The Hindu BusinessLine: April 17, 2014 Mycity4kids, discovery platform of choice for all kids-related services, has launched its mobile App in Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. The company is funded by YourNest Angel Fund. By the end of FY’2014, mycity4kids aims to be present in the top 16 markets in the country and

The Times of India: March 14, 2014 CHENNAI: Leading angel investors Indian Angel Network (IAN) on Thursday announced an undisclosed investment in Chennai-based Uniphore Software Systems, a leading player in Indian language speech recognition solutions. This round of investment was led by IAN members Nagaraja Prakasam and M V Subramanian along with Ray Stata and

Economic Times | February 28, 2014 In the past one month, Vikas Kumar, a 32-year old lawyer has been taking lessons. The Delhi-based professional has attended two classes that he hopes will prepare him to join the ranks of a new class of investors, those backing startups. “I will soon make my first investment, in

The Hindu: DECEMBER 23, 2015 Arya.ai, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up, has raised Pre-Series A funding of $750K from YourNest Angel Fund and VentureNursery members. Arya.ai was started by two IIT Mumbai researchers Vinay Kumar Sankarapu and Deekshith Marla. The firm uses complex Deep Learning Algorithms to develop General AI systems that can adapt and

ETBrandEquity: December 16, 2015 Bestdealfinance.com, an online marketplace for financial products, has renamed itself to Rubique. The new name aims to make the portal steer closer to the digital savvy customers, stay relevant to their core proposition. The branding exercise is executed by Idealake. Launched in October 2014, the Mumbai-based financial e-commerce portal provides an

The Washington Post | November 28, 2015 NEW DELHI — In a sprawling wholesale market of timber, glass and marble, businessman Amit Gupta supervises workers loading sheets of glass on trucks for builders across India — his family business for five decades. As plumes of sawdust float, Gupta says he wants to play a role

VCCircle | 23 November, 2015 In an effort to further boost the investment environment in the country, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a notification to grant automatic approval route for foreign investment in investment vehicles including alternative investment funds (AIFs), infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) and real estate investment trusts (REITs). “A person resident outside

Economic Times | September 22, 2015 MUMBAI: Bestdealfinance, which focuses on loans for retail customers and small and medium enterprises, has raised over Rs 20 crore from Kalaari Capital, YourNest Angel Fund, Globevestor and Dexter Capital, said a top executive. The funding, which the company said will be used to beef up its technology and

INC 42 | August 13, 2015 Betaout has raised $500,000 in a funding round from some of the top entrepreneurs and investors in US and India. The investors in current round include Amit Ranjan (cofounder, Slideshare), Abhishek Rungta (founder, Indusnet), Ankur Warikoo (CEO, Groupon India), Anupam Mittal (CEO, People Group), Ashish Kashyap (CEO, Ibibo Group),

ET Bureau | Aug 03, 2015 NEW DELHI: Northgate Capital has come in as an investor and co-sponsor in YourNest Angel Fund, making the US-based firm the third, and largest yet, institutional investor in the local early-stage venture capital fund. Northgate currently manages about $5 billion of assets globally through a two-pronged approach: it acts