Indian Startup Funding & Investment Chart [April 2015]

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April 2015

Sr. No.	Date (dd/mm/yyyy)	Startup Name	Industry Vertical	City / Location	Investors’ Name	Investment Type	Amount (in USD)	Remarks
1	03/04/2015	Swiggy	Online Food Delivery	Bangalore	Accel Partners, SAIF Partners	Private Equity	2,000,000	Series A
2	04/04/2015	Bluegape	Web Content Publishing	Gurgaon	Rudy Gopalakrishnan, ah! Ventures	Seed Funding	200,000
3	04/04/2015	KeepTrax	Location Based App	Dallas / Hyderabad		Seed Funding	1,000,000
4	06/04/2015	InstaLively	Video Streaming	New Delhi	Rajesh Sawheny , Rajan Anandan, Amit Ranjan, Niraj Singh, AECAL, MeraEvents.	Seed Funding	120,000
5	07/04/2015	Pricejugaad	Price Comparison	Hyderabad	Amit Tyagi, Sandeep Acharya & others	Seed Funding	165,000
6	07/04/2015	Quikr	Online Classifieds	Mumbai	Tiger Global, Investment AB Kinnevik, Steadview Capital	Private Equity	150,000,000	Series G (Check prev funding details here)
7	07/04/2015	PressPlay	Travel Entertainment	New Delhi	Sequoia Capital, Jason Hirschhorn, Jarett Posner, and Amit Bhatiani	Seed Funding	2,200,000
8	07/04/2015	LogiNext	Logistics Tech	Mumbai	Ajit Surana, Sanjay Mehta	Seed Funding	N/A
9	08/04/2015	FirstCry.com	eCommerce	Pune	Silicon Valley Ventures, NEA Ventures, Valiant Capital, IDG Ventures India,  SAIF Partners, Vertex Ventures	Private Equity	10,000,000	Series D ( In Feb it was announced they raised 26M, but it is 36M, so added here)
10	08/04/2015	MobiKwik	Digital / Mobile Wallet	Gurgaon	Tree Line Asia, Cisco Investments, American Express, Sequoia Capital	Private Equity	25,000,000	Series B
11	08/04/2015	Olacabs	Cab Aggregator	Bangalore	DST Global, Steadview Capital, Tiger Global, Accel Partners & Others	Private Equity	400,000,000	Series E (Updated from 315M to 400M after Press Release)
12	09/04/2015	Gadgetwood	Device Repair Svcs	New Delhi	Ajai Chowdhry, Ashvin Chadha, Yogesh Bansal, Nitin Singhal & Others	Seed Funding	200,000
13	09/04/2015	Bonhomia	Premium Beverages	New Delhi	Kanwaljit Singh, Shripad Nadkarni, Sarvesh Shahra & Others	Seed Funding	2,000,000
14	09/04/2015	Changer Mints	Digital / Mobile Wallet	Kolkata	Hyderabad based investor	Seed Funding	165,000
15	09/04/2015	Urban Ladder	Online Furnishing eCommerce	Bangalore	Sequoia Capital, TR Capital, Steadview Capital, SAIF Partners, Kalaari Capital	Private Equity	50,000,000	Series C
16	09/04/2015	Purple Squirrel	Ed-Tech	Mumbai	Matrix Partners India, India Quotient	Private Equity	N/A	Series B
17	10/04/2015	Whatfix	Interactive  How-To Guides	Bangalore	Helion Venture Partner, Powerhouse Ventures, GSF and Other angel investors	Seed Funding	900,000
18	10/04/2015	iMMi Life	Mobile Health Tech	Chennai	Unitus Seed Fund	Seed Funding	N/A
19	11/04/2015	Zomato	Restaurant Reviews	Gurgaon	Info Edge (India)	Private Equity	25,000,000	Late Stage
20	13/04/2015	ZopNow	Online Grocer	Bangalore	Dragoneer Investment, Accel Partners, Qualcomm Ventures, Times Internet	Private Equity	10,000,000	Series B
21	13/04/2015	Nayi Disha	Ed-Tech	New Delhi	Ajay Relan,	Seed Funding	300,000
22	13/04.2015	The Porter	Logistics Tech	Mumbai	Kae Capital	Seed Funding	500,000
23	13/04/2015	Commeasure	Online Hotel Booking	Noida	Jungle Ventures	Seed Funding	1,000,000
24	13/04/2015	Capricoast	Online Kitchen Furniture	Bangalore	Accel Partners India	Seed Funding	1,250,000
25	14/04/2015	LocalOye	Hyper-local Online Services	Mumbai	Tiger Global Management, Lightspeed Venture Partners	Private Equity	5,000,000	Series A
26	15/04/2015	Grofers	Hyper-Local Online/Mobile Grocery	Gurgaon	Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital	Private Equity	35,000,000	Series B
27	15/04/2015	PepperTap	Hyper-Local Online/Mobile Grocery	Gurgaon	SAIF Partners, Sequoia Capital	Private Equity	10,000,000	Series A
28	15/04/2015	PolicyBazaar	Online Policy Aggregator	Gurgaon	PremjiInvest, Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital	Private Equity	40,000,000	Series D
29	16/04/2015	UrbanClap	Hyperlocal Mobile Services Marketplace	New Delhi	SAIF Partners, Accel Partners, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal	Seed Funding	1,600,000
30	16/04/2015	Taskbob	OnDemand Mobile Handyman Services	Mumbai	Orios Venture Partners, Mayfield India	Seed Funding	1,200,000
