Mayank Khanduja on Appiterate and SAIF Partners’ big focus on seed deals

Earlier this week, SAIF Partners, the Gurgaon headquartered early-to-growth stage investor, disclosed a $500,000 seed investment in mobile app A/B testing startup Appiterate. What’s interesting about that deal is that SAIF brought in angel investors Greg Badros and Prashant Malik as part of the seed round, after it had decided to invest in the company.…More

Partner Event: SAIF Ignition Mumbai

SAIF Partners brings SAIF Ignition, a startup ecosystem outreach programme, to Mumbai this October. This will be the fourth edition of the series, which kicked off in Delhi in May. It concluded the Bangalore edition last week. The Mumbai agenda focuses on consumer Internet startups and their scale-up strategies. Registrations for the Mumbai event, scheduled…More

Partner Event: Mobile First — Is it time? Find out at SAIF Ignition Bangalore

The third edition of SAIF Ignition gets underway and this time the event, an initiative promoted by early-to-growth stage investor SAIF Partners, travels to Bangalore in September. On the agenda in this edition is mobile. Registrations are open — click on the link to register. EVENT DETAILS Theme: Mobile First: Is it time? Brainstorm on…More

SAIF Partners’ Mukul Singhal on Inkfruit-Zovi

Last Friday, SAIF Partners portfolio companies Inkfruit (Fingerprints Fashions) and Zovi (Robemall Apparels) announced a merger that creates one of the strongest private label ecommerce players in the country. SAIF Partners, a private equity investor that plays in early stage and growth deals, has invested a combined $35.5 million in the two companies over multiple…More