The Hindu | May 11, 2015 Imagine a pilot in command of an aircraft conversing with the air-traffic controller, and in a jiffy the text of their conversation magically appears on their iPads. Or, a judge reading out a lengthy verdict, even as the transcript gets ready almost immediately. Uniphore Software Systems, a Chennai-headquartered speech

Economic Times | May 7, 2015 MUMBAI: Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan has invested an undisclosed amount in Chennai-based speech recognition solutions company Uniphore Software Systems in a Series A round of funding. Existing investors IDG Ventures India, India Angel Network (IAN), Yournest Fund and Stata Venture Partners also participated in this round of funding. “Continuing

VCCircle | 17 March, 2015 Delhi-based Golflan Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs a subscription-based service for golfers to book tee times through GolfLAN without club membership, has raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding from early-stage investor YourNest Angel Fund, a company executive told VCCircle. The money will be spent on technology and marketing besides

Mint | February 9, 2015 It was in early 2001 that I joined Bharti Airtel to work with Sunil B. Mittal, a first generation entrepreneur. He opened my eyes to a completely new business of building ethos; he was open to diluting his stake. In other words, he was willing to share his future wealth

ECONOMIC TIMES | January 21, 2015 In mid 2010, Bangalore-based startup Zipdial sent out a mail to prospective investors at Mumbai Angels to start the process of raising some funds. In the mail Zipdial described itself as a company that “provides a Twitter-esque opportunity to capture opinions of people and their social network.” The fascination

Economic Times: January 6, 2016 NEW DELHI: Online parenting-focused platform, mycityforkids, has raised $3 million (about Rs 20 crore) in fresh funding from new and existing investors, the Gurgaon-based startup announced on Wednesday. While the terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the latest round has been led by SIDBI Venture Capital, with the startup’s

Economic Times: February 24, 2016 BENGALURU: Smart Software Testing Solutions, an automated product testing solutions startup, has acquired the technology solutions of Bengaluru-based smart mobile testing platform pCloudy. “pCloudy is a big leap for us in our vision to create intelligent testing platforms for Apps in mobile and IoT space,” said Avinash Tiwari, director of

Business Standard: March 2, 2016 Noida-based MoMark Services, a mobile app-based customer engagement platform and mobile wallet aggregator, has raised a pre Series-A funding of USD 600,000 (around Rs 4.5 crore) led by YourNest Angel Fund. Kolkata-based LNB group also participated in this funding round, a statement from MoMark said. The company will utilise the

VCCircle: March 7, 2016 Aahaa, an e-store that specialises in indirect purchase of office supplies, has raised pre-Series A funding of about $1 million (Rs 6.73 crore) from a group of investors led by Gurgaon-based YourNest Angel Fund. Aahaa will use the money raised to enhance technology infrastructure and hire employees, the startup said in

ET Bureau: Mar 23, 2016 BENGALURU: BPO transport service provider Wings Travels has closed the acquisition of taxi aggregator Bookmycab for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of Wings Travels’ plan to strengthen its technology and expand business to 47 more cities in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and Sri Lanka. The combined entity will