B2B Marketplaces are a huge untapped opportunity in India, with equal interest from founders and investors alike. The article goes over why B2B Marketplaces are an attractive space, how we as investors evaluate them, and what are the different ways in which they can scale, with a case study on Bizongo, a B2B Marketplace in the packaging and apparel industry.

Music has been the soul that has driven civilisations since aeons and India has been at the forefront of musical revolution. From the breadths of Kashmir to Kanyakumari and in the past century music from India has been globalised to every corner of the world with the advent of internet accelerating the boom exponentially. Today we believe the total size of music learners is more than …..

‘Mega M&A’ has been a big chatter topic for the past few weeks in the technology world. While in the US, everyone has been discussing if the next home for their favourite Tiktok videos would be Microsoft or Twitter…..

Chiratae Ventures leads the Series A round in agri-tech startup — Ergos along with existing investor Aavishkaar Capital. Below is the story…

2021 was a landmark year for the Indian SaaS space, with the industry witnessing 50% growth in revenue and 3X growth in venture capital funding – which the Chiratae-Zinnov SaaS report had predicted last year. Hardly four months into 2022, India has already produced nearly the same number of SaaS unicorns as it had in the whole of 2021, suggesting that the tailwinds will continue strongly, this year too.

The Chiratae Impact Report talks about the meaningful impact that is being created by Chiratae’s portfolio companies across sectors, by way of reaching those previously underserved, bringing down costs, increasing access, and improving quality, while also scaling successfully through disruptive technologies.

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

The Chiratae Impact Report talks about the meaningful impact that is being created by Chiratae’s portfolio companies across sectors, by way of reaching those previously underserved, bringing down costs, increasing access, and improving quality, while also scaling successfully through disruptive technologies.

CropIn Technology raises $8 million from Chiratae Ventures, Gates Foundation November 20, 2018 New Delhi: CropIn Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which provides agri-businesses with farm management software and mobile apps, has raised $8 million in a Series B funding round from Chiratae Ventures (formerly IDG Ventures) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic Investment […]

Bike Sharing Startup Bounce Raises $7 Mn Led By Chiratae January 24, 2019 The fresh round was participated by Chiratae Ventures, Accel India, Sequoia India The company claims to have a fleet of more than 1,000 bikes Bounce acquired assets of dockless bicycle sharing platform Ofo in India in 2018 Bounce, a bike and scooter […]

Patrick J McGovern Lifetime Achievement Award conferred upon Ratan Tata November 12, 2019 Iconic Indian industrialist and Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, Ratan Tata was presented the Patrick J McGovern Lifetime Achievement Awards by Chiratae Ventures, formerly known as IDG Ventures India. Chairman emeritus of Tata Sons and scion of the Tata family, Ratan Tata […]

Chiratae Ventures announces Chiratae Sonic: An industry- first initiative to enable quicker access to capital for Founders July 14, 2021 Unprecedented 48 hours seed fund approval for investments less than or equal to $500,000 The first phase of applications under Chiratae Sonic is open for 30 days starting July 7th, 2021 Making fund-raise more seamless […]

Chiratae Ventures, India’s leading Tech VC closes oversubscribed largest Fund IV at $ 337 m August 6, 2021 Bengaluru, 06 August 2021: Chiratae Ventures announced the closing of its fourth fund at $337 Mn oversubscribed by 25%. Chiratae Ventures is backed by marquee global and Indian investors. Over half of Fund IV is from Indian […]

TCM Sundaram elevated as Vice Chairman of Chiratae Ventures December 17, 2021 Bengaluru, 17th December 2021: TCM Sundaram elevated as Vice Chairman of Chiratae Ventures Bengaluru based Chiratae Ventures has announced the elevation of its Founder, TCM Sundaram, to Vice Chairman. TCM Sundaram brings over 35 years of industry experience, including 16 years of venture […]

Chiratae Ventures announces key elevations in its growth journey of three Managing Directors and AVP December 20, 2021 Bengaluru, 20 th December 2021: Chiratae Ventures announces key elevations in its growth journey of three Managing Directors and AVP Chiratae Ventures, formerly known as IDG Ventures, has announced the promotion of four key members. Karthik Prabhakar, […]

The article explores the transformation of India’s payment landscape in the aftermath of demonetization, pondering the potential emergence of a cashless society driven by fast-evolving digital payment solutions and its impact on the startup ecosystem.

