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TVF Raises $6 Million In a Fresh Funding Round
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TVF Raises $6 Million In a Fresh Funding Round

One of the most Popular over-the-top (OTT) platforms, The Viral Fever (TVF) has raised $6 million (nearly 41 crores) in a fresh funding round from the investor Tiger Global. TVF raised the fresh capital at an estimated post-money valuation of around $40 million. The company had raised $10 million from Tiger Global at a valuation of $61 million, in February 2016. TVF has raised more than $20 million in external funding as of now, which includes a $4.97 million investment from Tiger Global in July 2017. According to the reports, the money was raised at a post-money valuation of around Rs 216 crore ($31 million at current exchange rates).   Amongst its different YouTube channels, it consists of an estimated collective subscriber base which is close to - 10 million with The...
Online Videos Creator The Viral Fever Raises $10 million Funding
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Online Videos Creator The Viral Fever Raises $10 million Funding

Tiger Global another investment in India and, this time, they invested $10 million (Rs.65.6 crore) in India's popular online video content creator The Viral Fever (TVF) also known as Qtiyapa. As per the report, Tiger Global has picked up close to 25% stake in the firm valuing it at around Rs.270 crore. The Viral Fever aka Qtiyapa was set up by IIT graduate Arunabh Kumar in 2010. He was later joined by Amit Golani and Biswapati Sarkar. For Tiger Global, this is the second investment in the online video content space. In 2015, Tiger, along with venture capital fund Zodius Capital, invested $18 million in Culture Machine, which runs the Being Indian and several other YouTube channels. READ: Podcast with Arunabh kumar (The Q-tiyapa Guy) The American investor has stakes i...