- Movers And Shakers Of The Week [12–17 March 2018] We bring to you the latest dope of movers and shakers in the Indian startup ecosystem. Aparna Mahesh Joins BankBazaar As CMO Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has appointed Aparna Mahesh as the Chief Marketing Officer. With an experience of two decades, Mahesh joins after her stint as CMO at FreshMenu. Prior to that, she headed […]
- VC Firm 3one4 Capital Announces Second Fund With An Initial Corpus Of $39 Mn Early stage VC firm 3one4 Capital has announced the launch of its Fund II with an initial corpus of $39 Mn (INR 250 Cr). The fund had an initial target corpus of $23.5 Mn (INR 150 Cr) that was fully subscribed within a quarter of the fundraise, which was initiated in 2017. Now with an […]
- Startups Come Together To Form India’s First Association Of P2P Lending Platforms Just over three months after the RBI released the official guidelines for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) engaged in P2P lending, the country’s peer-to-peer lending platforms have come together to form the Association of P2P Lending Platforms. The first-of-its-kind association will act as a representative for its members as well as the country’s P2P lending industry. Furthermore, […]
- Startup Watchlist: 9 Fintech Startups To Watch Out For In 2018 This article is part of Inc42’s Startup Watchlist annual series where we list the top startups to watch for 2018 from industries like Blockchain, Logistics, Fintech etc. Explore all the stories from ‘Startup Watchlist’ series here. “Digital technology provides a low-cost way for people in developing countries to send money to each other, buy and […]
- Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding Of The Week [18-23 Dec] We bring to you the latest edition Funding Galore: Indian Startup Funding of the week. This week 19 Indian startups raised about $41 Mn in funding altogether in the Indian startup ecosystem. Besides a large number of startups securing funding, four major acquisitions also took place in the Indian startup ecosystem this week. (The startup […]
- P2P Lending Startup Faircent Raises $3.9 Mn In Series B Funding Gurugram-based P2P lending startup Faircent has closed $3.9 Mn in a Series B round of funding. Investors participating in this latest funding round include Incofin Investment Management and Faircent’ts existing investors JM Financial, 3one4 Capital, M&S Partners Pte Ltd and Aarin Capital. The round also saw the participation of Muthoot Fincorp, Elevate Innovation Partners, Das […]
- UAE Hosts First Startup India Summit – Opens Gates for Indian Startups In Middle East India is the third-largest startup ecosystem in the world. It is climbing up to become number two by leading in tech innovation, to reach the next 6 Bn users. The ecosystem is looking to spread its wings far and wide and one such place it’s looking at is the Middle East. Earlier this week, the embassy […]
- $1.77 Bn In 158 Deals: Indian Fintech Market Report 2014-2016 Disruption is a word used way too lightly in the world of startups today. It is hard to imagine every other company “drastically altering or destroying the structure of…” any industry. However, in the Indian landscape, a particular sector has truly redefined the established order. The financial sector was previously run by age-old organisations working, […]
- From Hong Kong To India: P2P Lending Marketplace Monexo Wants To Make Getting Loans A Paperless Process “My father wanted to grow his business back in the 1980s by raising debt. And I would see him go from bank to bank, carrying three suitcases with him to apply for a simple loan.” That childhood experience impacted Mukesh Bubna’s lifelong relationship with banking and debt. As luck would have it, he decided to […]
- Movers And Shakers Of The Week [12 September – 17 September] Let’s take a look at the important movers and shakers of the week. Narendra Bhandari Joins Kratos Advisory Board Developer evangelist, Narendra Bhandari has joined the Advisory Board of Kratos, a mobile adtech startup based out of Bengaluru. In his new role, he will advise the company on its product, technology as well as business […]
- Banks, Government And Startups: The Holy Trinity Of India’s Fintech Revolution While watching your favourite programme on television, you might have come across the latest Indusind Bank advert featuring Boman Irani (Bobby uncle) always trying to one up his neighbour, Farhan Akhtar (playing himself). This time, they’re comparing banking services and Farhan comes up trumps when he displays Indusind bank’s new Fingerprint Banking system that replaces […]
- Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [8 August – 13 August] Fidelity Rutland Square Trust II fund marked-up the valuation of its Flipkart shares marginally by nearly 3%, while the US-based fund Valic did it by 10%. The current mark-up now puts Flipkart’s valuation at around $11.55 Bn, as compared to $10.5 Bn earlier. This week 15 startups raised about $42 Mn in funding altogether. (The […]