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Looking for funding? Here are the 10 most active investors in India

Looking for funding? Here are the 10 most active investors in India

India is on track for a return to record funding this year, after a steep fall in 2016. Here are 10 investors in India most likely to fund your startup.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 5 min read
Cubeit lets you use 30 apps at once. Accel, Helion are helping.

Cubeit lets you use 30 apps at once. Accel, Helion are helping.

Imagine a digital shelf that talks to all your other phone apps and saves you from clicking multiple links.
Nivedita Bhattacharjee · · 5 min read
Here are the 7 most active investors in India this year

Here are the 7 most active investors in India this year

Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, and Accel Partners lead the pack. Make a guess who the others are before you dive into the article to find out.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 4 min read
Indian analytics, global clients: Axtria straddles two worlds to offer ‘everything as a service’

Indian analytics, global clients: Axtria straddles two worlds to offer ‘everything as a service’

It’s a boom time for analytics with companies in every industry trying to improve their customer focus with smarter metrics and faster responses. Analytics services is a $20+ billion market.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min read

This Indian train travel app helps you travel smart, raises funding to go places

RailYatri raised an undisclosed pre-series A funding led by Helion Venture Partners along with Omidyar Network.
Rahul Raj · · 3 min read

The drama continues: Housing CEO withdraws resignation, apologizes for his comments

Rahul Yadav who had called his investors “intellectually incapable” in his resignation, has now apologized to the investors.
Nikita Peer · · 2 min read

Indian online IT certification startup Simplilearn raises $15M funding

India-based Simplilearn, an online education startup for professionals seeking IT certifications, has secured $15M in series C funding led by Mayfield.
Paul Bischoff · · 2 min read

Whatfix makes it easy to create interactive how-to guides. I made one in minutes

An old adage of teaching is not to tell someone how to do something, but to show them. Whatfix is a cloud-based tool that makes it easy for anyone to do that.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 3 min read

Helion, Kae love this dating app <em>TrulyMadly</em> enough to invest $5.6 million

Engagement metrics of the app convince investors that online dating is going mainstream in India.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read

Big taxi shakeup in India: Ola completes $200M acquisition of TaxiForSure

Uber put Ola and other local on-demand taxi services in India under intense pressure in a price war after entering India in 2013. TaxiForSure found it hard to keep up, so a merger works out better for both the local apps.
Malavika Velayanikal · · 2 min read