The FDA’s groundbreaking approval of IDx-DR, an artificial intelligence-powered software by IDx, marks a significant advancement in healthcare by aiding doctors in interpreting medical imagery.

Why Chiratae Ventures led a $9m Series A investment in Pando.

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Presenting Chiratae Sonic, our flagship seed program with an accelerated process of decision making for companies raising seed funding. Chiratae Sonic is for entrepreneurs who are raring to scale up quickly with their disruptive tech ideas. We aim to provide you with an accelerated process of raising the seed investment for your tech business

Reflections on brand name, identity, change and re-branding.

Packaging, the old brown cardboard boxes of the yore has come a long way. Today, it is a big influencer for consumers while making purchasing decisions, key lever for brands to communicate good experience and ensure brand recall.

Disrupting Seed Investments – Chiratae Ventures invests in 19 companies through the first edition of Sonic February 23, 2022 Bengaluru – February 23, 2022 Chiratae Ventures, the country’s largest homegrown venture capital firm, announced investments into 19 companies as part of the first edition of Sonic, its flagship seed investment initiative, identifying and investing into […]

Disrupting Seed Investments – Chiratae Ventures announces the launch of Sonic-2022. March 3, 2022 Bangalore, 3rd March 2022: Building on the success of the first edition, Chiratae Ventures, the country’s leading venture capital firm, announced the launch of the second edition of Sonic today. Last month, Chiratae announced investments into 19 startups in 2021 as […]

Mr Prem Watsa, Mr Uday Kotak, and Ms Falguni Nayar receive the prestigious Chiratae Patrick J. McGovern Awards 2022 November 3, 2022 Mr Prem Watsa, Chairman & CEO of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited receives the ‘Global Lifetime Achievement Award’ Mr Uday Kotak, MD & CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank, receives the ‘India Lifetime Achievement Award […]

Indian SaaS to reach USD $100 Bn in revenues by 2026, says a new report by Chiratae, Zinnov April 28, 2022 Continued momentum in the creation of SaaS unicorns will propel India to surpass China and become the 2nd largest SaaS nation in the world Venture Capital investments will continue to flow into SaaS companies […]

Indian FinTech industry serves one of the most demanding and price-sensitive consumers globally. It has successfully cracked the consumer-centric aspect of financial services, resulting in significant growth in mobile wallets, applications, and other digital solutions aimed at consumers. The quick adoption and creation of innovative businesses in the last half-decade have made India a unique FinTech market for investors.

The State of Preventive Health report by Chiratae Ventures in collaboration with AWS and our knowledge partner Redseer puts forward our view on the rising consumer awareness on their health and the increasing contribution of digital technologies to the growing preventive healthcare landscape.

The Consumer Tech report by Chiratae Ventures, in association with their knowledge partner PGA Labs talks about the unique evolution of Consumer Tech in India, the opportunities that lie ahead for India in the overall context of global trends that are shaping the sector.

2021 was a landmark year for the Indian SaaS space, with the industry witnessing 50% growth in revenue and 3X growth in venture capital funding – which the Chiratae-Zinnov SaaS report had predicted last year. Hardly four months into 2022, India has already produced nearly the same number of SaaS unicorns as it had in the whole of 2021, suggesting that the tailwinds will continue strongly, this year too.

