AgroStar mops up Rs 24 crore from IDG Ventures, Aavishkaar Venture Management
AgroStar initially started by providing information on call to farmers, getting an initial traction of 100 calls a week.
Madhav Chanchani
Lightspeed raises Rs 865 crore in its maiden India fund
The VC firm, known for its early bet on ephemeral messaging app Snapchat, will be the first Silicon Valley-based investor to raise a country dedicated fund for India after 2008.
OneAssist raises Rs 50 crore from US co Assurant
The Mumbai-based startup stores specific information of registered consumers and blocks all transactions on their lost cards.
Zomato, TinyOwl and Swiggy in talks to raise about Rs 1,000 crore
US-based GrubHub, valued at $2.6 billion, was handling 234,700 orders a day, whereas Foodpanda, India’s largest online food delivery service, handles an estimated 30,000 orders daily.
Yuri Milner to invest $2 million in used-cars marketplace Zoomo
Milner has backed several other top Indian internet firms including Flipkart, Ola, Housing, Swiggy, Grofers and Practo in his personal capacity or through his investment firm DST Global.
After Alibaba Holdings, Tencent makes first investment in Indian firm
The company behind popular messaging app WeChat has been known as a fairly aggressive investor in startups both in China and overseas.
Power of ideas: Why venture capital investors should pay heed to 'liquidation preference'
Why are some of the world’s smartest investors willing to value companies with no revenue and huge losses at billions of dollars? They know they have nothing to lose.
Stayzilla in talks to raise Rs 385 crore to expand alternate stays category in India
The Chennai-based company is negotiating with private equity major Warburg Pincus and two other investors according to two people privy to developments.
Ritesh Agarwal's journey from being a SIM-seller to the helm of OYO Rooms
For Ritesh Agarwal, who left home in Odisha as a teenager to seek his fortune, carrying all his possessions wherever he went was second nature.
SoftBank invests Rs 630 crore in OYO Rooms
SoftBank has picked online aggregator of budget hotels OYO Rooms for its latest investment in India, by leading a Rs 630-crore funding round.
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