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Latest News on Startup Funding and Angel Investment
FalconBrick Raises Angel Funding on LetsVenture with other Investors
Real estate tech startup FalconBrick has secured an undisclosed amount in its Angel round of funding led by Satveer Thakral of Singapore Angel Network, LetsVenture, and Mumbai Angels. An international venture fund has also participated in the deal.
LetsVenture, Venture Catalysts lead funding in co-working space Innov8
New Delhi-based Guerrilla Infra Solutions Pvt. Ltd that runs co-working space Innov8 has raised an undisclosed amount in an angel round led by online deal-making platform LetsVenture and Mumbai-based seed investment platform Venture Catalysts, it said in a statement.
Dating app Aisle raises fresh funding from CIO Angel Network and Investors on LetsVenture
Bangalore-based startup Aisle Network Pvt. Ltd, which runs matchmaking app Aisle, has raised an undisclosed amount in fresh funding from CIO Angel Network. Konglo Ventures, White Unicorn Ventures and LetsVenture also participated in the round.
Deals App BlueBook raises $500,000 in a seed round from IAN, LetsVenture and otherst
Online to offline marketing platform The BlueBook has raised $500,000 in a seed round led by Indian Angel Network. The round also saw participation from LetsVenture and a clutch of angel investors including Srinubabu Gedela, CEO of OMICS International, Avinash Vashistha member of IAN and former Chairman & Country MD at Accenture
Traveltech Firm Qacco Secures $150K From Lead Angels Network and LetsVenture
Gurugram-based traveltech startup Qacco has raised $150K in an angel funding round led by Lead Angels Network (LAN). LAN is an alumni-focussed pan India angel network. Anbu Pandian, Prabhakar MR and other investors from LetsVenture also participated in the round.
Pet Portal TailsLife Secures Funding From Exfinity's V Balakrishnan, Others on LetsVenture
A mobile application that addresses the pet parent’s’ needs, TailsLife has secured an undisclosed amount of angel funding in a round led by Mohan Kumar, Executive Director Norwest Ventures Partners India and V. Balakrishnan, Chairman of Exfinity in their personal capacity.
Retailers Networking Platform Netree Raises Pre-Series A Funding
Delhi-based retailers’ networking platform Netree has raised undisclosed funding in a Pre-Series A round led by The Chennai Angels and LetsVenture.
Sattviko Raises Funds from Multiple Investors on LetsVenture
Food startup Sattviko has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Indias most successful investors to enable the expansion of ethnic packaged food products business.
Food-tech startup Petoo raises $500K from existing investors, HNIs on LetsVenture
Bangalore-based food-tech startup Petoo, owned and operated by Kinematic Foodtech Pvt. Ltd, has raised $500,000 from its existing investors and high-net-worth individuals (HNIs) through online deal-making platform LetsVenture. Read more at: http://www.vccircle.com/news/technology/2016/08/03/exclusive-food-tech-startup-petoo-raises-500k-existing-investors-hnis
Betaout raises $1.5M to help e-commerce companies manage marketing campaigns
Betaout, a marketing automation platform for e-commerce companies, plans to expand in India, Southeast Asia, and the United States after closing $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding. The list of investors in its new round include Letsventure, Beenext, Stanford Angels, Chennai Angels, Hyderabad Angels, and Mumbai Angels.
YourDOST raises angel round in funding via lead investors and platforms such as LetsVenture
Launched in Dec 2014, YourDOST strongly believes that awareness is the key; About the funding, Singh said, “The fundraising experience was a first time for us and it was a very good learning experience, through our lead investors and platforms like LetsVenture...
LetsVenture brings on Ratan Tata and Mohandas Pai as advisors, investors
Online deal-making platform LetsVenture has brought on two corporate heavyweights Ratan Tata and Mohandas Pai as advisers and investors, a week after it announced a Series A investment from a clutch of top entrepreneurs in the country.
LetsVenture raises Series A funding from Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl and others
Wipro's Rishad Premji, Manipal Global Education's Mohandas Pai, Freshdesk's Girish Mathrubootham and Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal are among the other marquee individuals who pooled together an undisclosed investment.
Gridle raises seed funding of 100K via LetsVenture
Gridle, a productivity platform for work, has raised a seed round of $100,000 led by Jyotsna Bapat from IIITBangalore through deal making platform LetsVenture.
LetsVenture facilitates funding for stock market news platform Amigobulls and Online food delivery service TravelKhana
LetsVenture facilitates funding for stock market news platform Amigobulls & Online food delivery service TravelKhana. Amigobulls raised seed funds from Sharad Sharma of iSpirit and Vijay Anand of Intuit India, while TravelKhana, raised a pre-series A round from Mumbai-based seed fund Astarc Ventures, and others.
Astarc Ventures Leads investment in TravelKhana, facilitated via LetsVenture
TravelKhana, an online food ordering service for train passengers, has raised an undisclosed round of funding led by Astarc Ventures. The investment in TravelKhana has been facilitated via LetsVenture...
