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Dragoneer leads $10m round for India's ZopNow
Dragoneer Investment Group has led $10 million funding round for Indian online grocery retailer ZopNow. Existing investors Accel Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Times Internet also participated.
Indian online tea seller raises $6m
Indian tea retailer Teabox has raised $6 million in a Series A round led by JAFCO Asia, with participation from Keystone Group and Dragoneer Investment Group, and existing investor Accel.
Accel raises $305m for India fund
Venture capital firm Accel Partners has raised $305 million for its fourth country-focused fund to invest in Indian start-ups.
Tiger Global, Accel commit $5m to India's ChargeBee
US-based Tiger Global has led a $5 million Series B round for India-based subscription billing system developer ChargeBee. Existing backer Accel also participated.
Ola and TaxiForSure share a ride
Car ownership in India is very low; according to the country’s 2011 census, passenger vehicle penetration is just 4.9% overall and a mere 9% for urban areas. For a country of 1.3 billion, suffering from poor public transport, it means the demand for...
Accel, Matrix invest $111m in NZ accounting software firm
Accel Partners, and existing investor Matrix Capital, have together invested NZ$147.2 million ($111 million) in New Zealand-listed accounting software developer Xero.
Google Capital backs India real estate platform CommonFloor
Google Capital has provided a new round of funding for CommonFloor.com, an India-based property listings website.
News Corp invests in PE-backed India property platform
News Corp has paid $30 million for a 25% stake in the parent of PropTiger.com, an India-based online property marketing platform backed by SAIF Partners and Accel Partners.
China’s Sky Solar raises $44.2m in scaled back US IPO
Sky Solar Holdings, a Hong Kong-based independent power producer (IPP) backed by IDG-Accel China Capital, has raised $44.2 million through a US IPO after scaling back the size and pricing of the offering.
IDG-backed Sky Solar seeks up to $150m in US IPO
Sky Solar Holdings, a Hong Kong-based independent power producer (IPP) backed by IDG-Accel China Capital, plans to raise up to $150 million through a US IPO.
Accel, Ribbit lead $35m round for Australian invoice app
Australia-based invoicing app Invoice2go has received $35 million in a Series A round of funding led by Accel Partners and Ribbit Capital. The company was founded in 2002 but this is its first external funding.
India's Power2SME raises $7m Series C round
Power2SME, an Indian group buying start-up, has raised a INR420 million ($6.87 million) Series C round from existing investors Accel Partners, Kalaari Capital and Inventus Capital.
Accel leads new round for India's TaxiForSure
Accel Partners has led a Series C round of investment for Indian car rental and taxi booking site TaxiForSure.com.
SAIF leads $25m round for India's BookMyShow
SAIF India has led a INR1.5 billion ($25 million) round of funding for Bigtree Entertainment, the company behind cinema and events ticketing site BookMyShow.
Tiger Global leads $31m Series D round for India's Freshdeck
Tiger Global Management has led a $31 million Series D round of investment in India's Freshdesk, a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) customer support platform.
Accel-backed India medical advisory service bought by Ebix
Healthcare Magic, an India-based medical advisory service that won early backing from Accel Partners, has been acquired by NASDAQ-listed on-demand software and e-commerce services provider Ebix.
Bessemer leads Series B round for India’s TaxiForSure
Bessemer Venture Partners has led a $10 million Series B round of funding for Indian car rental and taxi booking site TaxiForSure.com.
India start-up targets tea change
Building a business around tea was a logical move for Kaushal Dugar when he left his job as a corporate finance analyst in Singapore to become an entrepreneur back home in India. It has been part of the family business for 80 years. But tea plus e-commerce...
Kalaari leads $10m round for Indian online jeweler
Kalaari Capital has led a $10 million round of funding for India-based online jeweler Bluestone.com. Existing investors Accel Partners and Saama Capital also took part in the round.
China’s Sungy Mobile buys VC-backed app store Getjar
Sungy Mobile, a VC-backed Chinese app developer that went public on NASDAQ last year, has acquired GetJar, a US-based mobile ad network. GetJar previously raised three rounds of VC funding, two led by Accel Partners and the third led by Tiger Global.
Premji tries Myntra on for size
The growth of Indian e-commerce is well documented and recent estimates by online marketplace and industry poster child Flipkart illustrate just how much farther it has to go. According to Sachin Bansal, Flipkart’s co-founder and CEO, e-commerce grew...
Helion, Accel invest a further $1m in MySmartPrice
Helion Venture Partners and Accel Partners have invested $1 million in a Series A round for Indian price comparison website Mysmartprice as the company expands its product categories offering.
Accel, Tiger Global invest $10.3m in India's CommonFloor
Accel and Tiger Global have upped their stake in Indian online real estate portal CommonFloor, together investing an additional INR640 million ($10.3 million) in the company.
Cloud billing platform ChargeBee gets Series A backing from Accel
Accel Partners has led an $800,000 Series A round of investment in ChargeBee, an Indian start-up that helps companies manage their subscription billings.