The Economic Times Startup Awards 2023: And the big winners are…OfBusiness, a B2B ecommerce firm, has been named the Startup of the Year at The Economic Times Startup Awards 2023. The company was recogni...
14 Sep, 2023, 08.06 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2023: Jishnu Bhattacharjee bags Midas Touch award for best investorArriving at a decision was difficult in the backdrop of a year which has been fraught with challenges for the venture capital industry as v...
14 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2023: Nominees for Midas TouchThe award will recognise the most lucrative exit in the year. The decision will be made based on the volume of deals as well as the size of...
08 Sep, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
Fintech startup Zeni raises $34 million from Elevation Capital, othersAs part of the fundraising, Elevation Capital’s founder and managing director Ravi Adusumalli will join Zeni’s board. The fintech startup h...
06 Aug, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
Zeni raises $11.5 million in Series A funding from Saama CapitalZeni, a financial concierge for startups, says its services are used by over 100 startups across the US, and that it manages over $200 mill...
10 Mar, 2021, 10.13 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2020: GV Ravishankar wins the Midas Touch award for best investorRavishankar's size and scale of return from capital deployed in firms made him the favoured pick.
24 Aug, 2020, 10.10 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2019: LightSpeed's Bejul Somaia bags the 'Midas Touch' categoryBejul Somaia’s early and bold bets as well as his timely exits helped him win over other nominees.
24 Aug, 2019, 09.18 PM IST
ET Startup Awards 2019: Nominees for the 'Midas Touch' categoryFaith in the innate genius of Indian entrepreneurship has seen many investors striking gold in the past few years. The category ‘Midas Touc...
19 Jul, 2019, 09.52 AM IST
Path to profitability dominates Indian startups as profitable exits become more frequentA flush of financing has convinced investors and entrepreneurs that the tide may finally be turning.
02 Jun, 2019, 02.13 PM IST
How Grofers survived to deliver and tell the taleThe decision of founders to pivot to an inventory-led model paid off for the firm.
17 Aug, 2018, 11.54 PM IST
PayPal buys Hyderabad-based fraud prevention platform provider SimilitySubject to customary closing conditions, this transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2018.
22 Jun, 2018, 05.29 PM IST
Saama raises $100m for contrarian betsSaama Capital began as a spinoff from US-based lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), which specialises in working with technology startups.
05 Apr, 2018, 11.28 PM IST
Mid-sized startups warm up to the idea of M&AsStartups, which have raised angel to Series-B funding, are gradually opening up to M&As, hoping for a quicker and easier exit for both entr...
08 Feb, 2018, 09.21 AM IST
American Express acquires personal assistant app MeziThe deal size is pegged at $125-150 million, according to industry sources, which would making it one of the largest cash acquisitions in t...
31 Jan, 2018, 09.18 AM IST
How Pune-born twins made millions by selling their AI travel app startup to American Express"They are very complementary. They can finish each other’s sentences and know what the other guy is thinking," said Ash Lilani of Saama Cap...
31 Jan, 2018, 09.17 AM IST
Venture capital firm Saama raises $58 million for third fundSaama Capital will continue its focus on the seed and series A rounds as it feels smaller fund size make it easier to return capital to its...
19 Jan, 2017, 09.07 AM IST
American Express Ventures leads Rs 26 crore Series A funding round in IndiaLendsThis is the second investment made by American Express Ventures in India, which was reported to have led a Rs 35 crore Series C round in pe...
01 Dec, 2016, 11.08 AM IST