PriyankaSahay
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India: PayU to buy rival Citrus Pay for $130m
This is the fifth-largest deal ever in the Indian start-up business and is expected to give an attractive exit to Citrus Pay investors, Ascent Capit
India: Lenksart raises funding from Premji Invest
Lenskart was founded in 2010. It is into assembling, manufacturing, wholesale distribution and supply of eyewear products such as eyeglasses, power su
India: Sequoia-backed Voonik acquires styling app Dekkoh
In June, the Bengaluru-based company also announced the acquisition of three other start-ups in the fashion space—Zohraa, Styl and Picksilk—to ent
India: Mobikwik secures $40m funding from Nasdaq-listed Net1
In May, Mobikwik had announced that it was gearing up to raise $50m in its Series C round and had raised an undisclosed amount from Japan’s payment
India: Snapdeal gets $21m from Luxembourg’s Clouse SA as part of earlier round
In February this year, Snapdeal announced it was raising $200 million in fresh funds from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and funds advised by ventur
India: Wedding platform Shaadisaga raises funds from Anupam Mittal, others
Freecharge founders Kunal Shah and Sandeep Tandon, and Dheeraj Jain, partner at UK-based hedge fund Redcliffe Capital, ah!Ventures and Rohit Chokhani
India: Artificial intelligence startup Octo.ai raises $200k from Outbox, others
Rahul Khanna, managing partner of venture debt fund Trifecta Capital; Jaspreet Bindra, head of e-commerce at Mahindra & Mahindra; Arjun Malhotra and
India: Funds crunch pushes listings site AskMe to shut ops, 4,000 lose jobs
AskMe Group, which also runs e-commerce site grocery marketplace AskMeGrocery, furniture and home décor portal Mebelkart has accused its investor, As
India: AskMe Group stops services temporarily amid fund crunch
Getit Infoservices, AskMe’s parent, runs online search platform AskMe, online marketplace AskMeBazaar, grocery marketplace AskMeGrocery, furniture a
India: Meesho raises funds from HyperTrack’s Deorah, Oyo’s Gulati, others
VH Capital, a Mauritus-based fund, besides other angels including Arjun Malhotra and Rohan Malhotra of Investopad, Hong-Kong-based banker Abhishek Jai
