| Date | Title | Description |
| 06.11.2025 | VC firm VenturEast marks partial exit from SaaS company | Pro
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VenturEast, one of India’s oldest venture capital firms that has been investing in the country since 1997, has clocked a partial exit from a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company which it first invested in nearly seven ... |
| 20.08.2025 | Kissht Operator OnEMI Technology Files DRHP for INR 1,000 Cr IPO OnEMI Technology aims to allocate INR 750 crore from its fresh issue to strengthen subsidiary Si Creva's capital base and may also expl... | Mumbai-based OnEMI Technology Solutions, the operator of digital lending platform Kissht, has filed its Draft Red Herring Prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to raise funds through an Initial Public Offering.
The comp... |
| 12.08.2025 | India's Deeptech Ascent: Speciale Invest Secures Major Fund | Speciale Invest, an Indian deeptech venture capital firm, closed its Fund III at Rs 600 crore ($72.5 million), exceeding its Rs 500 crore target. This oversubscribed fund will back 18-20 early-stage deeptech startups. Investments focus on s... |
| 12.08.2025 | Speciale Investâs Fund III closes at Rs 600 crore; eyes investing in 18-20 deeptech startups | Synopsis
The new fund, which will invest in sovereign tech and globally scalable IP from India, will hand out cheques of Rs 7 to Rs 10 crore to startups in sectors such as AI, spacetech, climatetech, quantum systems, advanced manufacturing,... |
| 24.07.2025 | MoEngage is the only vendor recognized as a Customers' Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Customer for Email Marketing | SAN FRANCISCO, July 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, the world's leading customer engagement platform, is proud to announce its recognition as the only vendor named a Customers' Choice in the 2025 Gartner Peer Insights™ Voice of the Custo... |
| 21.04.2025 | Peepul Capital, Ventureast missing the mark in exit from legacy bets | Pro
Mid-market private equity firm Peepul Capital and venture capital firm Ventureast are exiting a company they each backed more than a decade ago, churning out more than two-fold gains on their respective investments but generating weak a... |
| 12.04.2025 | Navigating the Digital Landscape: The Power of Seamless Transitions and Robust Protection | In the fast-paced world of technology, change is the only constant. Businesses are always on the lookout for tools that enhance efficiency and security. Enter MoEngage and McAfee, two giants in their respective fields, offering solutions th... |
| 11.04.2025 | MoEngage Makes Migration Effortless with "MoUpgrade" | SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Upgrading to an advanced cross-channel customer engagement platform can often seem time-consuming, costly, and full of operational challenges. That's why MoEngage is redefining the migration exp... |
| 15.01.2025 | MoEngage's Email Benchmarks Report Reveals a Shift in Personalization Trends for 2025 | Analysis of 17.3 billion marketing emails reveals behavior-based emails can achieve up to 300.7x conversion rates compared to non-personalized emails
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, an insights-led cross-channel custo... |
| 06.12.2024 | Eight Roads Ventures, F-Prime investing $14 mn in Laurus Labs unit | Credit: 123RF.com
Indian pharmaceuticals company Laurus Labs Ltd said Friday it is raising equity investment for its biotech unit from global venture capital firm Eight Roads Ventures and its sister fund F-Prime Capital.
The drugmaker, list... |
| 19.11.2024 | MoEngage is a "Strong Performer" in Q4 2024 Analyst Report on Cross-Channel Marketing Hubs | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- MoEngage, the leading cross-channel customer engagement platform trusted by over 1,350 brands, has been recognized as a "Strong Performer" in The Forrester Wave™: Cross-Channel Marketin... |
| 27.08.2024 | Kae Capital Welcomes Abhishek Srivastava as General Partner, Promotes Gaurav Chaturvedi Abhishek Srivastava brings 20+ years of experience, including leadership roles at Endiya Partners and Ventureast... | Mumbai-based early-stage venture capital firm Kae Capital has bolstered its leadership team with significant appointments. Abhishek Srivastava has joined the firm as a General Partner, while Gaurav Chaturvedi, a key player at Kae Capital si... |
| 15.06.2022 | Partech’s Africa Fund II to receive $26 million investment from IFC | The World Bank’s private sector arm, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), wants to invest up to €25 million ($26.43) in Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II), a Paris-based venture capital firm.
