Startup Funding & Investments

The growing bot traffic on the Internet has been a serious concern to online businesses and has resulted in significant losses in the last few years. Launched in March 2016, InfiSecure, a real-time bot detection and protection platform, has announced today that it has raised $600K in seed funding from IDG Ventures and Axilor Ventures. InfiSecure is a web security platform that helps companies detect and block online security threats. It also enables online businesses to fine-tune control over bot...

Gurgaon, 26th Oct,2016: iAugmentor, a technology-enabled learning platform, has invested in Volunteer4India, an online aggregator for brand sponsored Social causes, NGOs and student/youth/employee volunteers. Volunteer4India (V4I) harnesses the energy of new millennial volunteers through a technology (Web/Mobile App) enabled volunteering platform. It connects them to Corporates wishing to execute their cause marketing mandates, Colleges who wish to encourage their students to apply their academic knowledge on real-world challenges, and NGOs requiring operational and execution support for their projects &...

Every aspiring startup requires a good pitch to excel in the field of business. The fine tuning of a startup begins with the investors, as they are the angel who help in the upliftment of ideas, creativity and innovation. Well..!!! An investor has a very promising role in the journey of startup success. A startup entrepreneur reaches all the optimum heights to find and appeal an investor to invest in his project. And now this interesting relationship of the...

September 29, 2016 – Bangalore, India Unocoin, India’s Leading Bitcoin Company, Raises $1.5M Pre Series-A Round Saw Participation From Blume Ventures, ah! Ventures Along With Other Top Investors. Unocoin, a Bangalore based Bitcoin startup, has raised $1.5 million in a Pre Series-A round, the highest total raised for a digital currency venture in Indian history. Funding was sourced from well-known Indian entities such as Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angels and ah! Ventures along with prominent international investors such as Digital Currency Group, Boost VC, Bank...

Kalaage.net was launched in November 2014 and the model with publications came alive in September 2015. A networking platform connecting writers and publications - Kalaage raised an undisclosed seed investment from Rajasthan Angel Innovators Network (RAIN). “It gives me immense pleasure on behalf of RAIN to invest in path breaking ideas and enterprises. I feel Kalaage is one such idea and has a huge potential to not only grow but provide a unique platform to writers and publications”, said Mahavir Sharma,...

August 24, 2016 | New Delhi Shaadisaga, a Delhi based online wedding services marketplace, is taking the Indian wedding market by storm. This venture has recently closed an undisclosed amount of funding as a part of its Pre Series A round from ah! Ventures and other marquee investors. Industry stalwarts like Anupam Mittal (People Group), Kunal Shah & Sandeep Tandon (Freecharge.com), Dheeraj Jain (Redcliffe Capital), Rohit Chokhani (White Unicorn Ventures) along with other angel investors participated in this round.               Gone are...

Joolz, an online jewellery community and a marketplace that facilitates jewellery retail, has taken the Indian jewellery industry by storm. The enterprise has recently raised USD 500K funding as a part of its Pre Series A round from ah! Ventures and others. This current seed round was also led by Mahesh Ahuja - CEO, Brittman India, Sri Peddu - MD, Powerhouse Ventures, M&S Partners, Deepak Kasthwal -  ex- CFO, OLA Cabs, PKX Thomas - ex Technology Head, Cleartrip, Neha Shah and angel round by GSF Accelerator. Online jewellery in India...