VCs face a reality cheque as NISM exam deadline nearsVC managers question the need for such an exam at this stage in their careers. It has now become a regular topic in boardroom conversations...
22 Apr, 2025, 11.23 AM IST
Semiconductor startup Calligo Technologies raises $1.1 million from Seafund, Artha Venture FundThe builder of products and solutions for high-performance computing, big data, and AI workloads will use the funds mopped up in the pre-Se...
07 Apr, 2025, 07.03 PM IST
Moonshot boom: behind spurred investment in India’s thriving space sectorA year has passed since Chandrayaan-3’s historic landing near the Moon’s south pole, solidifying India’s status as a leading spacefaring na...
26 Aug, 2024, 08.15 PM IST
Innovative vending: How Daalchini Technologies is pioneering contactless, 24/7 food vending in IndiaDaalchini Technologies, founded in 2017, is transforming India’s retail sector by introducing IoT-enabled, contactless vending machines for...
08 May, 2024, 06.12 PM IST
Early-stage VC Artha scores partial exit from Everest Fleet for $2 millionTalking to ET, Artha Venture Fund managing partner Anirudh Damani said the firm was targeting two more exits, partial and complete, in the ...
04 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
CoutLoot to onboard five million sellers from Tier 1 towns in the next two yearsCoutLoot, India’s largest online non-grocery retail aggregator, said it plans to onboard five million sellers from Tier 1 towns in the next...
29 Aug, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
Will connect 1,000 factories across categories to sellers directly to cut costs: CoutlootCoutLoot has more than 16 million users and over 32 lakh sellers and stores in its network with an annual gross merchandise value of $100 m...
01 May, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
TCS posts 8.4% rise in Q2 net profit; IT firms may halve campus hiring this yearOn a sequential basis, revenue was up 4.8% and profit was up 10%. This was also the first time the company crossed Rs 10,000 crore in quart...
11 Oct, 2022, 07.44 AM IST
Sequoia India grapples with fallout from governance snafusSequoia, a major venture capital player in India, is grappling with complaints from startups about damaged trust and with a defamation laws...
17 Jun, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
Agri-tech startup Aibono raises Rs 15 crore for business growthAibono leverages data science driven demand-supply synchronisation, farm analytics and "just in time" engines to prevent food wastage, impr...
04 Sep, 2020, 04.05 PM IST
Frontier Markets raises $2.25 million financing from The Rise Fund, Teja Ventures and othersFrontier Markets has over 4,000 women entrepreneurs who are tech-enabled using its proprietary assisted-e commerce platform to deliver over...
06 Jul, 2020, 03.09 PM IST
Inventus scores Rs 230 crore in exitsThe tech-focused fund recorded cash exits from three portfolio firms in December.
14 Jan, 2020, 07.57 AM IST
How a bunch of new funds is hoping to cash in on risky early stage investmentsAs the hoopla over starting up cools and the pretenders disappear, new early-stage backers like Artha find themselves poised to make more r...
16 Apr, 2017, 08.55 AM IST
Menterra takes the first leap with this skill development academyLeap Skills Academy, founded by Megha Aggarwal and Ankit Durga in 2013, is attempting to solve the problem of demand and supply of skilled ...
14 Apr, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
Menstrual hygiene makers like Aakar Innovations, Saral Designs signal emergence of local brandsIn India, 80% women come under house arrest for this common occurrence, because brands in the market are at price points affordable only to...
10 Feb, 2016, 09.33 AM IST
It is fun but may derail your finances too! Know the pros & cons of online shoppingBeing hooked to online shopping lured by offers that we don't need can severely hamper our ability to save for our most important financial...
18 Jun, 2015, 12.27 PM IST
11 social ventures make the cut at Artha Venture Challenge, to get opportunity for Rs 30 lakh fundingOf the 100 ambitious enterprises catering to low-income Indian markets that applied for AVC 2014, 11 ventures have been selected to be a pa...
03 Sep, 2014, 12.52 PM IST