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6Sep By NitishNo Comments

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Burger Singh Raises $800000 Funding From Actor Rannvijay Singh & Others

Tipping Mr Pink, which runs fusion burger chain Burger Singh, has received a funding of USD 800,000 from investors like Beer Cafe founder Rahul Singh, Dheeraj Jain (Redcliffe Capital) and television actor Rannvijay Singh. This is in addition to the USD 200,000 funding raised months back from these investors, taking the total raised amount to USD 1 million (about Rs 6.6 crore) this year. Other investors include Ashvin Chadda, Capt Salim Sheikh (ex -Sayaji Hotels) and Avtar Monga (COO of IDFC Bank). "We will use the funds to expand our retail presence. We currently have eight stores and by September next year, we should have 26 stores that will be a mix of company-owned and franchise-owned, company-operated models," Burger Singh CEO Kabir Jeet Singh said. Unlike its rivals, Bu...

4Sep By PriyankaNo Comments

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Coconut Entrepreneur From Gujarat Cracks the Dragons Den, Received $1 Million Funding

Dragons Den is a BBC Television Series in the UK where entrepreneurs get three minutes to pitch their business ideas to five multi-millionaires willing to invest their own cash. The Gujarati hopeful to enter the Den on Sunday the 21st August 2016 along with her business partner from Kerala was Manisha Solanki. Manisha lived most of her life in Paris, France and decided to move to London after spotting Cocofina in 2007 at the SIAL trade show in Paris. Having enjoyed the taste of coconut from a young age acquiring a 50% stake in the business was an easy choice. Cocofina won the coveted Excellence in Food and Drink Award in 2005and has never looked back since. Fast forward to 2016 and Cocofina now has a range of 30 products and is sold in thousands of stores in 28 countries including ic...

IIT Bombay Incubated Lucideus Tech Raises Funds From Angel Investor

1Sep By NitishNo Comments

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IIT Bombay Incubated Lucideus Tech Raises Funds From Angel Investor

Cyber security service provider Lucideus Tech has received angel funding from Amit Choudhary, director of Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors. The start-up, which was incubated by IIT-Bombay, has previously received funding from Anand Chandrasekaran (former Snapdeal chief product officer) and Flipkart chief financial officer Sanjay Baweja. It helps enterprises assess risks to their IT infrastructure. "Typically, our angel investors have invested in the range of about USD 50,000-100,000 individually," Lucideus co-founder and CEO Saket Modi said without disclosing the size of the latest round of funding. Lucideus will use the funds for expanding its team and business operations. "The funding has also to do more with the mentorship that our angel investors provide. We have st...

One97 Communication Which Runs Paytm Raises 400 Crore From Mediatek, Valuation Upto $5 Billion

31Aug By AnkitaNo Comments

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One97 Communication Which Runs Paytm Raises 400 Crore From Mediatek, Valuation Upto $5 Billion

Taiwanese chip designer MediaTekis investing USD 60 million (about Rs 400 crore) in One97 Communications, which runs Paytm. The transaction values the digital payment services and e-commerce firm at about USD 5 billion. When contacted, a Paytm spokesperson confirmed the development. The funds will be used for expanding payments and commerce businesses and for building and launching the payments bank, she added. Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has earlier said its payments bank will become operational later this year. Interestingly, Mediatek is also an investor in Paytm's rival, Mobikwik in India. In May this year, Mediatek had participated in an estimated USD 50 million fund raising by Mobikwik. Alibaba-backed Paytm is looking at raising about USD 300 million (over Rs 2...

Now Invest 25 Crore and Stay in India For 3-10 Years

31Aug By NitishNo Comments

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Now Invest 25 Crore and Stay in India For 3-10 Years

Emulating Singapore-model, India will offer residency permits of up to 20 years to foreigners willing to invest a minimum threshold in the country, under a new policy aimed at attracting more overseas investments. The Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved a proposal to allow foreigners get 10 year residency permits if they invest Rs 10 crore over 18 months or Rs 25 crore over three years. The residency status can be extended by another 10 years. Investors would also be allowed to buy one residential property and their spouses and children can work or study here. However, this scheme would not be available for Pakistani or Chinese citizen. "A certain threshold if you invest in India, then the availability of visa, the availability of the right to purchase...

31Aug By PriyankaNo Comments

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Zapmart to Raise $10 Million From First Round of Funding

Mumbai based online grocery startup Zapmart is all set to raise $10 Million in its first round of funding from investors. Zapmart which is a self-funded startup by Parvez Siddiqui has got a seed funding of Rs.3 Crore, which was led by two businessmen from the real estate sector. "The seed funding will be used to strengthen our technology backbone and logistics within Mumbai," said Parvez Siddiqui, founder of Zapmart. Zapmart is also keen to raise $10 million from its Series A round of funding, in which they are in talks with few angel investors and are looking out for large venture capital funds. “The Series A funds will be utilized for geographic expansion in Maharashtra and especially in Pune within this year. Another main usage of the funds will be utilized for turning k...

