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Online gold loan platform Rupeek gets $6.8 mn from Accel, Sequoia

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09 February, 2018

Online gold loan platform Rupeek gets $6.8 mn from Accel, Sequoia

Bengaluru-based Rupeek, which operates an online marketplace for gold loans, has raised $6.83 million (Rs 44 crore) in a fresh ......

With Ola alighting, is it the end of the road for bus aggregators?

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09 February, 2018

With Ola alighting, is it the end of the road for bus aggregators?

Here is Ola's recent activity in a nutshell: it raised more than $1 billion, acquired a food delivery platform and ......

World's largest esports firm ESL backs Nazara ahead of IPO

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08 February, 2018

World's largest esports firm ESL backs Nazara ahead of IPO

German esports firm Turtle Entertainment GmBH, which operates the world’s largest e-sports company ESL (Electronic Sports League), has picked up ......

Cloud-based enterprise tech firm Icertis ​raises $50 mn in Series D round

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08 February, 2018

Cloud-based enterprise tech firm Icertis ​raises $50 mn in Series D round

Cloud enterprise software startup Icertis Inc, which is led by IT industry veteran Samir Bodas, has secured $50 million (Rs ......

New and existing investors to back logistics startup LetsTransport

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07 February, 2018

New and existing investors to back logistics startup LetsTransport

Bengaluru-based Diptab Ventures Pvt. Ltd, which operates tech-enabled logistics marketplace for intra-city deliveries LetsTransport, is raising a fresh funding round ......

Piramal-backed Montane Ventures invests in healthcare startup healthi.in

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06 February, 2018

Piramal-backed Montane Ventures invests in healthcare startup healthi.in

The parent company of healthi.in, an online platform which offers customised and technology-backed preventive health checkup packages, has raised $3.1 million ......

Deutsche Post DHL backs logistics management startup FarEye

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06 February, 2018

Deutsche Post DHL backs logistics management startup FarEye

Delhi-based RoboticWares Pvt. Ltd, which runs logistics management startup FarEye, has raised Rs 61.53 crore ($9.56 million) in a fresh ......

Favoured Alibaba's strategic investment over Amazon's buyout: BigBasket's Menon

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05 February, 2018

Favoured Alibaba's strategic investment over Amazon's buyout: BigBasket's Menon

Online grocer BigBasket is barely $50 million away from becoming a unicorn after Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba led a $300-million ......

Unitus leads funding round in B2B e-commerce platform Shotang

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05 February, 2018

Unitus leads funding round in B2B e-commerce platform Shotang

Bangalore-based Sabonka Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs business-to-business e-commerce platform Shotang, has raised an additional Rs 5.5 crore ($864,000) from ......

ICICI Bank to pick up minority stake in biometric payment startup Tapits

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02 February, 2018

ICICI Bank to pick up minority stake in biometric payment startup Tapits

ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector lender, is investing in Mumbai-headquartered mobile payments startup Tapits Technologies Pvt. Ltd.In a ......