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People

11 August, 2017

Former Akamai exec Sidharth Malik joins Freshworks as chief revenue officer

Cloud-based customer engagement platform Freshworks, which was formerly known as Freshdesk, has appointed Sidharth Malik as chief revenue officer.Malik will ......

TMT

10 August, 2017

Accel Partners may sell part of Flipkart stake to SoftBank

Flipkart's earliest backer Accel Partners, along with key investor Tiger Global, may partially offload its holdings to Japan's SoftBank Group ......

TMT

10 August, 2017

Flipkart raises $2.4 bn from SoftBank Vision Fund

In what is being dubbed as the biggest-ever private investment in an Indian technology company, Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is ......

Healthcare

28 July, 2017

Portea in advanced talks to raise Series C funding

Health Vista India Pvt. Ltd, which provides home healthcare services under the Portea Medical brand, is in advanced talks to ......

Finance

28 July, 2017

SAIF Partners raises $350 mn for new fund

Venture capital and growth equity investment firm SAIF Advisors Pvt. Ltd has raised $350 million (Rs 2,247 crore) for a ......

TMT

26 July, 2017

Naspers-backed Swiggy battles allegations of fudging, deceit

A group of four people claiming to be former and current employees of Swiggy.com has accused the food ordering startup ......

TMT

26 July, 2017

Goldman Sachs leads $25 mn round in budget hotel aggregator FabHotels

Gurgaon-based Casa2 Stays Pvt. Ltd, which operates budget hotel aggregator FabHotels, has raised $25 million (Rs 161 crore) in a ......

TMT

19 July, 2017

Health-tech startup CureFit acquires yoga brand a1000yoga

Healthtech startup Curefit Healthcare Pvt. Ltd has acquired Bengaluru-based yoga chain a1000yoga for an undisclosed amount, the company said.CureFit will ......

TMT

19 July, 2017

Online rental marketplace RentoMojo raises $10 mn from Bain Capital, others

Bangalore-based Edunetwork Pvt Ltd, which operates online rental marketplace for furniture, home appliances and bikes RentoMojo, has raised $10 million ......

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Finance

18 July, 2017

Blume edges past Sequoia, Accel, Beenext to become most active VC firm

Seed-stage venture capital firm Blume Ventures has overtaken Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners as the most prolific backer of startups ......