NextBigWhat: June 20, 2012 Just4Kids Services Ltd, the parent company that owns the mycity4kids brand, has raised funding from YourNest Angel Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund. mycity4kids is a vertical e-commerce/classified portal focused exclusively on local kids-related services for children up to the age of 14. Parents can visit the site to search for

The Hindu BusinessLine: April 23, 2012 For us, it is pertinent that the business exhibits the execution abilities of an entrepreneur rather than just a manager. Sunil K. Goyal, CEO and Fund Manager, YourNest Angel Fund What should an emerging entrepreneur do to attract the attention of an angel investor? Sunil K. Goyal, CEO and

India Infoline News Service: April 3, 2012 YourNest Angel Fund, an early stage venture capital firm has announced its first investment in Proof of Performance Data Services (PoP). The investment will be used for infrastructure facilities, product extensions, and technology adoption. With this investment PoP will strengthen its technology platform, Earthive. Proof of Performance offers

YourStory: March 26, 2012 YourNest Angel Fund, a SEBI registered venture capital fund, in its first close announcement today, has built its initial corpus from nearly 40 angel investors and mentors. The fund is looking to raise Rs 100 crore in the coming two years. Some of these angels are first generation entrepreneurs while some

YourStory: March 7,2012 Sunil Goyal has two decades of corporate work experience, the first decade with Dabur India and the second with Bharti Airtel. Starting as Executive Assistant to Sunil Mittal, CEO of Airtel, he went on to become the COO for mobile operations in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Thereafter, he was the CEO for

Economic Times: January 26, 2012 In between quitting Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) and starting his own consulting firm, Ravi Kiran took a nearly 2-year sabbatical. But far from sitting back and killing time, his LinkedIn profile proudly states that he was busy being an ‘Agent of chaos’ and ‘Student of how people act and react’

India Infoline News Service: March 6, 2013 Entrepreneurship, start-ups and the MSMEs create productive and sustainable jobs. We appreciate the recognition of making India an easy, friendly and helpful destination for doing business. It is a good promise that the cost of doing business shall be monitored too. Incubation centers to be seen as Corporate

Financial Express: March 2, 2013 Finance minister P Chidambarams new measures to support the countrys start-up ecosystem, including recognising angel investment, giving CSR status to tech incubators within academic institutions and providing a pass through status for venture capital funds, has struck the right chords. Chidambaram said that angel investors, who currently do not qualify

Business Standard: March 1, 2013 Angel investors in India, who are cheered over finance minister’s pat on the back, is yet to find out the impact if angel investments are treated under Category I AIF venture capital funds. During the budget speech, FM had said that SEBI will prescribe requirements for angel investor pools by

Times of India: March 2, 2013 BANGALORE: Angel investors have remained unsung heroes in the Indian funding eco-system so far. However, the Budget has now proposed to give them a better standing – on par with venture capital (VC) investors. This is expected to create buoyancy in the seed funding market, and boost entrepreneurship. Sunil