Mobile-based point of sale company, ePaisa recently announced that it has elevated its Chief Business Officer Pravinkumar Bhandari to the position of Chief Executive Officer. He has been serving as CBO since June last year. As the CBO his role was to entail tasks and processes towards business development by implementing growth opportunities within and…
In an attempt to get things back on track, online insurance startup Coverfox has recast its leadership team with Sanjib Jha joining the company as Chief Executive Officer. The company has also appointed Piyush Ranjan as the Chief Technology Officer and Manish Sultania as the Chief Finance Officer. Ranjan has worked with Ola, DoorMint, and…
Softbank-backed American online small business lender Kabbage is furloughing a “significant number” of its 500-strong US team. It is also completely closing down its office in Bangalore, and executive staff is taking a “considerable” pay cut, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company CEO Rob Frohwein has cited, “economic fallout of this virus has…
Singapore-based payments startup “hoolah” recently announced that it has closed an eight-figure investment through its Series A funding round. The funding round was led by venture capital firm Allectus, iGlobe Ventures, Genting Ventures and angel investors like former Lazada group CEO Max Bittner, and FNZ CEO Tim Neville. With the infusion of capital, hoolah plans…
Fintech company TerraPay recently announced that it has raised $9.6mn from Prime Ventures (VC), IFC – International Finance Corporation, and Partech. The fresh funding follows the disinvestment from Comviva Technologies Ltd, a subsidiary of Tech Mahindra Ltd from the company. Ambar Sur, Founder, and CEO at TerraPay, said in a statement that the company will…
Bengaluru-based online money lending startup Rupeek, recently announced that it has raised $60mn in funding across two rounds from investors including Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and GGV Capital. Other investors like Tanglin Venture Partners and KB Investments also participated in the funding. Existing investors Sequoia Capital and Accel were also present during the funding rounds.…
Fintech startupBharatPe recently announced that it has raised $75mn in Series C funding round led by hedge fund Coatue Management and Palo Alto-based fintech investor Ribbit Capital. The latest funding rose BharatPe’s valuation to $425mn. Existing investor Steadview Capital and Insight Partners also participated in the funding round along with new investor Amplo, a US-based…
Ride-hailing startup Uber has recently announced that it would strengthen its fintech process in India with the formation of Uber Money. It has even set up a team of over 100 technology professionals responsible for global financial products and technology innovations, at its Hyderabad Tech center. With the announcement, the company has surprised many who…
Fintech startup SuperMoney recently announced that is has raised $1mn from early-stage investor Unitus Ventures in a pre-Series A funding round. SuperMoney was founded in 2017 by Shiv Nandan and Nikhil Banerjee from Mumbai. The company plans to utilize these funds to strengthen its team across technology, business development, and backend operations. The company also…
Pine Labs, an Indian merchant fintech platform based in Gurugram, announced that it has raised an investment from Mastercard. The amount raised remains undisclosed. As per the company’s press statement the investment is part of a partnership to keep the growth of different electronic payment options for consumers continue across the region. Lokvir Kapoor, Founder…
India- and US-based firm, Inventus Capital Partners, has announced the final close of its third fund at $51.98 Mn. Inventus Capital raised its first fund of $51 million in 2009 and the second one closed with commitments of $106 million in January 2014, both of which had a focus on US and India. The fund…
ClearTax, an income tax return e-filing platform and investment platform announced on Tuesday that the company has raised $50 million ( about Rs. 300 crores) in a Series B round led by Composite Capital. The last time ClearTax raised funds was in June 2016, it raised $12 million from SAIF Partners along with $2 million in seed funding from…