| Date | Title | Description |
| 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... |
| 10.12.2024 | Multiples PE leads $118-mn investment in Shubham Housing | Credit: 123RF.com
Private equity firm Multiples PE has led a Rs 1,000-crore ($118 million) Series F round of investment in Shubham Housing Development Finance Company Ltd, the mortgage lender said Tuesday.
Existing investors Asian Developme... |
| 28.11.2024 | Mamaearth's early investor Stellaris Venture Partners closes third fund at $300 million | ETtech(L-R) Alok Goyal, Ritesh Banglani, Rahul Chowdhri and Naman Lahoty
Venture capital firm Stellaris Venture Partners has closed its third India-dedicated fund at $300 million, making it one of the quickest scale-ups for a domestic early... |
| 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... |
| 21.09.2024 | Whatfix raised $100 M in primary and secondary capital | Whatfix, a SaaS-based provider of digital adoption solutions, has raised almost $100 million in primary and secondary funding, with Sweet Nectar Investments (Warburg Pincus) and SoftBank leading the charge. This marks the first funding roun... |
| 18.09.2024 | KKR-backed Livspace's topline rises 21% in FY24, EBITDA loss halves | Private equity firms TPG and KKR-backed home interior and renovation company Livspace's revenue expanded 21% in FY24, while cutting its adjusted Ebitda loss by half during the same period.
The company's revenue grew to Rs 1,185 crore from R... |
| 12.08.2022 | Razorpay acquires majority stake in digital payments peer | AcquisitionsFintechNewsStartups
Xavier Kong · 1d ago · 1 min readRazorpay acquires majority stake in digital payments peer
Indian fintech unicorn Razorpay has acquired a majority stake in digital payments firm Ezetap, marking the former’s t... |
| 12.06.2021 | High-Stakes: Helion Venture Partners | High-Stakes is a unique series that focuses on dissecting the investments of venture capital and private equity firms to gain insights into the portfolio of companies they’ve invested in, industries they focus on, and their investment proce... |
| 25.08.2020 | Top 10 EdTech Startups in India | BYJU’S- The Learning App is the brand name of popular Indian EdTech startup Think and Learn Private Ltd. It was founded by Byju Raveendran in 2011. The startup is headquartered in Bengaluru. |
| 31.07.2020 | EdTech startup Toppr raises US$ 46.7M in Series D funding | Founded in 2013 by IIT Bombay alumni Zishaan Hayath and Hemanth Goteti, Toppr is India’s leading after-school learning App for Grade 5-12 students created with a vision to make learning tailor-made for them. Their team consists of an extrem... |
| 25.10.2017 | BigBasket closes Rs 32.65 Cr funding round led by Helion Venture | Bengaluru-based e-grocer BigBasket has raised Rs 32.65 crore led by Helion Ventures Partners. According to RoC(registrar of companies) filings, the funding was made through allotment of 50,000 shares at Rs 6,509.25 apiece on September 27, 2... |
| 27.11.2016 | Indian VCs and the elusive quest for domestic investors | Premium
Infosys, India’s most well-known software services company, has debuted in the country’s venture capital market as a limited partner. The Bengaluru-based company’s Innovation Fund has committed Rs31.6 crore (about $4.6 million) to v... |
| 15.11.2016 | India: Used goods platform Zefo raises $6m from Sequoia, others | Premium
Bengaluru-based used goods marketplace Zefo said on Monday it has raised Rs40 crore (approximately $6 million) in a funding round led by venture capital firm Sequoia India, with participation from Beenext and existing investor Helio... |
| 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... |
| 24.03.2016 | Fundings-in-Brief: Microbiome Startup Pivot Bio in $16m Series A, Drones Companies Raise Funding, more | Microbiome Innovation Startup Pivot Bio Raises $16m Series A
The microbiome is a hot topic among agtech entrepreneurs and investors at the moment as research points to the potential to improve productivity at the soil and plant level. Pivot... |
| 09.02.2016 | India VCs: Helion pivots from blended play to specialist technology focus | Premium
About 18 months ago, Helion Venture Partners, one of India’s oldest homegrown venture capital firms, found itself at a crossroads. It could either continue with a blended sector focus, investing primarily in technology and some non-... |
| 15.09.2015 | India: Analytics platform MoEngage raises $4.25 million from Helion Venture, others | Premium
Analytics and engagement platform MoEngage Inc. has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding led by Helion Venture Partners and additional funding from Exfinity Ventures and other investors, including Snapdeal’s co-founders Kunal Be... |
| 14.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 14, 2015 | ipsy raised $100M; Plexxi secured $35M; Crossbar completed $35M round
GiPStech, a Milan, Italy-based indoor positioning and navigation startup, raised €400,000 ($453,700) in equity funding. Backers included members of Italian Angels for Gro... |
| 07.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 7, 2015 | JenaValve completed $26.5M; Dinner Lab raised $7M: Lemonade Lab secured $5.8M
Rebagg, a frictionless luxury resale service, announced the close of a $4.0 Million Seed round of funding led by General Catalyst. Metamorphic Ventures, Crosslink... |
| 17.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 17, 2015 | Protagonist Therapeutics bagged $40M; Upstart raised $35M; Courtagen secured $20M
CredSimple, a startup building a medical credentialing database, snagged $1.5 million in seed funding to help healthcare and insurance companies manage their ... |
| 14.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 14, 2015
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Early-Stage Venture-Capital Investors | Realty Mogul secured $35M; HackerRank bagged $7.5M; Fanduel raised $275M
Realty Mogul, an online marketplace that makes real estate investing fast and frictionless raised a $35 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Sorenson... |
| 08.07.2015 | Daily funding roundup - July 8, 2015 | WeWork raised $434M; Babbel nabbed $20M; Confluent closed $24M
WeWork, a company that sublets office space, along with amenities, including furniture and Internet, and other additional goodies, to budding entrepreneurs has been raising a lo... |
| 23.04.2015 | Simplilearn Raises $15M in Series C Venture Capital Funding | Simplilearn, a San Francisco, CA-based edtech startup providing certification courses to professionals, raised $15m in Series C venture capital funding.
