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Kris Gopalakrishnan’s family office, SIDBI’s VC arm, others invest $4 million in AI startup Myelin Foundry Founded in January 2019, Myelin Foundry focuses on transforming human experiences and industry outcomes by building AI algorithms on video, voice,… By MSME DeskMay 8, 2024 11:42 IST
MSME lender Lendingkart raises $10 million via ECB for onward lending to small businesses The capital was raised from a fund managed by impact investment manager BlueOrchard that has so far invested over $11… By MSME DeskMay 7, 2024 12:26 IST
Wealth management firm Client Associates makes first close at Rs 300 crore of maiden startup fund The new fund will focus on startups from pre-Series A to Series B stages of growth predominantly in the consumer and… By MSME DeskMay 7, 2024 12:06 IST
AamDhanE raises pre-series A to revolutionise blue-collar recruitment Founded in 2021 by alumni from IIT Kanpur, INSEAD, and London Business School, AamDhanE addresses the fragmented nature of India’s… By MSME DeskUpdated: August 2, 2024 01:25 IST
MSME neobank Open eyes profitability in a year and a half: Interview | CEO Anish Achuthan “When you look at the larger market with 61-70 million MSMEs, which includes a lot of long-tailed businesses, even if… By Sandeep SoniMay 6, 2024 19:48 IST
Foodtech startup Poshn raises $4 million from Prime Venture Partners, Zephyr Peacock The company aims to support growth for food MSMEs and institutions through its full-stack supply chain solution including demand aggregation… By MSME DeskMay 6, 2024 11:12 IST
Season of down rounds gets longer for Indian startups Prior to 2023, the highest share of down rounds was in 2017, when 17% of the VC deals were made… By Ayanti BeraMay 6, 2024 05:45 IST
Red sea crisis: The challenges and impact on Indian small businesses Attacks by the Houthis on ships led to US and allied responses, causing chaos in maritime trade. India’s small and… By GuestMay 5, 2024 09:00 IST
VC firm Good Capital to invest $25 million in AI startups this financial year The company said it will focus primarily on cleantech, e-commerce, edtech, healthtech, SaaS, and deeptech segments. By MSME DeskMay 3, 2024 18:56 IST
SIDBI’s Subhransu Sekhar Acharya assumes charge as CMD of National Small Industries Corporation He replaces Vipul Goel, Joint Secretary (Agro and Rural Industry division) at the Ministry of MSME who assumed charge as… By MSME DeskMay 3, 2024 17:45 IST
Working capital provider C2FO goes live on RBI’s TReDS platform to solve working capital woes for MSMEs C2FO’s wholly-owned subsidiary C2FO Factoring Solutions had received the final approval from the Reserve Bank of India in March 2024… By MSME DeskMay 3, 2024 13:50 IST
Impact investor Aavishkaar Capital leads Rs 41 crore funding in packaged foods startup Go DESi This was the seventh investment from the $150 million Aavishkaar India Fund VI that focuses across impact sectors including financial… By MSME DeskMay 2, 2024 16:50 IST
Banks deployed Rs 24.6 lakh crore credit to MSMEs in March: RBI data Total bank credit to MSMEs under priority sector lending in March was 15 per cent of Rs 164.11 lakh crore… By Sandeep SoniMay 2, 2024 16:18 IST
Spandana Sphoorty to increase micro-LAP Both these products are offered by the company’s subsidiary CRISS Financial. By Ajay RamanathanUpdated: May 2, 2024 09:18 IST
RTP Global invests $4 million in fixed-income investment platform Dexif A fixed income investment strategy is characterized by lower risk compared to equities and derivatives, with a focus on generating… By MSME DeskMay 2, 2024 06:00 IST
IvyCap Ventures closes third fund at Rs 2,100 crore to back Series A startups; AUM jumps to Rs 5,000 crore IvyCap has earmarked Rs 100 crore to fund seed-stage startups through a separate team leveraging its IvyCamp platform, collaborating with… By MSME DeskApril 30, 2024 13:54 IST
Snapdeal’s Kunal Bahl to founders: Not asking questions to investors post funding pitch is ‘big missed opportunity’ In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, Bahl said founders, if given the opportunity by investors to ask… By MSME DeskApril 30, 2024 13:19 IST
Computer vision SaaS startup Assert AI raises $4 million Assert AI, which has operations in India, the US and the Middle East, said it will deploy the capital “to… By MSME DeskApril 29, 2024 18:57 IST
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Bajaj Housing Finance Q2 results: Profit rises 18% YoY to Rs 643 Crore; NII jumps 34% on strong loan growth
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