Weekly Funding: Week’s Top 5 Biggest Funding Rounds

In a complete contrast to last week’s tepid funding scenario, this week turned out to be a pretty impressive week for the Indian startups. In all week, this week the Indian startups managed to raise approximately $96.64Mn. However, like always, we will narrow our focus on the top five biggest funding activities of this week.…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 24, 20180Comments

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Weekly Funding: Week’s Top 5 Biggest Funding News

This week turned out to be a very forgetful and lackluster week for the Indian startups. All that Indian startups could garner was merely $8.95 million that were raised across 9 deals. This is a significant 86% drop from last week’s funding that saw funding of almost $65 million. Not to mention this week the…

ByGirish ShettiNovember 17, 20180Comments

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Why Tiger Global raising $3.75 bn infuses new hope?

In what can be termed as immensely good news, the venture capital major Tiger Global Management has reportedly raised $3.75 billion for latest venture funds. This is New York-based hedge fund’s 11th venture capital fund and the fund has been labeled as Tiger Global Private Investment Partners XI. According to reports, the funds will primarily focus on…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 23, 20180Comments

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Weekly Funding: Week’s 5 Biggest Funding stories

This week turned out to be a somewhat lackluster week for startups on the funding front. The total fundraising amount that was raised this week was little less than $50 Mn. But keeping the bigger picture aside, we will follow with our recent trend of narrowing our focus on the 5 biggest funding stories of…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 13, 20180Comments

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Bookmybai Scoops up Pre-series A funding from Japanese investors

Bookmybai, which help households to hire maids through its online platform, has secured undisclosed amount in pre-series A funding round. The round was led by Japan based social venture fund Arun Seed, along with other Japanese angel investors. Identity of these angel investors has not been disclosed. Anupam Sinhal, Bookmybai’s co-founder, said that the company will…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 12, 20180Comments

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Aiming to double seat count, Innov8 raises $4 Mn in pre-Series A

Gurgaon based co-working startup Innov8 has secured $4 Mn in pre-Series A round. The round was led by wealth management firm Credence Family Office while few existing investors also participated in the round. Innov8 plans to use the latest capital infusion for expanding its footprints across the country. The company aims to take its seat counts…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 11, 20180Comments

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Sachin Bansal may book ride in Ola with $100 Mn funding

Sachin Bansal seems to be on the cusp of a history. Flipkart co-founder is said to be on the verge of closing India’s largest personal investment deal in India’s internet space. If grapevines are to be believed, Bansal is likely to pump $100 Mn or Rs 740 crore in the ride hailing company Ola. According to…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 11, 20180Comments

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Russian Billionaire Yuri Milner & others may pump $50 Mn in Meesho: Report

Social commerce platform Meesho is in the middle of fresh fundraising pursuit to raise $40-50 million. The ongoing talks with potential fundraisers have reportedly reached advanced stage. Apoletto Asia, the personal investment vehicle of Russian billionaire Yuri Milner, is said to be one of the potential investors involved in the fundraising talks. The upcoming round is…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 9, 20180Comments

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Freshmenu in early talks with PEs to Scoop up $75 Mn: Report

Online food delivery startup Freshmenu is in talks with several private equity (PE) funds to raise nearly $75 million, according to reports. International PE players including TPG, General Atlantic, Singapore’s Temasek Holdings and domestic PE players like Kedaara Capital are said to be part of the ongoing discussions. These PE companies are vying to acquire to…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 8, 20180Comments

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Week’s five biggest funding Rounds: Amazon Pay, Droom, Origo Commodities, GoBOLT & 9stacks

Here are the five biggest funding rounds of this week as we look back and summarize some of the best funding activities during the last five days. Like always, we will shed light on how companies plan to utilize the fresh funds and the possible impact on the respective industry. With 78.5 Mn, Amazon Pay raised…

ByGirish ShettiOctober 6, 20180Comments

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