The round was led by Mayfair, with participation from existing investors Kalaari Capita... |
| 16.04.2015 | Helion Venture Partners Raises New $300M Fund For Startups In India | There’s another new startup fountain in town in India, after Helion Venture Partners announced its fourth fund worth $300 million.
Helion is the latest in a flurry of firms to raise money for investments in fast-growing India. Accel last mo... |
| 19.02.2015 | Wooplr Lands $5 Million For Its Fashion Discovery Service In India | Wooplr, a startup that is aiming to ignite social commerce in India, has closed a $5 million Series A funding round from Helion Ventures to expand its team and grow across the country.
Bangalore-based Wooplr started out as a social network ... |
| 12.05.2014 | Workspot's 'work anywhere' tech gives workers a mobile option | Who wants to sit in an office to get their work done these days? Most of you don’t, so mobile workspace company Workspot has been working to bring your work to your mobile devices.
And it seems to be doing a great job according to investors... |
| 24.04.2014 | TaxiForSure raises Series A funding from Accel, Helion & Blume Ventures | Serendipity Infolabs Pvt Ltd, that runs the online taxi booking site Taxiforsure.com, has raised an undisclosed amount in VC funding from Accel Partners, Helion Venture Partners and Blume Ventures. Anand Daniel of Accel and Ritesh Banglani ... |
| 19.03.2014 | Ezetap Gets Additional Funding From Amex To Expand Its Mobile Payment Platform Across Emerging Markets | Ezetap, a Bangalore-based mobile payment startup that uses a rectangular device to turn any mobile phone into a point-of-sales terminal when plugged in, is raising additional funding from American Express. Last month, the startup had raised... |
| 24.02.2014 | Ezetap Closes $8M Series B Funding | Ezetap, a Bangalore, India-based provider of a mobile payments service for emerging markets, closed an $8m Series B funding.
The round was led by Helion Advisors with participation from Social+Capital Partnership and Berggruen Holdings. In ... |
| 20.02.2014 | With $8M In Fresh Funding, Ezetap Is More Than Just A Square For Emerging Markets | There are almost 900 million active cell-phone users in India now, and from newer startups to some of the biggest companies in the world, everybody is chasing the next mobile disruption that could potentially result in a business model for ... |
| 18.10.2013 | Mygola.com Raises $1.5M in Series A Funding | Mygola.com, a Bangalore, India-based online travel planning startup, raised $1.5m in series A funding.
The round was led by Helion Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Blumberg Capital. In conjunction with the funding... |
| 17.09.2013 | Simplilearn Raises $10M in Series B Funding | Simplilearn, a Houston, Texas-based online learning platform for working professionals, raised $10m in Series B funding.
Backers included Helion Venture Partners and Kalaari Capital.
The company intends to use the funds to diversify and exp... |
| 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... |
| 05.04.2013 | ShopClues.com Completes $10M Third Funding Round | ShopClues.com, an Indian managed marketplace that connects buyers and sellers online and offers a safe online shopping experience, completed a close to $10m (approximately Rs. 54 crores) third round of funding.
