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March 26, 2016 BigBasket raises $150 million from Abraaj Group
Flipkart expands reach of grocery delivery serviceOla shuts food and grocery delivery servicesGrocery delivery app PepperTap acquires JiffstoreTendulkar makes his first tech start-up investmentInvestment in an Indian start-up every 8 hours On-demand grocery delivery company BigBasket has announced it has raised $150 million from the Abraaj Group, International Finance Corporation, and Sands Capital. Existing investors […]
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March 25, 2016 Robotics start-up Endless Robotics raises $100,000 in seed funding
Endless Robotics provides a service that uses robotics to make paint spray technology effective and bring greater efficiency to construction and real estate projects. Endless Robotics Pvt. Ltd, a start-up that makes products for automating painting in the construction and real estate industries, on Wednesday said it raised $100,000 in pre-series funding from angel investors […]
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March 16, 2016 DogSpot raises funds from Ratan Tata, others
Dheeraj Jain, partner at Redcliffe Capital, a UK-based hedge fund, existing investors Ronnie Screwvala, K. Ganesh and early-stage investment firm India Quotient were among others who invested. New Delhi: PetsGlam Services Pvt. Ltd that runs online pet supplies store Dogspot.in on Monday said Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd, has invested in the […]
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March 16, 2016 Blueshift raises $8 million in Series A funding
Blueshift allows marketers to customise their messages based on customers’ interests, purchase patterns and browsing behaviour, thus increasing engagement. Bengaluru: Blueshift Labs Inc., a marketing automation solutions provider, on Tuesday announced that it had closed an $8 million Series A round of funding led by Storm Ventures, with participation from existing investor Nexus Venture Partners, […]
HOME & GARDEN March 16, 2016 Home services start-up Gapoon raises angel funds
Bengaluru-based Gapoon, founded in 2015, earlier raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding in July. Bengaluru: Home services start-up Gapoon Online Consumer Services Pvt. Ltd on Tuesday said it has raisedRs.1.2 crore in angel funding. Bengaluru-based Gapoon, founded in 2015, earlier raised an undisclosed amount in angel funding in July. It operates an on-demand as […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 IFMR Holdings raises funds from Proparco
IFMR Holdings plans to facilitate funding through newer products in the debt credit offering arm IFMR Capital. Hyderabad: IFMR Holdings, a financial inclusion company which offers services such as wealth management to the poor and arranges credit for rural services companies, has raised Rs.12.5 crore from Proparco, a French development financial institution, the company said […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 Education start-up FlipClass raises $1 million from S. Chand and Blume Ventures
The Bengaluru-based firm had in 2014 raised about $250,000 in funding from LetsVenture, an online fund-raising platform. Bangalore: FlipClass (run by Gyankosh Solutions Pvt Ltd), an education start-up that operates a marketplace for home tutors, on Monday said it has raised $1 million in funding from S. Chand and Co. Pvt. Ltd, a publisher of […]
NEWS March 16, 2016 PinkBlue raises Rs1.5 crore from TermSheet.io
PinkBlue was founded in 2014 by Valliappan Kumarappan and Varun Singh. Mumbai: Bengaluru-based clinical supplies provider Pink Blue Supply Solutions Pvt. Ltd has raised Rs1.5 crore in a seed (early stage) round of funding from TermSheet.io, a transaction-focused service provider for start-ups and investors. A group of angel investors also participated in the funding round, […]
ALL DEALS March 16, 2016 Contract management software company Icertis raises $15 million
Icertis has customers like Cognizant, HBO, Microsoft, and Skullcandy and claims their platform is used by more than 500,000 professionals across legal, procurement, finance and sales departments to manage 2 million contracts in about 40 languages. Bengaluru: Icertis Inc., a firm that makes software for companies to create and manage contracts, enabling them to shorten […]
NEWS March 11, 2016 Qdesq raises funds from investor Dheeraj Jain, others
Qdesq acts as an aggregator for sharing vacant work desks, offices, conference rooms etc. Qdesq Realtech Pvt Ltd, an on-demand platform for sharing and renting office space, has raised an undisclosed amount in its seed round from a group of investors led by Dheeraj Jain, partner at Redcliffe Capital, a UK-based hedge fund. Other investors […]
NEWS March 11, 2016 Parenting portal mycity4kids raises $3 million
The company claims to have 2.5 million page views a month, 700 bloggers and 75,000 service providers listed across nine cities on its site. Bengaluru: Mycity4kids, a parenting portal run by Just4Kids Services Pvt. Ltd, has raised $3 million from SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd and YourNest Angel Fund, the company said on Wednesday. Mycity4kids has […]
NEWS March 11, 2016 Medical tourism start-up PlanMyMedicalTrip raises funds
Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint Begaluru: Plan My Medical Trip Pvt. Ltd, a platform that lists medical care options for international patients, said it raised Rs.1.25 crore in funding from three angel investors—Bhanu Vikram Parsotam, Rohan Desai and Paras Patel. “I have been a part of the healthcare sector in the US for close to two decades […]
