- Elearning Startup Toppr Raises $6.92 Mn Series B Funding From SAIF Partners, Helion, FIL Mumbai-based personalised elearning solutions provider and online test preparation platform, Toppr has raised $6.92 Mn (INR 45 Cr) in its Series B funding, led by its existing investors SAIF Partners, Helion Ventures, and FIL Capital Management. So far, Toppr has raised a total of $12 Mn funding. Last year in May, Toppr had raised about […]
- Nandan Nilekani, Sanjeev Aggarwal Launch $100 Mn VC Fund – Fundamentum Partnership Former Infosys CEO, Nandan Nilekani and Helion Ventures founder Sanjeev Aggarwal have joined forces to launch a new scale up platform – the Fundamentum Partnership. Fundamentum will have an initial corpus of $100 Mn which can be extended to $200 Mn in future. With this move, Sanjeev Aggarwal will continue to operate Helion Ventures along with […]
- Fashion Discovery Platform Wooplr Raises $8 Mn Series B Funding From Sistema Asia Fund, Others Bengaluru-based fashion discovery app Wooplr has raised $8 Mn in Series B round of funding from Sistema Asia fund, a proprietary fund floated by Sistema JSFC. Helion Ventures and Amereus Group also participated in this round. Dhruv Kapoor, Managing Director – Sistema Asia Fund (SAF) Advisory said “SAF’s philosophy is to back established or emerging […]
- How Seclore Is Leveraging Artificial And Human Intelligence To Secure Multibillion Dollar Security Space Vishal Gupta’s entrepreneurial journey is unique and ubiquitous all at the same time – it began with engineering. He was a fourth-year engineering student at IIT Bombay and for the last year project, he was part of a team that wrote the IP (intellectual property) for Seclore – the startup associated with security and information […]
- Ecommerce Portal GoZefo Raises $6 Mn From Sequoia India, Others Bengaluru-based ecommerce portal for second-hand and factory seconds goods GoZefo, run by Zero Effort Technologies Pvt. Ltd, has raised about $6 Mn (INR 40 Cr) in a funding round led by Sequoia India. BEENEXT and existing investor Helion Ventures also participated in the round. With this move Abheek Anand, Principal Partner, Sequoia Capital India Advisors, […]
- BigBasket Fills Its Basket With $150 Mn From Abraaj Group & Others Bangalore-based online grocer BigBasket has raised $150 Mn in funding led by UAE-based private equity investor Abraaj Group. Online grocer’s existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Helion Advisors, Zodius Capital and Ascent Capital along with new investors International Finance Corp and Sands Capital also participated in the round. In a statement, Abraaj Group said that the […]
- Online Fashion Retailer YepMe Reportedly Raises $75 Mn From Malaysia’s Khazanah Gurgaon-based online fashion retailer, YepMe, has raised $75 Mn in a funding round led by Malaysian state fund Khazanah Nasional Berhad, states Reuters. Existing investor Helion also participated in this round of funding. Launched in August 2010 by Vivek Gaur, Sandeep Sharma and Anand Jadhav, YepMe, is an online fashion brand which makes its own […]
- Home Design & Decor Startup, LivSpace, Raises $8 Mn From Jungle Ventures, Helion & Bessemer Bangalore-based home design & decor startup, LivSpace has raised $8 Mn in an internal round of funding led by its existing investors Helion Ventures, Jungle Ventures & Bessemer Venture Partners. The round also saw participation from prominent angels, including Gokul Rajaram, who had recently joined the company as a special advisor. Livspace is a end-to-end home design and […]
- Home Services Platform Doormint Raises $3 Mn Series A Funding From Helion & Kalaari Mumbai based home services platform Doormint has raised $3 Mn as a part of the series A funding led by Helion Venture partners along with Kalaari Capital. The fresh round of funding comes after the company was seed funded by Powai Lake Ventures in April this year. The company claims that it will be channelizing the […]
- ELearning Startup Simplilearn Is Training 20,000 Users Every Month, Gets $15 Mn Series C From MayField & Existing Investors Bangalore-based online professional certification platform Simplilearn has concluded $15 Mn Series C round of funding led by Mayfield Fund, with existing investors Kalaari Capital and Helion Venture Partners also participating in the round. Simplilearn has raised a total of $27 Mn from investors so far, previously it had raised $10 Mn in Series B funding from Helion Venture […]
- Funding Galore: Startup Fundings Of The Week [13 April – 18 April] One of the biggest announcement came from Ola this week, the cab hailing app raised over $400 Mn in Series E round led by DST Global with participation from GIC, Falcon Edge Capital and existing investors SoftBank Group, Tiger Global, Steadview Capital and Accel Partners US. This week, 15 startups raised about $517 Mn in […]
- Bangalore Based Wooplr Raises $5 Mn From Helion Ventures Bangalore-based hyper-local discovery platform Wooplr has raised over $5 Mn in a round led by venture capital firm Helion Ventures. The funds will be used to expand its team and presence. Wooplr was founded in 2011 by four ex-McAfee employees Praveen Rajaretnam, Arjun Zacharia, Soumen Sarkar and Ankit Sabharwal. It is a platform which connects […]