Q2 2016
Startup News Asia
India
- Japan’s Adways pockets Indian rewards-for-engagement platform
- India’s Machadalo aiming to bring hyperlocal to adtech
- Bangalore opens India’s first startup hostel
- India’s online lingerie retailer PrettySecrets raises $6.13m
- India’s edtech startup Uolo lands seed funding
- India’s ExtraaEdge edu-tech startup lands seed funding
- India’s edtech startup Cuemath raises $4m
- Edugild accelerator signs MoU to support India’s edtech startups
- Hyderabad-based edtech GreyCampus raises $1m angel funding
- Online fashion startup 6Degree raises $200K from Indian Angel Network
- India’s fashion ecommerce platform CoutLoot lands funding
- Limeroad, Indian online fashion retailer, enters menswear market
- India: Voonik fashion app’s parent acquires 3 startups
- Jaipur’s crowdfund startup Dreamwallets lands funding
- Bangladesh-based payment startup CloudWell raises $2m
- India’s peer-to-peer lending portal i2ifunding raises lands funding
- India: LendingKart raises $32m for SME credit-on-demand
- EarlySalary aims at India’s short-notice loans market
- India’s fintech startup Celerix lands $400K
- India: seedstars Bangalore set for June 25th
- India’s HealthifyMe health and fitness app lands funding
- India: wind turbine startup powers households for same cost as an iPhone
- 4 Indian medtech startups with cancer in their sights
- India: startups target patients in rural areas with health ATMs
- India: HealthQuad fund launched to invest in healthcare startups
- YourDost aims to fill a gap in India’s mental health system
- How Qualcomm India is backing tech hardware startups
- Swiss Re ‘InsurTech’ accelerator in India to select 5 startups
- India: Funding increases for IoT startups; 13 deals in Q1
- IOT and IIOT: A look at GE’s Predix and Flutura’s Cerebra
- India: FarEye lands $3.5M to improve e-commerce logistics
- Mobile accounts for rising share of ad spend in India
- India: Online jewelry startup Velvetcase raises close to $2m
- Global Mobile App Summit Awards: 2 days in Bengaluru, July
- India’s TaleHunt aims to be the Twitter of very short stories
- Andhra Pradesh signs MoU with NASSCOM to encourage startups
- A look at Make In India and Startup India
- TapChief wins SeedStars Bangalore Edition
- State Bank of India floats $30m fund to support fintech startups
- Indian media startup SillyMonks lands funding
- 6 Indian startups selected for Google Launchpad’s 2nd batch
- India to host US govt’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit in 2017
- India: Mobikon buys restaurant online marketing platform MassBlurb
- How Jaarvis Accelerator aims to shape India’s startup ecosystem
- 16 of India’s startups serving the solo consumer
- India: SAP Labs launches startup accelerator in Bengaluru
- India: Wellness startup Gomalon raises 2nd round of funding
- India’s BHIVE Workspace raises $1m
- India’s Unacademy lands $500k funding
- Small Industries Dev Bank of India sanctions funding to 30 venture funds
- New $190m seed fund eyes India and Indonesia
- Cygni Energy the first firm to benefit from Start-Up India
- India’s bus ticket site Travelyaari raises $3m
- An advance look at the Kerala edition of Techcircle Startup Tour
- India’s budget hotel aggregator FabHotels raises $8m
- India: IDG Ventures raises $150m for $200m 3rd fund
- India’s fitness startup BookYourGame gains funding
- India: Naturenama, Dipper and Onspon land funding
- Kerala’s MUrgency wins 3rd annual Challenge Cup 2016
- Facebook co-founder’s VC firm raises $143.6m, looking at SEA, India
- India: Aarambh Ventures launches broad-focus tech accelerator
- India’s Sixth Sense Ventures closes debut fund at $18m
- Agic Capital to close $1B fund for hi-tech startups in India, SEA
- Kalaari accelerator invests $500k in cloud security startup Parablu
- India: Real estate startup Kabadiexpress, Drivify chauffeur app gain funds
- Indian Angel Network backs AI research startup Staqu
- Agic Capital to close $1b fund, may invest in hi-tech firms in India, SEA
- India: ah! Ventures eyes 15 investments in 2016
- India’s TurningIdeas floats angel network to back tech startups
- India: Venture debt firm IntelleGrow raises $20m in equity and debt
- Moscow’s Phystech Ventures’ 2nd fund to grow, may invest more in SEA, India
- Unicorn India aims for $15m for maiden fund’s 2nd close by next month
- Digital ad spending in India to surpass $1Billion in 2017
- Digital ad spending in India set to surpass $1bn next year
- India’s Impact Guru lands funding from RB Investments, Fundnel
- 2 Indian startups have SE Asia in sight for ecommerce, transportation niches
- Malaysia: US$16M invested in StoreKing for ecommerce to India’s rural areas
- India’s new payments banks seek global talent to steer ops
- India’s audacious plan to bring digital banking to 1.2bn people
- Alibaba-backed UCWeb launches $20m fund for gaming startups
- Indee gives indie filmmakers tech tools usually reserved for big budgets
- Re-insurer firm Swiss Re launches India startup accelerator
- India: Healthcare startup Imedilane, edtech firm Vahan raise funds
- India: Medtech platform Dr Bean onboards 4k doctors, 10k users in 6 months
- India: SaaS companies now making over $1m annually
- Startup Leadership Programme: India, Europe, Australia, Asia & the US
- India’s WedWise gains funding from StartUp Equity Partners
- Indian gov’t looking to boost domestic startup funding
- India’s Kalaari Capital accelerator Kstart puts $500K each in 3 startups
- India: Knowlarity Comm’s acquires customer engagement startup Smartwards
- Scheme for assistance to startups & innovations launches in Gujarat
- Hyderabad to host Asia’s biggest startup conclave, Impact Charter
- Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital announce $50m India-focused fund
- India to set up world’s largest startup incubation facility
- IIIT-Hyderabad establishes accelerator for AI and deep tech
- A look back at the recent Lufthansa Startup Expo held in India
- HyperTrack: A start-up to track people and products
- India: Target accelerator’s new startups – AI, AR, IoT
- 4 of India’s startups: home services, food, cars, and beauty
- India: 15-25 consumer tech startups on IDG Ventures’s radar
- Mumbai’s Seclore tech startup raises $12 million from Sistema Asia Fund
- Blue Box co-founder buys India-based online incubation platform Startify
- Online travel industry may give insight into India and China
- India: early-stage YourNest Angel Fund gears up for 2nd fund
- Meraki’s success proves virtual reality is here and now in India
- Amazon India ties up with Storeking for offline push
- Erotic ecommerce gaining steam in India
- Goldman Sachs unit looks to invest in Indian fintech startups
- Mumbai’s TranServ hires former MasterCard, MobiKwik execs
- India and China at two ends of foodtech funding spectrum
- Australian Pollinate Energy startup aidng India’s poor
- Enterprise Monkey heads to India with Australian Sports Tech trade mission
- AP exec on cultural differences between Australian and Asian companies
- A look at 10 travel startups in Asia
- UC Capital, Indo-European investment firm, launches $171m Europe-focused fund
