Sequoia Capital
Sequoia joins Series A round for personal search engine
Sequoia Capital India has joined Qualcomm Ventures in investing over $1 million in Dexetra, the maker of Friday, a personal search mobile application.
Sequoia invests $9.3m in Indian eye hospitals
Sequoia Capital has invested INR500 million ($9.3 million) in ASG Eye Hospitals, a Rajastan-based group of specialty eye hospitals. The funding will be used by the company to support expansion into central and northern India.
India’s BookAdSpace gets angel investment
BookAdSpace, an online platform for buying and selling physical advertising space, has received angel funding from Aakrit Vaish, the director of Flurry India, and Mitesh Sampat, the vice-president of product strategy at Quova.
Chinese short-term rental sites secure $20m in VC backing
Xiaozhu.com and Mayi.con, two competing Chinese websites specializing in short-term room rentals, have each secured $10 million in VC funding.
VCs and mobile internet: The race to stay relevant
Venture capital investors targeting the mobile and social media space are only as good as their understanding of the consumer habits and technologies that underpin industry trends
Sequoia leads $9.2m Series B in iCreate
Sequoia Capital is leading a INR500 milion ($9.2 million) round of investment in data analytics start-up iCreate Software. Sequoia’s Gautam Mago will join the board.
Sequoia, Canaan Partners invest $6.3m in Adnear
Sequoia Capital and Canaan Partners have invested INR350m ($6.3 million) in AdNear, a location-based mobile advertising platform, in a Series A round of funding.
Sequoia backs Chinese online lender Ppdai
Sequoia Capital has invested in a Series A financing round of Ppdai, a Chinese peer-to-peer online lending firm. The capital is expected to expand the company’s capacity on technology infrastructure and marketing campaigns.
Carlyle in talks with Prizm for controlling stake – report
The Carlyle Group is reportedly in advanced talks with Sequoia-backed Prizm Payments, India's leading electronic payments service providers, for a controlling stake in the company. The deal is said to value Prizm at $225-250 million, which is equivalent...
Sequoia India invests $6.1m in pathology chain
Sequioa Capital has invested INR400million ($7.5 million) in Indian pathology services provider Suburban Diagnositic for a 30% stake.
VCs invest $1.2m in Japanese website Retty
GREE ventures, NTT investment Partners and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital have jointly invested JPY100 million ($1.2 million) into Retty, a Japanese social restaurant guide.
Carlyle, Sequoia in take-private bid for Chinese budget hotel chain
7 Days Group Holdings, a US-listed Chinese budget hotel chain backed by Warburg Pincus and Actis, has received a take-private proposal from a consortium comprised of The Carlyle Group, Sequoia Capital China and certain existing shareholders including...
NVP, Sequoia lead Series A round for India’s Capillary Technologies
Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Sequoia Capital have led a $15.5 million Series A round of funding for Capillary Technologies, an India-based cloud computing services provider. Existing investor Qualcomm Ventures also participated.
Qualcomm Ventures backs Dolphin Browser Series B round
Qualcomm's venture capital arm has participated in the Series B funding round of Dolphin Browser, a Chinese-made mobile browser.
Sequoia exits Cafe Coffee Day stake in founder buy-back
Sequoia Capital India has sold its stake in Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading, the unit of India’s Coffee Day Group that runs the flagship retail chain, Café Coffee Day.
Just Dial re-files for IPO, VCs plan partial exit
Just Dial, the Indian online listings provider, has filed for a domestic IPO that will see its venture capital investors exit a portion of their holdings. After an earlier attempt to list was shelved due to market uncertainty, the company completed a...
JAFCO invests $5m into VC-backed Bubble Motion
JAFCO Asia has invested $5 million in Bubble Motion, a voice blogger service provider backed by venture capital players including Sequoia Capital.
Lok Capital ups stake in Ujjivan MFI, Bellwether exits
Lok Capital has reportedly upped its stake in India’s Ujjivan Microfinance by acquiring the 7% held by microfinance investor Bellwether. Another shareholder is set to exit its stake by the end of August.
Sequoia invests in India healthcare services start-up
Sequoia Capital India has invested INR250 million ($4.6 million) into Bangalore-based Practo Technologies, a cloud-based clinic management platform. The Series A round will support the company's global expansion plans.
Profile: Squadron Capital's Anand Prasanna
Anand Prasanna has gone from learning about business in the backwaters of southern India to working for Squadron Capital, one of Asia’s leading indigenous fund-of-funds. He also makes angel investments
Yinglan Tan joins Sequoia Capital India
Yinglan Tan, formerly head of projects at Singapore’s National Research Foundation, has joined Sequoia Capital India as a venture partner.
Cornerstone investors: Public market props
Weak investor sentiment means that many Asian IPOs need cornerstone investors to cover part of the offering and provide momentum. Why are private equity firms getting in on the action?
Quadria Capital to raise a $300m healthcare fund
Quadria Capital is in the process of raising a $300 million fund to tap India's expanding healthcare market. Religare Global Asset Management, a unit of Delhi-based financial services group Religare Enterprises, has become an anchor investor, committing...
Sequoia, SAP Ventures back Just Dial after IPO pulled
Sequoia Capital and SAP Ventures have invested INR3.27 billion ($57 million) in Indian listings provider Just Dial after the company’s IPO, scheduled for this month, was delayed until 2013.