Deal Alert: Blume Ventures invests in social tech firm Kuliza

Bangalore-based Kuliza, a social technology firm with expertise in building web, mobile and social media apps, has received an investment from Blume Ventures. Kuliza will be utilizing the raised funds in further expanding globally and building digital marketing tools. 



Founded in 2006, Kuliza is focused on helping companies leverage technology support in the areas of social software,

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Deal Alert: Samridhi Fund invests Rs.15-Cr in Gramco Infratech

Gramco Infratech Pvt Ltd (Gramco), a rural-focused company that creates infrastructure to support farmers, has raised Rs 15 crore in its first round of equity funding from Samridhi Fund. The funds raised will be used to construct agri-warehouses in Madhya Pradesh and to meet its working capital requirements. Intellecap was the sole financial advisor to the deal. 



The Samridhi Fund has been

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Deal Alert: Mobile Surveys Startup VoxApp Raises Funding from Blume Ventures, Angels

Edited extracts From the  Press Release:

VoxApp, a Delhi-based startup that has developed a platform to enable brands & research companies  undertake consumer feedback studies on the mobile phone, has raised a round of funding from a syndicate of domestic and foreign investors
including Blume Ventures, Narayanan Shadagopan (MD, Pragati India Fund),
Palaash Ventures, Sachin Bhatia (

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Deal Alert: Blume Ventures, angels invest in beauty products e-tailer Purplle

Mumbai-based online beauty and personal care e-tailer Purplle has raised its first round of funding from seed fund Blume Ventures and angel networks Mumbai Angels and The Chennai Angels. The company, founded in early 2012 by Manish Taneja and Rahul Dash, offers personal care products ranging from make-up to electronics from over 400 global brands. 



Source: Economic Times 

 



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Deal Alert: Kae Capital leads investment in social CRM firm Airwoot

New Delhi-based Airwoot, a startup that helps brands provide customer support on social media, has raised funding from investors led by Kae Capital. Top angel investors like Google India managing director Rajan Anandan, Sasha Mirchandani, Sunil Kalra and Samir Sood participated. The company, which enables businesses to engage with their customers in real-time, will use the funding to develop

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Deal Alert: Blume Ventures discloses investments in 12 firms

Seed fund Blume Ventures has disclosed that it has invested in 12 ventures in the first six months of 2013. 



Infollion: Delhi-based Infollion brings together buyers and sellers of research services or products on the same platform.

Batchcar: Mumbai-based Batchcar (earlier called SharedCab.com) is a provider of shared taxi service. Co-investors: Kae Capital, individuals.



NowFloats:

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Deal Alert: Ice cream vendor Hokey Pokey raises capital

Drums Food International, owner of the Hokey Pokey brand of ice cream, has raised less than a million dollars from investors led by Peter Rajsingh, a partner at New York-based Castellar Partners and Professor at New York University. Other investors include Shripad Nadkarni, a former marketing head at Coca-Cola India and Apurva Salarpuria, director at the Salarpuria Group. The company, promoted

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