29Aug By AnkitaNo Comments

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Livspace Raises Rs 100 Cr Series B Funding From Existing Investors

Online home design company Livspace today said it has raised Rs 100 crore from existing investors in a second strategic round (Series B) of funding. The round was led by Bessemer Ventures Partners and saw participation from Jungle Ventures and Helion, Livspace said in a statement here. The funds will be used to launch services across cities -- Noida, Gurgaon, Mumbai in 2016 and Pune, Hyderabad in the first half of 2017, it added. This round of funding comes close on the heels of the company's launch of its Home Design Automation Platform. "With this round of funding we will aim to reach revenue of USD 100 million by the end of 2017 and achieve operational profitability across cities," Anuj Srivastava, CEO and Co-founder of Livspace, said. Founded by Srivastava and Ramakant Sharm...

Tata Group Tie-up With Yale University For Research & Development and Funding

29Aug By AnkitaNo Comments

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Tata Group Tie-up With Yale University For Research & Development and Funding

Indian conglomerate Tata Group and US prestigious Yale University have launched a collaboration that will focus on promoting research and its application in fields like network science, data science, healthcare and microbiome research. Tata has committed to fund the alliance over five years. However, the company did not disclose the financial details. The project would foster an intellectual exchange between the university and Tata Sons, Tata Consultancy Services and Tata Chemicals. "The initial aim of the alliance is to expand research and its application in fields ranging from network science to data science to healthcare. During each year of the agreement, Yale will also host visiting Tata scholars, who will actively participate in the research projects," Yale said in a statement is...

Fintech Firm LoanTap Raises $3 mn From HNIs

29Aug By PriyankaNo Comments

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Fintech Firm LoanTap Raises $3 mn From HNIs

Fintech platform LoanTap today said it has secured USD 3 million in a first strategic round of funding (Series A) from high net worth individuals (HNIs) Abhishek Pandey and Jaysukh Sapra. LoanTap said nearly 85 per cent of the funding, which was led by Mumbai-based HNIs, will be used for onward lending by the platform, while a part of the remaining capital will also be used to augment its technology and distribution frameworks. Further, LoanTap will be leveraging the raised capital to expand its operations in NCR, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Pune and Bangalore, it said. LoanTap has an inhouse NBFC platform delivering flexible EMI-free loan and overdraft products to salaried professionals. Headquartered in Mumbai with the back office in Pune, LoanTap follows an agency-based coll...

BlackBerry to Raise $605 Million From Shareholder Fairfax, Others

28Aug By reutersNo Comments

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BlackBerry to Raise $605 Million From Shareholder Fairfax, Others

Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd said it would raise about $605 million by selling convertible debentures to shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd and other investors. The Canadian company will also redeem on Sept. 2 roughly $1.25 billion worth of outstanding debentures carrying a coupon of 6 percent, it said on Friday. The new debt that BlackBerry plans to issue will have a coupon of 3.75 percent and will be due in November 2020. If all of the new debt is converted into stock, it will represent about 11.57 percent of BlackBerry's outstanding shares, the company said. FairFax, led by well-known contrarian investor Prem Watsa, is BlackBerry's second largest shareholder with a stake of about 8.9 percent, according to Reuters data. Once a dominant force in smartpho...

28Aug By AdityaNo Comments

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Couponhaat.in Gears up to Raise $2M in Series A Funding

Delhi-based start-up and Indian e-commerce company Couponhaat which provides best coupons and deals for online shoppers, is gearing up to raise around $2 Million in series A funding. The fund raising plan is in sync with its expansion plans and increasing the team size. So far, Couponhaat is fully self-funded. Within just one year of its operation, Couponhaat has emerged as the fresh face of the online coupons and deals industry. Couponhaat offers more than 300,000 coupons to redeem and 7000 live coupons, thousands of product pages and countless deals listed on the site. Over last quarter Couponhaat has raised its graph tremendously and attracted over 2 million hits on the website. The traffic is steadily increasing each month, since the time of its very inception in the month of Apr...

25Aug By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Witworks Raises Funding From Fireside Ventures, Investopad and Execs of Ola, ITC & Oyo

Witworks Consumer Technologies today said it has received an undisclosed amount of seed funding led by Fireside Ventures, Investopad and executives from Ola, Oyo Rooms and ITC. The consumer technology company will use the funds for development and launch of Blink a wrist-wearable platform designed to provide access to contextual information and services on the go. Witworks aims to tap into the nascent smart wearables market currently dominated by large technology players. "Witworks has raised a seed investment round from Fireside Ventures, Investopad, P39 Capital and a syndicated group of angels, including Anupam Mittal (Shaadi.com founder), Pranay Jivrajka (Ola COO), Maninder Gulati (OYO Rooms chief of strategy), Abhinav Sinha (OYO Rooms COO) and top executives from ITC," it said i...