Stock Market News Analysis Platform, Amigobulls, Raises Seed Funding Via LetsVenture
Amigobulls, a platform for stock market news, views and analysis videos, has raised seed funding of undisclosed amount via LetsVenture platform. The round was led by Sharad Sharma of iSPIRT and Vijay Anand, VP and Managing Director at Intuit India...
Belita, on-demand home beauty services brand, raises Rs 2.5 crore from LetsVenture
Belita, an on-demand home beauty services brand, has raised Rs 2.5 crore in angel funding through LetsVenture, an online deal making platform. Belita claims the beauty industry in India is currently close to Rs 500 billion, with services contributing to Rs 200 billion, growing at a rate of 18% annually at a compounded rate.
Online Prinitng Startup Inkmonk, raises $250k via LetsVenture
Chennai-based, Inkmonk, an marketplace for online printing and a provider of full stack merchandising solutions that are built for businesses has raised about $250K (INR 1.5 Cr.) in an angel round funding led by a group of angel investors via LetsVenture.
Restaurant Discount App Startup Ressy Raises $400K From Mohandas Pai, Vikram Chachra & Others via LetsVenture
Pune-based restaurant discounts startup Ressy has raised $400k in a seed round of funding on LetsVenture led by Vikram Chachra, Founding Partner, Eight Capital...
Ketto raises $700,000 from angel investors
Mumbai-based crowd-funding platform Ketto has raised $700,000 from a clutch of angel investors.
Footprints Child Care raises Rs 4.25 crore through LetsVenture - Economic Times
Footprints Child Care, a child day care and preschool chain, has raised Rs 4.25 crore through deal making platform LetsVenture to expand operations within Delhi-NCR.
There is no insanity in angel funding - Shanti Mohan via Times of India
By bringing startups and angel investors together on a single online platform and in a transparent manner, Shanti Mohan's LetsVenture has eliminated major pain-points for both.
Artist and designer focused marketplace PosterGully secures $160K funding
The curated marketplace for artists and designers, PosterGully, has raised $160K angel round from a group of angel investors through LetsVenture.
Angel Investing 2.0 – will Angel Investing go online in India? - Shanti Mohan via Yourstory
The new angel investor will break barriers and change angel investing in the next 3-5 years in India.
Global angel investment trends from the eyes of VCs
Investors are now looking globally and are aiming to dip their toes across continents. In a recently held event, ‘LetsIgnite’ by LetsVenture, investors from different geographies discussed the global investment trends.
An alternate platform for angel investing | Business Standard News
LetsVenture is aiding discovery and also enabling easier syndication, personalized match-making for Startups and Investors.
How dealmaking startups like LetsVenture, Applyifi & others are facilitating fund raising process
Reorienting angel investment and empowering both Startups and angel investors.
CollateBox, a startup aiming to become “Evernote for spreadsheets”, grabs $180K angel round through Lets Venture
CollateBox, which has developed a cloud-based online platform to allow for a more collaborative work environment, has secured a $180K angel round from a group of angel investors and Teninnovate. The round was raised via angel-funding platform, LetsVenture.
iTraveller raises Rs 6 crore in funding from ah! Ventures, LetsVenture and Mantra Ventures.
Online trip planning startup iTraveller has raised Rs 6 crore in Series A funding from ah! Ventures, LetsVenture and Mantra Ventures. The deal underlines the rising interest of early-stage investors in the online travel space.
Angel Investing - The Game of chance
Lured by the promise of high risk and high rewards that startup investing offers, scores of wealthy Indians are chancing their luck, finds Krithika Krishnamurthy
Rise of the new angel investor - Livemint
The recent trends of Angel Industry by Shanti Mohan, Founder & CEO of LetsVenture
Angel Networks Learn a New Game - The Economic Times
Online deal-making platforms forcing angel networks to adapt to the changing dynamics in the industry. Angel networks, which set the ball rolling for early-stage funding in the country a few years ago, are being forced to adapt to the changing dynamics that online deal-making platforms have brought to the industry.
Wishberry raises Rs 4 crore from 44 investors
A bandwagon of 44 investors including the likes of musician Shankar Mahadevan, Google's MD Rajan Anandan and MakeMyTrip's Deep Kalra have pumped in Rs 4 crore in crowd-funding site Wishberry, marking a coming of age of an alternate form of funding in India.
Growth hacking startup AppVirality raises seed round to further its product development & hiring
Hyderabad and Delaware based tech startup AppVirality Inc, has raised seed round from industry prominent investors including Rajan Anandan (Google India), Mike Galgon (aQuantive), Ravi Gururaj (Nasscom), Ashim Mehra (Baron Capital), Mohit Saxena (InMobi), India Internet Group, and TNN Capital.
FlipClass closes their angel round using Commitment-to-Closure on LetsVenture
Flipclass uses Commitment-to-Closure service from LetsVenture to close their angel round of 1.5 CR. The company is based out of Bangalore and taking the home tuition market by storm. This round should help them scale to multiple cities within India.
