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11Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

FUNDING

Google’s Investment Firm leads $22 Mn Funding in Aye Finance

Capital G, the growing arm of Google's parent company Alphabet has led a $22 million (Rs 147 crore) funding round in a microlending platform Aye Finance, a move that marks company first bet in the Indian financial sector. The Series C funding round witnessed participation from investors such as LGT and SAIF partners. The is the first equity funding for the Gurugram based Aye Finance which has so far raised Rs 200 crore from venture capital firms, while an additional Rs. 500 crore from debt and equity firms. Aye Finance that claims to be the first fintech company to raise capital from CapitalG competes with Lendingkart, InCred, Capital Float, Indifi Technologies, and many others. Aye Finance will be utilising the funds to strengthen its business operations and technology. It is als...

Ant Financial Raises $14 Billion From National And International Investors

8Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Ant Financial Raises $14 Billion From National And International Investors

China’s biggest online payment platform Ant Financial Services Group which operates the Alipay mobile payment service, in its recent funding, has raised a huge amount of around $14 billion, with the aim to expand its platform across the globe and bring in latest technologies. Ant Financial which is controlled by Jack Ma is an Alibaba affiliated fintech firm. The investment of the firm is being reviewed as the biggest-ever single fundraising globally by any private sector company. In a statement, Ant Group told that the funding comprised of both U.S. dollar and Chinese yuan tranches, where the dollar share made up over $10 billion and the yuan tranche was mainly contributed by the existing shareholders. "Now, with the help of our partners, we are going to accelerate our strategy," Ant...

8Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

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21North Secures 50 Crore Funding From Europ Assistance

Singapore based vehicle assistance company ONB Technologies Pte Ltd which also known as 21North in India secures $7.4 Million (50 Crore INR) funding from Paris based global assistance firm Europ Assistance. In India, 21North operates in 11 cities and seeks to expand services to 40 cities soon. They currently delivering services to 35,000 vehicles/month and projected to reach 100,000+ vehicles by the end of 2018. The company have a path-breaking concept in the Auto After Sales Industry; aimed at solving every kind of existing problem of vehicle owners without sacrificing their valuable personal time in managing the vehicle needs. Through its application 21North empowers dealers and workshops with technology solutions to deliver superior customer experience and achieve critical busi...

7Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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Why Startups Led by Women Receive Less Funding: Report and Analysis

While the venture capital industry is rapidly thriving, still we see women seeking struggle with raising funds or left behind the boom because of hidden prejudices, gender bias and general unawareness. And a recent report of low-brow behaviour by high profile investors towards women makes it all of it more important to understand where women founders stand when it comes to fundraising. It is a little disappointing to note that companies with at least one female founder recorded a growth of 9 percent in 2009 to 17 percent since 2012 - a figure that hasn't changed much even after 5 years. Funding in women-founded Startups 2017 was a remarkable year for venture capital industry but if we come to women fundraising scenario, the stats go like this. For the first two quarters in ...

NBFC Annapurna Finance raises Rs. 155 Cr from OJIF

7Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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NBFC Annapurna Finance raises Rs. 155 Cr from OJIF

Bhubaneshwar based non-banking financial company Annapurna Finance Pvt Ltd. has raised Rs. 155 crore from Oman Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), a private equity fund backed by India's largest State Bank of India. OJIF is a joint venture between SBI and Oman’s State General Reserve Fund which has recently announced the second close of its second fund called "OJIF II" with commitments of $230 million. The funding amount will be used by Annapurna Finance to expand its microfinance operations boosting its strong presence in eastern India and focus on rural customers. Moreover, the company also has plans to diversify itself into newer asset classes and invest in technology to increase operational efficiency. Annapurna is promoted by social activist Gobinda Pattanaik who said that company...

Unicorn India Makes its Sixth Investment in Kerala in Inntot Technologies

6Jun By Gauri SinghNo Comments

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Unicorn India Makes its Sixth Investment in Kerala in Inntot Technologies

The early-stage investors Unicorn India Ventures have declared their latest funds investment in a Kerala-based Software Defined Radio (SDR) startup called ‘Inntot Technologies’. Unicorn India Ventures is a Bengaluru-based firm that provides funds to the startups at the very critical and initial stages, who have the potential and are ambitious to expand in the market. The company claims that they invest both, time as well as money, in the budding entrepreneurs who are passionate to bring a difference. Whereas, Inntot Technologies is a non-government tech-oriented company which offers software solutions for digital radio receivers to make it cost-effective. It was founded by Rajith Nair and Prasanth Thankappan in 2014. Inntot Technologies claims that it has raised funds to augment m...

