Startup India
News from April 2017
- India: Junga FreshnGreen hydroponic agtech startup lands $1.1M
- India: 20 startups chosen for 5th batch of Axilor Ventures accelerator
- India: Innefu Labs AI cybersecurity startup lands $2M
- India: CogniCor AI & VA startup enters SixThirty accelerator, gains $100K backing
- India: SIFTR Labs AI photography curation platform acquired
- India: Whodat augmented reality startup lands $600K
- India: Awfis shared workspaces startup lands $20M from Sequoia India
- India: The Office Pass coworking startup lands $245K
- India: Qwikcilver aims for gift card market worth $4BN
- India: Wooplr fashion discovery platform lands funding
- India: A look at Loyalie, helping businesses acquire & retain customers
- India: Flipkart e-commerce platform backed in $1.4BN funding round
- India: advantEdge Partners selects 2 startups for 6-month incubation
- India: Myly edtech startup raises $310K from Small Industries Dev Bank
- India: Eruditus edtech startup lands $8.16M for major expansion
- India: Byju’s education-tech startup raises $30M
- India: Shell to invest in clean-tech, mobility startups; accelerator to launch
- India: LetsVenture joins with Facebook for women-founded startups boost
- India: A look at 72 startups in lending, payments, insurance, banking
- India: Japan’s Nomura opens fintech accelerator, collaboration platform
- Indian fintech market likely to double to $2.4BN by 2020
- India: Perfios fintech lands $6.1M for expansion in SEA and beyond
- India: Razorpay fintech prepares for country-wide and regional growth
- India: WhatsApp considers foray into digital payments space
- India: WhatsApp reportedly to launch Indian p2p payments inside 6 months
- India: Microfinance lender Spandana Sphoorty raises $270M
- India: Perfios data-driven fintech raises $6.1M
- India: Mech Mocha mobile gaming startup lands $5M
- India: Mech Mocha gaming startup lands $3.8M
- India: Smart India Hackathon Grand Finale to run across 26 locations
- India: HackerEarth lands $4.5M for tech hiring service growth
- India: Badiyajobs, Cutting Chai selected for Facebook FbStart program
- India: IoTrek industrial IoT startup lands $154K
- India: Tyre Express IoT startup gains funds for realtime fleet operator monitoring
- India: Grameenphone Accelerator selects 6 startups from 600 applications
- India: Gov’t extends IP protection scheme for startups to 2020
- India: Trukky intercity truck aggregator raises $500K
- India: Mswipe mobile payments services provider set to raise near $40M
- India: PharmEasy drug delivery platform gains another $2M
- India: A look at CrediHealth, aiming to find medical care at fair prices
- India: Paytm digital wallet firm backs health-tech startup QorQL
- India: Konsult medtech startup raises $500K
- India: Klinic App health-tech startup lands seed funding
- India: FastFox home rental startup raises $4.65M
- India: Nat’l Entrepreneurship Network to set Indore, Bhopal as entrepreneur hubs
- India: IntelleGrow aims to raise new $20M SME-focused debt fund
- India: A look at GenNext Hub and startups from the Winter 2016 cohort
- A look at Nestlé India’s aims to work with startups on business, brand challenges
- India: A look at 50 startup incubators and accelerators
- India: Future Group to set $15M broad tech accelerator fund
- India: DistancesBetween travel startup partners Skyscanner
- India: Idein Ventures set to invest $6M in seed-stage startups
- India: Ventureast VC firm aims to close 6th fund at $150M
- India: Aavishkaar Bharat Fund gains $15.5M to focus on society’s underserved
- India: Absentia VR raises 1.2M for content creation platform
