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Cleartax Raises 80 Cr From SAIF Partners
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Cleartax Raises 80 Cr From SAIF Partners

ClearTax , an online tax returns filing platform has raised another $12 million (Rs 80 crore) from SAIF Partners. The new round of funding will use to launch a slew of consumer-focused tax-saving products, including mutual funds and other equity-linked saving schemes. Also as part of the deal , managing partner at SAIF, has joined the board of ClearTax's "A typical agent is very bias. To solve for this, our products will be data driven, and completely transparent, to the extent that we will publish our commissions on the site itself," co-founder and CEO Archit Gupta said. "We are very excited to partner with Archit and team as they translate their market leadership in tax filing space to become one of the largest fintech platforms in India.", Ravi Adusumalli said. ClearTax which opera...
Online Tax Returns Filing Platform ClearTax Raises $2 million (Rs 13.3 crore) Funding
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Online Tax Returns Filing Platform ClearTax Raises $2 million (Rs 13.3 crore) Funding

Online tax returns filing platform ClearTax, has raised $2 million (Rs 13.3 crore) from FF Angel, and Sequoia Capital. The company will use the proceeds from the round to launch a slew of consumer-focused tax-saving products, including mutual funds and other equity-linked saving schemes. "We have taken the long route, and now we are extremely excited to have some of the biggest thought leaders and investors on board as our partners," Archit Gupta, co-founder of Cleartax said. "We are an instrument-agnostic platform that will allow consumers to choose their rate of return and select what to have in their tax savings basket." ClearTax has over 1 million consumers e-filing their tax returns, and the company is targeting bringing on board 5 million users by the end of the current fiscal,...