy has raised $500,000 led by Blume Ventures along with a clutch of angels including Google’s Rajan Anandan, CommonFloor founder Sumit Jain and redBus founder Phanindra Sama, among others. “Unacademy’s vision is to distribute knowledge of the…
Google joins Start-up India to host live contest for early stage start-up
Google has joined the chorus of Start-up India, Stand-up India. The company will hold a live contest award for early stage start-up during the January 16 event where the government will spell out its action plan for start-ups. According to the company sources, five startups have already been shor…
Analytics startup Zenatix Solutions raises funding from Blume Ventures
Zenatix Solutions, an internet-of-things (IoT) driven energy-data analytics startup has raised an undisclosed amount of follow-on funding led by seed focused fund Blume Ventures. This comes about five months after the Gurgaon-based startup raised Rs 1.27 crore from angel investors including Googl…