31	17/04/2015	Robosoft	Mobile App Development	Udupi	Ascent Capital, Kalaari Capital	Private Equity	12,000,000	Series B
32	18/04/2015	Doormint	On-Demand Handyman Services	Mumbai	Powai Lake Ventures	Seed Funding	N/A
33	20/04/2015	Vyomo	Beauty & Wellness Mobile App	Gurgaon	YouWeCan Ventures	Seed Funding	N/A
34	20/04/2015	Pastiwala	Material Collection & Recycling	Vadodara	Agnus Capital	Private Equity	4,000,000	Series A
35	20/04/2015	1mg (Healthkartplus)	Online Pharmacy & Drug DB	Gurgaon	Deep Kalra, Sequoia Capital, Omidyar Network, Intel Capital & Kae Capital	Private Equity	6,000,000	Series A
36	20/04/2015	Freshdesk	Online / Mobile Customer Support	Chennai	Tiger Global, Google Capital & Accel Partners	Private Equity	50,000,000	Series E
37	20/04/2015	Sulekha.com	Online Classifieds & Listings	Chennai	GIC ventures	Private Equity	28,000,000	Series C
38	22/04/2015	FindYahan	Hyperlocal services marketplace	New Delhi	The Phoenix Fund	Private Equity	N/A	Series A
39	22/04/2015	Eat.Shop.Love	Fashion ECommerce	Bangalore	Undisclosed Investor	Private Equity	3,500,000	Series A
40	22/04/2015	Avanti Learning	Private Coaching Centers	New Delhi	Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, Pearson Learning Fund	Private Equity	1,500,000	Series A
41	23/04/2015	Simplilearn	Online Certification Courses	Bangalore	Mayfield Ventures, Kalaari Capital, Helion Ventures	Private Equity	15,000,000	Series C
42	23/04/2015	Craftstvilla	Ethnic Product eCommerce	Mumbai	Sequoia Capital, Nexus venture Partners, Lightspeed Ventures, GFC	Private Equity	18,000,000	Series B
43	23/04/2015	HeadOut	Last Minute Travel Deals mobile marketplace	Bangalore / SFO	Version One Ventures, 500 Startups, Nexus Venture Partners and Arena Ventures	Seed Funding	1,800,000
44	23/04/2015	happay	business expense management	Bangalore	AngelPrime	Seed Funding	500,000
45	23/04/2015	Jugnoo	Auto Rickshaw based Logistics	Chandigarh	Rakesh Mathur, Vikas Taneja & others	Seed Funding	1,000,000
46	23/04/2015	EazyDiner	Restaurant reservation app	New Delhi	Deepak Shahdadpuri, Gulpreet Kohli	Seed Funding	N/A
47	23/04/2015	Phone Warrior	Spam Call block App	New Delhi	Lightspeed Ventures	Seed Funding	N/A	Pre-Series A
48	24/04/2015	Coverfox	Online Insurance Aggregator	Mumbai	Accel US, Accel India, SAIF Partners.	Private Equity	12,000,000	Series B
49	27/04/2015	Torqus	Restaurant Management Platform	Pune	S S Mukherji & Others	Seed Funding	350,000
50	27/04/2015	Grab	Food Logistics & Delivery	Mumbai	Oliphans Capital, Haresh Chawla	Seed Funding	1,000,000
51	27/04/2015	LogicRoots	Interactive Educational Games	Jaipur	Ah! Ventures, Calcutta Angels,  91SpringBoard	Seed Funding	400,000
52	27/04/2015	GIBBS	Clean Tech	New Delhi	Infuse Ventures fund	Private Equity	N/A	Series B
53	28/04/2015	Babajobs	Grey collar Job Board	Bangalore	SEEK Ltd & affiliates	Private Equity	10,000,000	Series B
54	28/04/2015	Urban Ladder	Online Furniture ecommerce	Bangalore	Anand Rajaraman, Venky Harinarayan	Private Equity	N/A	Series D
55	28/04/2015	Jay Robotix	Robotic Program learning	Hyderabad	Cross Border Angels & others	Seed Funding	250,000
56	28/04/2015	Naaptol.com	Tele-Shopping / eCommerce	Mumbai	Mitsui & Co & existing investors	Private Equity	21,500,000	Series C
57	29/04/2015	ReGlobe	Used Gadgets Buy / Refurbishing	Gurgaon	Bessemer Ventures, Blume Ventures	Seed Funding	1,000,000
58	29/04/2015	Icertis	Cloud Enterprise Software	Pune / US	Greycroft Partners, Fidelity Growth Partners	Private Equity	6,000,000	Series A
59	29/04/2015	Tracxn	Startup Analytics platform	Bangalore	SAIF Partners	Private Equity	3,500,000	Series A
60	29/04/2015	Dazo	Mobile Food Ordering app	Bangalore	Sumit Jain, Aprameya Radhakrishna, Alok Goel, Rajan Anandan, Amit Agrawal, Vinay Goel, Gaurav Munjal, Ashish Dev Kapur	Seed Funding	N/A
61	29/04/2015	Tradelab	Financial Markets Software	Bangalore	Rainmatter	Seed Funding	400,000
62	29/04/2015	PiQube	Hiring Analytics platform	Chennai	The HR Fund	Seed Funding	500,000
63	29/04/2015	Travel Triangle	Online Travel Marketplace	Noida	Bessemer Venture Partners, SAIF Partners	Private Equity	8,000,000	Series B

*Some startups may be based out of India, but have Indian founders or Offices in India

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