Author: Harsh Tiwari

Alfa Ventures, Seed Fund launched by angel investor Dhianu Das to make investments in early stage startups, has disclosed its first deal i.e CivilCops It has invested in CivilCops, a chatbot operated by Delhi-based Tavroi Research Pvt. Ltd, it said in a statement, without revealing the amount.   Das started Alfa Ventures earlier this year. Dhianu Das is a prominent business leader, serial entrepreneur and early stage investor with a mission to empower entrepreneurs & add value to the community, He is a mentor to many startups and accelerators. His…

India bourses were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Consumer Durables and Capital Goods sectors led shares higher for the fourth straight session.   Indian shares ended at their highest closing levels on Tuesday, boosted by financial stocks such as ICICI Bank Ltd, amid sustained foreign investor buying. The benchmark BSE Sensex closed up 0.95 percent at 39,275.64   The broader NSE Nifty ended 0.83 percent higher at 11,787.15  after touching 11,800-mark for the first time ever. Both the indexes finished higher for a fourth…

Ed-tech firm WhiteHat Jr has raised Rs 9 crore ($1.3 million) in a seed funding round from venture capital firms Nexus Venture Partners and Omidyar Network, as per the news shared by the startup. WhiteHat Education Technology Pvt. Ltd teaches coding to students between the ages of 6 and 14 via a live online one-to-one platform. The startup was founded in 2018 by Karan Bajaj, the former chief executive officer of Discovery Networks. Since its beta launch in January last year, the company has conducted more than 50,000 trials and…

Delhi-based manufacturer of steel pipes and tubes APL Apollo Tubes Ltd said it has agreed to acquire a tube manufacturing unit of Shankara Building Products Ltd for Rs 70 crore ($10 million).

CureFit is in talks to raise $75-million funding round led by Venture capital firms Accel Growth and Chiratae Ventures (formerly known as IDG Ventures India) CureFit is health and fitness startup Cure Fit Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. The deal may value the startup at $500 million, The Economic Times reported, citing three people in the know.   The report further added, the fundraise may be extended to a larger $125-150-million Series D round, with new investors adding more capital into the startup later in the year. CureFit will use the fresh capital to launch an…