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How social-impact investments shaped up in India last year
The number of social-impact investments in India dropped in 2019 and the deal value grew at a slower pace last ......
Finance
ChrysCapital-backed Varthana raises debt funding from US development bank
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has disbursed a loan of $15 million (about Rs 113.25 crore) to Bengaluru-based ......
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Tencent leads Series C funding in self-publishing startup Pratilipi
Nasadiya Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which operates vernacular self-publishing firm Pratilipi, has raised Rs 70.68 crore (approximately $9.4 million at current ......
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B2B agri-tech startup Bijak raises Series A funding
Bijak, a business-to-business agricultural-technology startup, has raised Rs 90.76 crore (nearly $12 million at current exchange rates) in its Series ......
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Vedantu pockets $13 mn in extended Series C round
Interactive online tutoring platform Vedantu Innovations Pvt. Ltd has secured $13 million (nearly Rs 99 crore) in an extended Series ......
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Omidyar to invest in projects, startups to tackle coronavirus
Omidyar Network India Advisors Pvt. Ltd, the domestic arm of the US-based impact investment firm, has committed $1 million (Rs ......
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WestBridge-backed Vistaar Financial to raise debt funding from FMO
FMO, the Netherlands’ development finance company, is looking to provide $30 million (Rs 221.7 crore at today’s exchange rate) in ......
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RailYatri gets funding from Samsung arm, others for bus ticketing platform
Stelling Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which operates train travel and ticketing platform RailYatri, has raised Rs 100 crore (about $13.88 million) ......
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Byju's backer Tencent leads Series A funding in ed-tech startup DoubtNut
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has struck its second bet in the educational technology segment in India by leading a ......
Finance
PE/VC exit returns in 2019 a tad below par but match top-performing mutual funds
A handful of private equity and venture capital firms in India may have struck gold by fully exiting their investments ......