Backers included Helion Ventu... |
| 29.05.2012 | Former Reliance Trends chief’s lifestyle e-store gets funding from Lightspeed, Helion | Arun Sirdeshmukh, former chief executive of Reliance Trends, has teamed up with Darpan Munjal (former CTO of Times Internet Ltd who had also worked at the e-commerce unit of US retail giant Sears) to launch an online fashion and lifestyle s... |
| 22.03.2012 | Helion Raises $255M For Third India VC Fund | Helion Venture Partners, an early-to-mid-stage venture capital firm, has raised over $255 million for its third fund, taking its assets under management to $605 million. Helion Venture Partners III has raised $255.25 million, according to a... |
| 21.01.2011 | Funding roundup - week ending 01/21/11 | 16 companies, one seed and several early- to late-stage startups, raised just over $160 million
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vChatter, a Facebook application and standalone site that lets you video chat with friends and strangers, raised an additional $350,000 in ... |
| 18.01.2011 | Indian e-commerce site LetsBuy.com raises $6M | The company gets funding from Helion, Accel, and Tiger Global
Letsbuy.com, a site that could be accurately described as the Best Buy of India, announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $6 million in a fundraising round led by Helion Vent... |
| 15.04.2010 | PubMatic Closes $7.5M Series C Funding Round | PubMatic, a Palo Alto, CA-based ad monetization and management solution, has closed a $7.5m Series C funding round led by existing investor Helion Venture Partners.
Existing partners Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Nexus Venture Partners also p... |
| 24.03.2010 | Yes, You Can Build a Web Company in India. Here’s How. | Silicon Valley and India have a cozy relationship, but a big question has resulted in friction, failed companies and millions in losses: When will the Internet catch on in India in a big way?
A few companies have done well and a few more ar... |
| 02.02.2010 | Never Mind the Valley: Here’s Bangalore | Known as the “Silicon Valley of India,” Bangalore, the capital of the Indian state of Kamataka, is known globally as a center of information technology, housing international giants in the hardware and software industries. The city’s first ... |
| 16.03.2009 | PubMatic scores more funds to optimize ad revenues | PubMatic, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company that works with online publishers to squeeze more revenue out of their advertising strategies, announced that it has brought in an undisclosed amount in a second round of funding from existing inv... |
| 22.10.2008 | UnitedLex raises $6 million to build expert legal team | UnitedLex, a provider of legal consulting, technology and outsourcing services, brought in $6 million this week in a second round of funding led by Canaan Partners and including Helion Venture Partners. The new money will go toward scaling ... |
| 19.10.2008 | Funding roundup - week ending 10/17/08 | Webaroo, Eventful, and Sonoa Systems are among companies that raised funds It's that time again for the weekly roundup of companies in the mobile, video, digital media, social network, and advertising sectors that raised money this past wee... |
| 13.10.2008 | Webaroo nabs $11M for group text messaging | Mobile software provider Webaroo brought in $11 million in first-round financing to continue developing its top product SMS Gupshup — a group text-messaging platform that allows users to blog and form communities on their mobile phones. Con... |
| 16.06.2008 | Jivox matches local advertisers and user-generated video, raises $10.7 million | With Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, acknowledging that Google has yet to find a way to make money with YouTube, it’s not clear that video advertising and user-generated content mesh. But Jivox, a San Mateo, California video ad network, would beg... |
| 10.04.2008 | Gridstone Research raises $10M for financial research | Gridstone is a San Mateo, Calif. company with a research platform designed for financial analysts. Their software combs through company information to present financial and operational data, guidance, and structured text.
The $10 million fu... |
| - | SAIF Partners Looks To Raise $350 Mn India Focussed Fund | Venture capital and private equity firm SAIF Partners is reportedly raising its third India-dedicated fund of $350 Mn.
SAIF Partners India VI Ltd is looking to raise $350 Mn, as per filings with the US market regulator Securities and Exchan... |
| - | Новости одной строкой: рост выручки Mail.Ru и обвинения в адрес Microsoft | СтартапАфиша представляет подборку новостей, которые не претендуют на событие дня, но при этом не могут остаться без внимания.
РОСТ. Выручка Mail.Ru в третьем квартале выросла на 36,5% по сравнению с аналогичным периодом 2011 года, составив... |
| - | Венчурные сделки недели: 6-12 июля | Перед тем, как перейти к обзору сделок этой недели, отмечу: VentureBeat опубликовали статистику по сделкам в венчурной индустрии за второй квартал 2015 года. Согласно их данным, всего было закрыто 96 сделок на общую сумму около $3.5 млрд, а... |
| - | With 180k+ App Downloads, Train Ticket Discovery & Prediction Platform ConfirmTkt Receives Angel Funding | The Indian Railways have been earlier described as “imperium in imperio”, an empire within an empire. With 19,000 trains operating daily, 12,000 trains are run to carry over 23Mn passengers per day. In this country of 1.2Bn people, the setu... |
| - | Indian Startup Hubs: Pune Startup Ecosystem Builders That You Should Know About | As a part of the series Indian Startup Hubs, we have brought to the fore the aspiring and the dark horse startups looking to make it big, ones that have struck top dollar and witnessed mega buck exits.
This time we thought of shedding light... |
| - | 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... |