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13 July, 2020

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 ......

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05 May, 2020

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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30 April, 2020

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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20 April, 2020

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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08 April, 2020

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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24 March, 2020

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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13 March, 2020

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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24 February, 2020

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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31 January, 2020

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 ......

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10 January, 2020

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 ......