Fintech firm Niyo gets $35 m from Tencent, Horizon in second round

Bengaluru-based fintech company Niyo has raised $35 million from Chinese tech major Tencent, Horizon Ventures and existing investor JS Capital in second round of funding. 

Prime Venture Partners invests $1M in reconciliation software startup Recko

Recko has raised $1 million in a seed round from early-stage venture capital fund Prime Venture Partners. The two-year-old startup, which provides payment reconciliationservices to companies, intends to use the funds to strengthen the product, expand offerings and build ...

Health-tech startup mfine raises $17.2M funding led by SBI Investment

Artificial Intelligence-based healthcare startup mfine has raised $17.2 million in Series B funding led by SBI Investment, a Japan-based venture capital firm and a subsidiary of the SBI Group.

SurveySparrow raises $1.4 million in seed funding from Prime Venture Partners

SurveySparrow, a cloud-based customer experience platform that allows users to create and share mobile-first, conversational surveys that are user friendly, has raised $1.4 million in seed funding from Prime Venture Partners

Value.  It’s what YOU get to KEEP!

Forget accounting standards, forget what the market values, forget what e-commerce companies tell you, forget terms like GMV, GTV, topline revenue, contribution margin, cost of goods, and licensing costs.

If you’re an entrepreneur, the ONLY two numbers that should ...

What large companies can learn about innovation from startups

Let’s be honest, nobody wakes up in the morning saying, “I’m going to innovate today!” Most innovations happen with an “aha” moment that often is accidental and unplanned. However, it does seem to happen more frequently to people ...

Five stages to pitch to a VC

Pitching to a VC, though seems to be very basic at the first glance, it is still a pain point for many early-stage entrepreneurs. A typical seed stage VC fund get close to 1500 entrepreneurs pitching to them in a ...

Making outstanding 5 minute presentations!

If you’re like what most tech entrepreneurs are (including myself), you’re most likely a geek who makes slides with a terrible choice of colors and fonts; and demos with a two-column table! When you get an opportunity to ...

HOW TO PITCH TO A VC

I did a tweetchat a couple of days back on how to pitch to an early stage VC and was surprised at the number of queries I received on the topic. Though the topic of discussion seems to be very ...