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Yesterday, Mumbai-based online classifieds startup Quikr announced a Rs 20 crore Series B round of funding from Omidyar Network and existing investor Matrix Partners — see the press release here. The company had raised an undisclosed sum from Matrix in February last year. Online auction major eBay is also an investor in the firm. Incidentally, [...]

Somebody please tell me what exactly happened at the three-day Bootcamp that preceded Proto.in Edition 6. The agenda note said that the Bootcamp would, among other things, “teach and groom (the showcase startups) with everything that goes into the mastery of delivering a pitch.” The results at the July 25 showcase in Pune were disastrous, [...]

How much does an average Indian startup need to get started up? Mukul Singhal, associate at Canaan Partners, reckons anywhere between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 50 lakh. Small change for most venture capitalists, except that most venture capitalists don’t invest such small change. This is angel investor territory. And there is a big untapped [...]

Sequoia Capital India has invested Rs 40 crore (about $8 million) in Just Dial, a multi-platform local classified listings (local search) firm based in Mumbai. The investment has been made from the $300 million Sequoia Capital India Fund III, the firm’s third venture capital fund raised in 2007 for the India market. Other investments from [...]

Lightspeed Venture Partners has led a Rs 50 crore investment round in Essel Group-promoted Itz Cash Card, picking up an undisclosed stake in the Mumbai-based multi-purpose pre-paid card company. Existing investors Matrix Partners India and Intel Capital, who invested $10 million in the company in 2007, have also participated in this round. The company will [...]