In its disclosures, the IFC stated that it ... |
| 10.06.2022 | IFC set to invest $26M in Partech’s Africa Fund II | The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, plans to make an equity investment of up to €25 million ($26.43) into the Partech Africa Fund II (PAF II) by the Paris-based VC firm Partech. The IFC sai... |
| 04.02.2021 | IFC proposes to invest $10m in Nepal-focused Dolma Impact Fund II | Premium
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is proposing an investment of up to $10 million in Dolma Impact Fund II, the Nepal-focused Dolma Fund Management’s second private equity vehicle, accordi... |
| 10.08.2020 | IFC invests $10 million in Endiya Partners Fund II; to support product start-ups, drive innovation | Endiya’s current portfolio includes Darwinbox, Steradian Semiconductors, Kissht, SigTuple, Myelin Foundry
Endiya Fund II has received a commitment of ₹75 crore ($10 million approximately) from International Finance Corporation (IFC), a memb... |
| 06.10.2016 | Ventureast raises $85 million to invest in tech start-ups | The firm will raise another $65 million as part of the sixth fund by end of March 2017, said Sarath Naru, managing partner of Ventureast. The firm has been on the road to raise funds for the last 18 months. Ventureast raises $85 million to ... |
| 05.10.2016 | Ventureast raises $83 million to mark the first close of tech fund | Early stage investor Ventureast Fund Advisors India Ltd has achieved the first close of its sixth fund—Ventureast Proactive Fund II (VPF2), a top company executive told VCCircle.
Sarath Naru, managing partner of Ventureast, said that the fi... |
| 27.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 27, 2016 | Peter Thiel led investment in Vivint; Seclore raised $12M Series B; IMMUNIO secured Series A funding
wineOwine, a Rome, Italy-based wine ecommerce startup, raised €800,000 (approximately $905,000) in venture capital funding. Backers include... |
| 08.02.2016 | India: Hansel.io gets funding led by Endiya Partners via TracxnSyndicate | Premium
Mobile development tool kit startup, Hansel.io, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Endiya Partners, a newly floated fund by Sateesh Andhra (previously VentureEast and DFJ India), through TracxnSyndicate, the company sa... |
| 21.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 21, 2015 | Deciphera bagged $75M; Portea raised $37.5M; Just Biotherapeutics secured $15M
BidFlyer, an Israeli startup that is a white-label platform for airlines, has raised $1 million in funding for its business model, which involves putting small b... |
| 18.02.2015 | Ventureast raising up to $200M for technology-focused fund, aims to close in 3-months | Ventureast Fund Advisors India Ltd is close to raising $150-200 million for its fourth fund Ventureast Proactive, a technology-focused fund, according to a Mint report citing a top company executive.
"We expect this fund to close faste... |
| 07.01.2014 | Indian Startup Little Eye Labs Confirms Its Acquisition By Facebook, Deal Worth $10-$15M | Last month, we reported that Facebook was planning to buy Little Eye Labs, an Indian startup that makes a software tool for analyzing the performance of Android apps. Now the Bangalore-based company has confirmed its acquisition by the soci... |
| 20.12.2013 | Facebook Eyeing Up A $10-$15M Acquisition Of India’s Little Eye Labs | We now have more details on Facebook’s plans to acquire Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs, an Indian startup whose primary product is a software tool for analyzing Android apps’ performance. Multiple sources have told us that the two companie... |
| 24.04.2013 | Seclore Raises Funding | Seclore, a Mumbai, India-based developer of solutions for information usage control, received an investment of undisclosed amount.
Backers included Helion Venture Partners and Ventureast Proactive.
Led by Vishal Gupta (CEO) and Abhijit Tann... |
| 25.01.2012 | Canada’s Sarona Asset Management Invests $2M In VenturEast Fund | Canada’s Sarona Asset Management has made fresh commitments into three funds – India’s VenturEast Fund III LP and two global financial services funds.
Sarona Frontier Markets Fund I LP has allocated $2 million to VenturEast Fund III LP, a p... |
| - | Indian Startup Hubs: Bangalore Ecosystem Builders That You Should Know About | As a part of our series Indian startup Hubs, we have covered some of the amazing startups from the Bangalore startup community. This time we bring you the list of people/organisations who are behind the amazing Bangalore startup ecosystem.A... |
| - | The 17 VC Funds That SIDBI Is Investing $96.5 Mn In | The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the establishment $1.4 Bn (INR 10, 000 Cr) corpus of ‘Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in June 2016. This fund was sanctioned... |
| - | Decoding The Government’s INR 10,000 Cr Fund Of Funds For Startups | The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the establishment of the “Fund of Funds for Startups” (FFS) by the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in June 2016. This fund was sanctioned for contribution to variou... |
