Angel Investors

Interior design startup Flipspaces raises $35 million led by Iron Pillar

The funds will be used to accelerate growth across India, the US and the UAE, strengthen technology and brand leadership and explore inorganic growth opportunities, the company has said

Angel fund cannot raise exposure in investee company that is no longer a startup: SEBI's guidance note

Sebi was responding to a query from FirstPort Capital Angel Fund. The fund also asked the regulator about the eligibility of a trust to become an angel investor.

What is Angel Tax? All you need to know about the draconian law abolished in Budget 2024

On July 23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman proposed to abolish the angel tax for all investor classes while presenting the Union Budget 2024.

Cred's Kunal Shah retains title as top angel investor with 67 deals in 2022

Unacademy's Gaurav Munjal and Jupiter's Jitendra Gupta's investment activity fell significantly, keeping them off the list this year. Munjal's investments decreased from 18 to eight this year, while Gupta only made five deals compared to 18 in 2021.

We Founder Circle launches two angel funds; here are the details

Founded in October 2020 in Mumbai, in the past 23 months, WFC has invested in 70+ startups at their early stage and mentored them through various initiatives.

Hocomoco raises $1 million in pre-series A round funding; rebrands as Wehouse

Wehouse, a prop-tech startup, tries to simplify the construction process by bringing all entities involved in building a home under one roof.

How to use learnings derived from investor rejections to improve business model and plug loopholes

As a startup founder if you see no objections from potential investors to your assumptions, or questions on your projected numbers, or inputs on your business model, then you are not getting their money. But not getting dejected is the key. See rejection as valuable feedback rather than an outright ‘no’.

Pine Labs CEO Amrish Rau, Jupiter founder Jitendra Gupta pair up to raise Rs 300 crore venture capital fund

Gupta and Rau have been among India’s most active angel investors, with over 100 companies backed between them. Their portfolio includes fintech CRED, gaming firm MPL, craft beer maker Bira, neobank Open and digital ledger Khatabook.

2021: Meet the top 10 super angels for the Indian startup ecosystem

Outsized risks, outsized gains: How to become a successful angel investor in the unicorn era

Spreading your investments over a number of start-ups as opposed to parking all your capital in just one entity is one way to becoming a successful angel investor.

The Private Market Show | A CXO's perspective on Angel Investing

In this episode of The Private Market Show, Mediacorp's Parminder Singh talks about the motives of investing in startups, portfolio diversification and how he evaluates the team before investing. Tune in to the podcast to know more

Explained | What is revenue-based financing and why it is becoming popular

Many early-stage ventures and even small businesses are opting for revenue-based financing (RBF) instead of approaching venture funds or angel investors. Below is a primer on how it works

The silver lining of 2020: A whiff of positivity from startup world

On the whole, I’m set for this year to end on a somber note. But the optimist in me has found some cheery data in an otherwise dreary world.

As VCs stay away, angels come to the rescue of growth-stage startups

With venture capital firms hoarding funds for their portfolio companies because of the Covid pandemic, angel investors are moving in and writing bolder cheques in these late-stage startups

Byndr raises $700,000 in seed funding

The Hyderabad-based firm will utilise the funds to expand its sales and development team, Byndr said in a statement.

OYO's Rs 60-cr buyback has 7 early-stage angel investors smiling

The buyback, which had lead investor Softbank's blessings, happened at whopping Rs 3.21 lakh per share. Remember, the early-stage investors had picked up shares in OYO for around 1,200 rupees three years back

Tork Motorcycles raises funds from angel investors

Electric bike maker Tork Motorcycles has raised angel funding for an undisclosed amount from a host of marquee investors including Ola founders Bhavish Agarwal, Ankit Bhati and a group of angels led by Harpreet Grover, the chief executive and co-founder of CoCubes.

Young Turks: Bengaluru plays host to LetsIgnite 2016

India's foremost conference that curates VCs and angel investors and connects them to high growth start-ups Letsignite 2016 saw over 250 investors from across the globe and a well curated presence of 20 high growth start-ups.

President pitches for new age financing to drive startups

Noting that every start-up has to face a 'valley of death' as returns from innovation processes are skewed, President Pranab Mukherjee today said new-age financing options like angel investors, venture capitalists and crowd funding can meet the special needs of such projects in the formative stages.

Budget 2016: Government should consider tax rebates to encourage SME

We can adopt the simplified tax and administrative processes available in other countries.

What angel investors expect from govt's start-up policy

Now capital is the life blood for start-ups and any policy for entrepreneurs must also address the concerns of angel investors and VCs that make capital available to start-ups

India lacks angel investors to fund start-ups: Nasscom

"For a successful start-up ecosystem there is need for enough angel investors who can support the budding entrepreneurs from early stage. But this is not happening in India and there is a serious lack of it," Nasscom Vice-President Rajat Tandon told PTI.