Aureus Analytics raises Rs 5 crore from Steven Sule, Rajan Anandan and Patni brothers .
The funding was led by Steven Sule, partner in investment firm Naste Advisors, along with participation from prominent angel investors such as Rajan Anandan and Nirvana Venture founders Amit and Arihant Patni.
IDG Ventures and LetsVenture join hands to fund seed stage deals.
India-focused technology venture capital fund IDG Ventures India Advisors has joined hands with Bengaluru-based deal making platform LetsVenture to discover and fund early-stage startups to the tune of Rs3 crore, signalling increasing interest among venture funds for seed stage deals in the country.
AdPushup Raises $632,000 For Its Banner Ad A/B Testing Platform
New Delhi-based startup AdPushup, which provides A/B testing that integrates with ad networks, has raised $632,000 in its angel round of funding.
Power Of Ideas - TestBook, Posist Raise Rs 4.5 cr via LetsVenture
Online deal making platform LetsVenture has closed two angel deals totalling about 4.5 crore in online exam tool kit TestBook and restaurant software startup Posist, taking its total deal portfolio to over 14 investments within a year of its operation.
Plastic card-based reward app Cardback raises $170K from Rajan Anandan, Sunil Kalra among others
Cardback, an Android app that provides notifications to users about offers on their credit and debit cards on mobiles, has raised Rs. 1 crore ($170,000) via LetsVenture, an online platform that connects startups with angels. Google India top brass Rajan Anandan, Sunil Kalra, Rishi...
Mobile collaboration tool for enterprises Tydy raises $138K via LetsVenture
Bangalore-based PageStitch Inc, the company behind Tydy , a mobile collaboration tool for sales and marketing teams, has raised $138,000 (about Rs 85 lakh.
Shephertz raises 1.5M USD with investor participation from LetsVenture
ShepHertz Technologies has closed their next round of funding totaling to $1.5 million. Existing investors Blume Ventures, Mumbai Angels and Kae Capital are joined by Sashi Reddy Investment Capital Fund, growx ventures, LetsVenture and India Quotient in this round.
TouchTalent raises Rs 4-cr seed funding on LetsVenture
NEW DELHI: TouchTalent, an online marketplace for creative talent, has raised seed funding of about Rs 4 crore in a round led by private equity firm SAIF Partners, and in which prominent angel investors, such as Deep Kalra of MakeMyTrip and Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal of Flipkart have also participated. Proceeds from the round will be used by the New Delhi-based startup to build its product and team, expand its mobile presence as well as to move into newer geographies.
OnlineRTI raises money on LetsVenture
Trapped indoors due to civil unrest in Ukraine, last winter, Kiev-based, pharmaexecutive Srinivas Rao took to surfing online for news about home and for ways he could connect with India's fast-growing startup sector. Soon he chanced upon a listing on an online platform that connects investors with entrepreneurs made by a Bangalore-based startup, OnlineRTI..
Angel investors pump 4 crore into LetsVenture to widen deal-making services
Online fund-raising platform, LetsVenture has raised money from a syndicate of angel investors as it seeks to broaden the scope of its deal-making services. The Bangalore-based company will receive 4 crore in seed funding led by industry leaders Eka Software cofounder Manav Garg, InMobi cofounder Naveen Tewari , angel investor Rajan Anandan and Sharad Sharma, cofounder of software product industry think tank iSpirt.
Big Data Startup Frrole Raises $245K Angel Round, As Crowdfunding Platforms Seek Growth In India
Frrole, a big data startup that specializes in Twitter-based analytics, has raised $245K in Angel funding from investors including Sharad Sharma (former head of Yahoo! R&D centre in india), Google’s India MD Rajan Anandan and Eka Software founder Manav Garg. Based in Bangalore, the startup raised this capital on LetsVenture, a crowd funding platform launched last year to help Indian startups find angel investors from across the globe.
You can be an angel investor too! But it takes more than a fat wallet to be one
"There are hundreds of people working in top positions in MNCs with enormous surplus capital that is lying idle," said Manish Singhal, founder of LetsVenture, a technology-based platform that aims to link potential investors with startups.
LetsVenture.com – Democratizing Fund Raising for Indian Startups
LetsVenture platform helps entrepreneurs raise seed, angel and VC funding on their platform, and has online and offline component to it. In the online component, we have 3 main players – Entrepreneurs, Investors and Experts. Entrepreneurs create their single-page profile, providing information Investors would look at before considering a venture. This includes Investor Deck and Founder Video Pitch among other things.
New twist to the Funding game, Bluegape raises INR 1.5Cr through online platform LetsVenture
Bluegape has raised funding through an online platform LetsVenture.com which brings together investors from across the globe, much like the well-known AngelList. The Delhi-based company received funds of over INR 1.5 Cr from global investors who connected with the founders through the online funding platform.
Calcutta Angels Network invests Rs 1cr in health-tech startup LetsMD for 8pc stake on LetsVenture
Calcutta Angels Network invests Rs 1cr in health-tech startup LetsMD for 8pc stake on LetsVenture
