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Franklin Templeton-backed fintech firm Deal4Loans rebrands to Wishfin, eyes M&A

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15 March, 2017

Franklin Templeton-backed fintech firm Deal4Loans rebrands to Wishfin, eyes M&A

Lending marketplace Deal4Loans, run by Noida-based Mywish Marketplaces Pvt. Ltd, has rebranded to Wishfin as the company looks to bring ......

US-based Tricolor Cleantech Capital to invest up to $5 mn in JanaJal

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15 March, 2017

US-based Tricolor Cleantech Capital to invest up to $5 mn in JanaJal

US-based social impact fund Tricolor Clean Capital has committed to invest up to $5 million (around Rs 33 crore) into ......

Flipkart appoints commerce platform finance head as CFO

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14 March, 2017

Flipkart appoints commerce platform finance head as CFO

Homegrown e-commerce major Flipkart has elevated Sriram Venkataraman, the chief financial officer of its commerce platform as the company’s finance ......

Karnataka govt announces $1.5 mn fund for women entrepreneurs

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10 March, 2017

Karnataka govt announces $1.5 mn fund for women entrepreneurs

In a move that would give a fillip to entrepreneurship among women, the Karnataka government announced a $1.5 million (Rs ......

Ideaspring makes its second bet on enterprise networking startup Lavelle Networks

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10 March, 2017

Ideaspring makes its second bet on enterprise networking startup Lavelle Networks

Bangalore-based early stage venture fund Ideaspring Capital has invested $600,000 (Rs 4 crore) in enterprise networking startup Lavelle Networks Pvt ......

AI, B2B dominate startup shortlist for Microsoft Accelerator's 10th batch

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09 March, 2017

AI, B2B dominate startup shortlist for Microsoft Accelerator's 10th batch

Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and business-to-business (B2B) are the dominant themes in the final shortlist to Microsoft’s tenth accelerator ......

Flipkart's Ashish Gupta joins US startup as India engineering head

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08 March, 2017

Flipkart's Ashish Gupta joins US startup as India engineering head

Former vice president of engineering at Flipkart Ashish Gupta, who quit the Indian e-commerce major in February this year, has ......

Mental health platform Juno Clinic bags $1.2 mn from Hexaware, Zodius Capital founders

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08 March, 2017

Mental health platform Juno Clinic bags $1.2 mn from Hexaware, Zodius Capital founders

Mumbai-based Davman Technologies Pvt Ltd, which operates Juno Clinic, an online and offline mental health startup, has raised $1.2 million ......

IDG Ventures, Dell Foundation back logistics marketplace Blowhorn

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07 March, 2017

IDG Ventures, Dell Foundation back logistics marketplace Blowhorn

Bangalore-based Catbus Infolabs Pvt. Ltd, which operates intra-city logistics startup Blowhorn, has raised Rs 25 crore ($3.65 million) in Series ......

Accel Partners leads $10 mn Series B round in AgroStar

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07 March, 2017

Accel Partners leads $10 mn Series B round in AgroStar

Pune-based ULink AgriTech Pvt. Ltd, which operates direct-to-farmer mobile-based retail platform AgroStar, has raised $10 million (around Rs 66.6 crore) ......