Archive for the ‘funding’ tag.
Pune Startup YourNextLeap.com get Series A Funding
Pune based startup, YourNextLeap.com, whom we covered last November as a company to watch, has just announced that they have received Series A funding from Nirvana Venture Advisors. YourNextLeap is a website targeting students and provides guidance on what university they can/should apply to after engineering, or after 12th std. They have online tools like [...]
News of Druva’s funding was inaccurate and premature
On Friday, based on an Economic Times report, we reported that Pune-based enterprise backup software provider Druva has received $10 million in funding from Nexus VP. Unfortunately this news appears to be inaccurate. Here is a comment from Jaspreet Singh, CEO of Druva: Thanks Navin, but this news is not very accurate. This was unethically [...]
Backup Software Provider Druva.com get $10 million funding from Nexus
Update: It appears that the report in ET, on which this article is based, was inaccurate. Please see this update. Pune-based startup Druva, which sells enterprise backup software, has just closed a second round of funding worth $10 million from Nexus Venture Partners, reports Economic Times. In April 2010, Druva had raised $5 million from [...]
FirstCry Pune-based Online Store for Baby Products gets $4 million funding
FirstCry, an online portal for baby products and toys, founded by Pune’s Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha has just raised $4 million from private equity company SAIF Partners. FirstCry works with 100+ vendors internationally to make available 4000+ items for online sales, and with free shipping. As their website says: Over time, we hope to [...]
Shift in Venue: Startup Saturday Shifted to Yashada
A few days back, we reported that Startup Saturday this month features Ganesh Natarajan and the Indian Angels Network, and will be on Saturday, 11th, 3pm to 6pm. Note, however, that there has been a last minute shift in venue for this event from the usual Startup Saturday location to Yashada on Baner Road. The [...]
Startup Saturday Event: Financing Your Venture – with Ganesh Natarajan / IAN – Sept 11
What: “Financing Your Startup” Startup Saturday Pune event with Indian Angels Network and Ganesh Natarajan When: Saturday, Sept 11, 3pm-6pm Where: MDC Hall V. 1st floor, Auditorium Building, YASHADA, Baner Road. Registration & Fees: This event is free for all. Register here Financing your venture – with Ganesh Natarajan / IAN Financing your venture is [...]
Pune-based Innovize Tech Launches Productivity Measurement Software
Last week, Pune-based product startup Innovize Tech announced that it has received funding of $350k from the Indian Angel Network. (Note: Indian Angel Network had also invested in another Pune-based startup Druva.) Innovize Tech has built a software product, called Sapience, that helps companies measure the exact amount of time spent by employees in various [...]
POCC Meeting: How to pitch your startup – Samir Patel: Sat, 1st May
What: Pune OpenCoffee Club meeting on how to pitch your startup, by serial entrepreneur Samir Patel. When: Saturday, May 1, 5:30pm Where: e-Zest Office Terrace, 2nd Floor, Anand Nilay Business Center, Near Karve Statue, Karve Road, Kothrud. Map (thanks Hetal) Registration and Fees: This event is free for all to attend. No registration required. Samir [...]
“World-class software products can come out of India” – Interview with CEO of Druva
We now have in our midst a startup success story that will hopefully inspire a 100 new software product startups in Pune. PuneTech and the Pune Open Coffee Club both started about 2 years ago, and the steadily increasing memberships and vitality of these communities points to a very strong startup community in Pune. However, [...]
Pune Incubator body ISBA launches Rs. 55cr venture capital fund
The VC Circle blog has just posted information about a new venture capital fund launched by a Pune based association – Indian STEP and Business Incubators Association (ISBA). ISBA is an association of startup/business incubators, incubatee startups, and other people interested in this ecosystem. The fund will focus on sector-agnostic investments in companies with no [...]