4Jun By Lavina TolaniNo Comments

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New-Delhi Based Sports Flashes Raises $1 Mn pre Series A funding

New Delhi based Sports Flashes Pvt Ltd which runs a sports content app "Sports Flashes" has raised Rs. 6.7 crore ( $1 million) in a pre Series A funding from an early stage venture incubator SRI Capital. The company will be utilising the funds obtained in expanding its operations. Sports Flashes is currently available on both Android and iOS and provides content in seven Indian languages on different topics such as sports news, live scores, fantasy gaming, expert views, trivia, and more. Founded in 2016 by Raman Raheja, an entertainment and sports professional and Keshaw Sinha, an IT veteran Sports Flashes claims to have 300,000 downloads till date and aims to touch 1 million downloads by the end of this year. Speaking of the latest development, Raman Raheja said, We are looki...

4Jun By AnkitaNo Comments

FUNDING

Delhi based Forex Company Raises $0.5 Million Funding

New Delhi based Forex Company Myforexeye raises $0.5 Million bridge round of funding from InRhythm Energy Ltd. The funding will be used for launch of new products, technology and geographical expansion across the country. InRhythm Energy Ltd is Indian arm of US-based InRythm Inc. It caters to clean and green energy businesses by providing them a range of services including but not limited to expert advice, project assessment and carbon finance and trading. Speaking over the phone to Pixr8 Team, Anand Tandon, Founder, Myforexeye said, “Myforexeye is on the mission of simplifying Forex for SMBs, MSMEs, B2B and B2C businesses in India and other parts of the globe. We are getting exciting response from the industry. InRhythm Energy Ltd funding will help us to improve our technology a...

1Jun By AdityaNo Comments

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CoinTribe Raises $10 Million Series B Funding

Another Lending Platform CoinTribe raises over $10 million equity capital in Series-B round led by Sabre Partners along with participation from existing investor, Puneet Dalmia. In last one month, twelve fintech companies raise funding, the average range of funding is from $250000 to $15 million. Gurugram based CoinTribe offers unsecured term as well as working capital financing to small businesses, which are risk assessed using an online lending algorithm. With this round of funding, total equity capital raised by CoinTribe has increased to over USD 15 million. CoinTribe plans to use this additional capital to further enhance capabilities of its proprietary online credit algorithm, expand to new markets and further develop technology to enable faster and nimble product and credit...

29May By NitishNo Comments

FUNDING

Ready to Cook Food Startup Raises $5 Million Series B Funding

Bengaluru based YCook, a ready-to-cook processed package food startup raises $5 million (about ₹33.7 crore) in a Series B funding. The current funding round saw participation from Binny Bansal led venture capital firm 021 Capital, Oikocredit. The existing investor Omnivore also participated in this round. The food company will use this funding to acquire certifications, improve facilities and marketing. The company launches a food product known as Ta-daa with the aim to revolutionize cooking and encourage more people to eat healthy, wholesome, home-cooked meals. The product sells across most of the retail stores like Reliance Retail, Big Bazaar, and Nature's Basket and online ecommerce platform Amazon, Flipkart, Bigbasket etc.. Founded in 2013 by Janardhan Swahar, Vijay Reddy and ...

29May By Gauri SinghNo Comments

FUNDING

IIT-Madras Launches a Startup to Assist other Startups in Early-Age Funding

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-Madras) has come up with a startup established with a motive to help other startups in early-stage to inflate their success through Machine Learning and Data Sciences tools and techniques. The institute has named the startup as YNOS Venture Engine CC Private Limited. The founder of the venture is Prof Thillai Rajan who belongs to the department of management studies and has been researching the Indian venture capital industry nearly for a decade. The professor has a stupendous awareness of funding issues at start-ups and therefore he decided to come forth with such a venture. The words of Prof Thillai Rajan in this regard were, “Information and decision making analytics are not easily accessible for early-stage entrepreneurs. Sell-side int...

29May By NitishNo Comments

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Mutual Funds Investment Platform Raises $1.6Mn Series A Funding

Mumbai, May 29, 2018: Orowealth, India’s first zero commission Direct Mutual Fund Platform has raised $1.6 mn in Series A funding. The funding round was led by Powerhouse Ventures with participation by Money Forward Inc., one of the largest publicly listed fin-tech companies in Japan; a prominent US VC Social Capital, under their Capital as a Service program; B Dash Ventures, one of the largest VCs in Japan; and other prominent angel investors including Anand Chandrasekaran, ex CPO Airtel and Dinesh Agarwal, Founder Indiamart. Existing investors M&S Partners and GSF also participated in this round. Post funding, Sri Peddu from Powerhouse Ventures will join the Board and Money Forward will take a Board observer role at Orowealth. This is the second round of funding for the ...