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May 7, 2018 Fireside Ventures backs consumer electronics startup boAT
Consumer-tech lifestyle startup boAt said on Thursday it has received Rs 6 crore ($900,000) in funding from early-stage venture firm Fireside Ventures. The startup, operated by Imagine Marketing Pvt. Ltd, was launched in 2016 by Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta and is pitching itself as a lifestyle brand. It sells consumer electronics products such as […]
ELECTRONICS April 5, 2016 Samsung, Salted Venture’s Iofit Smart Shoe Unveiled Ahead of MWC 2016
The Samsung Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge might not be only products the South Korean tech giant will be showcasing at MWC 2016. The firm will also be launching the Iofit wearable device, specifically a smart shoe, globally. The product is developed by Salted Venture, a startup, in collaboration with Samsung and will […]
NEWS 
March 30, 2016 Softbank Ventures Korea invests in True Balance
The investment will help True Balance expand to the 15 telecom circles in India. New Delhi: Softbank Ventures Korea, the venture capital arm of Japan’s SoftBank, has invested an undisclosed amount in True Balance, a mobile app that keeps users updated about their prepaid mobile account, the company said in a statement. It will use […]
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 […]
ALL DEALS March 9, 2016 Unilazer Ventures, Peyush Bansal & Phanindra Sama invest in DailyObjects
While three exclusive outlets will be set at the airports of Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore, the rest would include shop-in- shop kiosks that will be launched across Delhi and NCR. Ronnie Screwvala’s venture capital firm Unilazer Ventures, Lenskart founder Peyush Bansal and redBus founder Phanindra Sama have invested Rs.9 crore in online gadget accessory store […]
ALL DEALS March 8, 2016 Aisle.co raises Rs1.25 crore from TermSheet.io and ah! Ventures
Aisle.co handpicks its users after a process of screening. It has around 500-800 registrations per day in over 50 countries. Mumbai: Online matchmaking company Aisle Network Pvt. Ltd said on Thursday that it has raised Rs.1.25 crore in a pre-series A round of funding from TermSheet.io and ah! Ventures, with investments from key angel investors […]
ALL DEALS March 7, 2016 Vanity Cube raises $300,000 from Unicorn Ventures, others
Currently, Vanity Cube services users in Mumbai and Delhi. Mumbai: Delhi-based on-demand wellness and beauty services company Vanity Cube Pvt Ltd. said on Friday that it had raised $300,000 in an early stage round from Unicorn Ventures, friends and family. The company that was founded in 2014 by Renu Bisht and Pragya Upadhyay is looking […]
ALL DEALS March 7, 2016 Make in India brand campaigners launch Motherland Joint Ventures
In a natural extension of its main brand, Motherland will also be involved in culture-related projects such as publishing, film, art and music. Photo: PTI Mumbai: V. Sunil and Mohit Dhar Jayal, the men behind the fabulous campaigns for brands such as Make in India, Incredible India! Indigo and Royal Enfield have called it a […]
ALL DEALS 
March 4, 2016 Wipro Ventures invests Rs9.78 crore in big data start-up Altizon Systems
Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint Bengaluru: Wipro Ltd’s corporate venture arm Wipro Ventures has picked up a minority stake in Pune-based big data start-up Altizon Systems Pvt. Ltd. Wipro’s Rs.9.78 crore investment in Altizon allows it to have “a minority holding, not exceeding 20% of the outstanding share capital of the company”. It expects to close its […]
ALL DEALS March 2, 2016 TableHero raises $1 million from growX ventures, Freecharge founders, others
Apart from growX, FreeCharge founders Kunal Shah and Sandeep Tandon, India Value Fund Advisors partner and former chief executive officer of Network 18, Haresh Chawla, Powai Lake ventures and Globevestor also took part in the funding round. New Delhi: TableHero, a start-up providing an intelligent operating system for small local businesses, said on Tuesday that […]
ALL DEALS 
March 1, 2016 BankBazaar.com ventures into international markets with Singapore entry
BankBazaar has set a target of around $10 million net revenue run rate (dollar terms) for its Singapore market in the coming months. Bengaluru: A&A Dukaan Financial Services Pvt. Ltd, the company that operates online financial services marketplace BankBazaar.com, has ventured into the international market starting with operations in Singapore. The company has appointed former […]
