Discount selling kills brands: Mahesh Murthy of SeedFund

Startups are killing a brand and devaluing their business by offering discounts on products, according to Mahesh Murthy, founding partner, SeedFund, a Mumbai-based early-stage investor. Speaking on Developing World-class Product Management at a fireside chat with industry bigwigs at TechCircle’s D...

Anand Rai

Excl: afaqs secures under $3M from Seedfund in its third round of funding

Seedfund, an early-stage venture capital fund, has invested under $3 million in Banyan Netfaqs Pvt Ltd, the company that owns and operates afaqs, an advertising, media and marketing portal and The Mobile Indian, a mobile/telecom portal. This is Seedfund’s second investment in the company. The fund...

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Seedfund-backed Fetise co-founder & CEO Abhishek Shah steps down

Abhishek Shah, cofounder and CEO of Fetise Retail Pvt Ltd, which runs men’s fashion apparels e-shop Fetise.com, has left the company, as per his LinkedIn and Twitter handles. The development comes even as the company is going through a management change, according to Medianama, which first reporte...

Nandana Das

Excl: Digital learning startup LurnQ raises funding from Seedfund

LurnQ, a digital learning platform run by Mumbai-based Technium Labs Pvt Ltd which develops Web-enabled learning tools and materials, has raised an initial round of funding from Seedfund, an early-stage venture capital fund, sources close to the development told Techcircle.in. However, several atte...

Anand Rai

redBus.in says it has sold one crore bus seats

redBus.in, a bus-ticketing site owned by Pilani Soft Labs Pvt Ltd, has announced that it sold more than one crore bus seats in India. The Bangalore-based company claims that it is the first online venture in the country to cross the landmark, making redBus.in one of the top transacted sites. Accordi...

Nandana Das

After-sales service provider Jeeves raises Series A funding from Seedfund

Bangalore-based Jeeves Consumer Services Pvt Ltd, an electronics products and appliance service provider to individual households, has raised an undisclosed initial round of funding from Seedfund, an early-stage venture capital fund. Seedfund, which raised its second fund last year, typically seek...

Anand Rai, Nandana Das & Sonam Gulati

Digirati: Top 25 powerful people in Indian digital business

They provide smart insights into hot trends and create strategies that redefine businesses. They innovate opportunities for themselves and others – writing some success stories that inspire awe. Meet the homegrown Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerbergs and Warren Buffetts who have made waves in the digital ...

Sonam Gulati & Nandana Das

Mobile Query Startup Innoz Raises Series A Funding From Seedfund

Innoz Technologies Pvt Ltd, a mobile search platform, has secured Series A funding from Seedfund. Although the amount raised has not been disclosed, it is estimated to be between $2-5 million and will be used in marketing, hiring people and strengthening the technology base to support the increase i...

Nandana Das

HandsPick Rebrands Itself To Donebynone

HandsPick, a fashion apparel and accessories ecommerce brand has rebranded itself to Donebynone. The name of the company has also been changed from Intuitent Online Venture to Netcraft Retail Solutions. Earlier this year, it raised an undisclosed series A funding from Seedfund, an early-stage ventur...

Anil Das

Seedfund Acquires Minority Stake In Fashion E-tailer HandsPick.com

Seedfund, an early-stage venture capital fund with operations in Mumbai, Bangalore and New Delhi, has invested an undisclosed sum to acquire a significant minority stake in HandsPick.com, a fashion apparel and accessories e-commerce brand owned by Delhi-based start-up Intuitent Online Venture Pvt Lt...