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6Aug By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

Pre-School App OckyPocky Raised Angel Funding from ah! Ventures

India’s personalized app for pre-school students called OckyPocky has reportedly secured funds the amount of which has not been disclosed yet. The particular round of angel funding was led by Mumbai-based ah! Ventures which is a start-up focused growth catalyst. The funds raised by the kid-tech startup will be utilized for the expansion of the company’s user base to the pre-school market in Tier 2 and Tier 3 centres. Also, it aims to tap the kids in the NRI market with cultural connect to India through a Hindi learning curriculum. Apart from this, the company is also planning to boost up its operations and enhance the technology. Founded in2015 by Amit Agrawal, the former YouTube India Head and IIM Bangalore alumnus, OckyPocky is an app that works on tech-for-good and offers English ...

19May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

FUNDING

Truck Hiring Tech Platform Raises Funding

FreightBazaar, India’s first online portal for truck hiring intended for businesses, recently raised a pre-Series A funding round with Omphalos Ventures India leading the funds of an undisclosed amount. Ah! Ventures, a startup that aims at bridging communication between investors and businesses, was essential in sealing the deal. FreightBazaar revealed that the funds raised will serve the purpose of scaling up operations and expanding its business to several new cities, while also improving its technology to facilitate processes and procedures. “For the past few years, we have been working to bring structure, technology, efficiency and reliability into the way long-haul transportation has been managed in India,” said co-founder and CEO, FreightBazaar, Ganesh Rewanwar. The startup ...

DriversKart Acquires Mumbai Based on-demand Driver Service Provider Driven

19May By AdityaNo Comments

ACQUISITION

DriversKart Acquires Mumbai Based on-demand Driver Service Provider Driven

DriversKart, an innovative startup based out of Chennai, has acquired a Mumbai-headquartered on demand driver provider - Driven. Prior to the acquisition, DriversKart, had recently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from ah! Ventures and few other investors as a part of its Pre-Series-A round. Started in September 2015, DriversKart is already operational in 5 major cities; Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi and Chennai, has a strong team of 20 employees and is already servicing 10,000 rides a month. It has been efficiently catering to the B2C as well as the B2B market in India and has been the preferred driver provider for self-drive car rental company like zoomcar, justride, etc. This growth shall be even more accelerated given that Driven, is already a strong player in a key geograph...

13May By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

Hindi Social Networking Portal ShabdaNagari Raised Funding From ah! ventures

Hindi social networking portal ShabdaNagari has raised undisclosed amount of bridge funding from ah! ventures. The company had said that it plans to use the funds raised to expand its genres and improve its user interface, marketing and promotional activities. Artha Energy Project's Anirudh Damani & others also participated in this round. "ShabdaNagari team's thorough understanding of the Hindi speaking market and their innovative solutions to the various requirements make them stand apart. The positive results we have witnessed in the last one year makes us confident that ShabdaNagari is soon to be the biggest player in this niche category." said Harshad Lahoti, founder and CEO of ah! Ventures. ShabdaNagari had earlier raised Rs 1.2 crore from Kanpur Angels and a clutch of other...