India’s preventive healthcare sector to reach a value of USD $197 Bn by 2025: a report by Chiratae Ventures, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Redseer July 21, 2022 With a value of USD $93 Bn in 2021, the preventive healthcare sector accounts for approximately 36% of the overall healthcare industry As a result of the […]

Patient, culture-oriented Chiratae Ventures has grown and diversifed in step with India’s gradually blossoming VC market. AVCJ MagazineJuly 22, 2019 Patient, culture-oriented Chiratae Ventures has grown and diversifed in step with India’s gradually blossoming VC market. Its latest expansions suggest this trajectory is set to accelerate WHEN INDIA’S CUREFIT RAISED $75 million for its Series […]

ET Women’s Forum: ‘She-preneurs ask for more permission, men for more forgiveness’ VC CircleFebruary 21, 2022 The Economic Times Women’s Forum 2019 took forward the mission that it launched last year — to collaboratively and urgently build a sustainable culture of empowering India’s half a billion women — through a scintillating day of conversations and […]

11 October, 2018, New Delhi: Elawoman has raised $3 Mn in Series A funding round, led by Chiratae Ventures (Formerly IDG Ventures India) along with co-investor – Alkemi Venture Partners, a healthcare and consumption focused early growth stage fund.

Bangalore, Oct 9, 2018: IDG Ventures India, one of the country’s leading venture capital firms with over $470 m assets under advisory and a presence in 3 locations, has today announced a re-branding to Chiratae Ventures.

Health and fitness start-up Cure.fit announced today that it has raised $120 million in the series C round of funding. Led by IDG Ventures, Accel Partners and Kalaari Capital with participation from Chiratae Ventures and Oaktree Capital*,

HealthPlix will use the funds to strengthen its technology and expand its team and services in other geographical markets.

Mumbai, April 25, 2018: Emotix, a new age Indian robotics and consumer Electronics Company founded on the pillars of Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things has secured a $2M investment through funds advised by IDG Ventures India and YourNest.

Half of our VC exits came via domestic M&As, 40% of LP money is local : IDG’s Sethi VC CircleApril 4, 2018 Sudhir Sethi Follow-on investments outpaced new deals for most venture capital firms in 2017. IDG Ventures India was no exception. And in 2018, its follow-on investments will keep pouring as many of the […]

Fund Scan: IDG Ventures India makes hay out of rising share of rupee capital VC CircleMarch 6, 2018 IDG Ventures India’s fundraising experience for its first two funds is a study in contrast. But with its third fund, the venture capital firm appeared to have found a balance as it turned to rupee capital. The […]

Bangalore, July 25, 2016 – Quikr, India’s No. 1 cross category classifieds business, today announced that it has acquired Hiree, an online hiring platform focused on white collar jobs. Hiree which counts world’s largest IT companies and India’s highest valued startups in its customer list will be merged with its jobs vertical QuikrJobs

Financing platform Vayana Network raises $4mn in Series A funding Team YS July 17, 2017 Pune’s technology based third-party B2B trade financing platform Vayana Network has raised $4 million in Series A funding from IDG Ventures and Jungle Ventures. This follows an earlier round of investment in the company by Reliance Industrial Investments and Holdings […]

The BSE 30 is under threat: IDG Ventures’ Sudhir Sethi Forbes June 14, 2017 Sudhir Sethi, founder and chairman of IDG Ventures India, on how innovation and technology are changing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India and why new-tech companies are the gamechangers. Image: Nishant Ratnakar for Forbes India India-focussed technology venture capital fund IDG Ventures […]

m.Paani, mass-market consumer and retailer data and loyalty company, raises $1.35m in a round led by IDG Ventures India, Blume Ventures & Saha Fund

IDG Ventures India launches the Frontier Tech Innovators Program #FTIP2017 in partnership with Axilor Ventures

Rentomojo Raises $2 million in Pre Series A from Accel Partners and IDG Ventures India

New Delhi, 4th November 2015: POPxo, India’s first and fastest-growing community for young women, has raised $2 million in Series A funding. The investment round was led by IDG Ventures India and Kalaari Capital, with participation from 500 Startups.

Lenskart to gain out of Premji Invest’s extensive experience across retail brands The funding comes three months after IFC’s 400 crore investment in the brand

May 26, 2016: Little Black Book, a media-tech enterprise based out of New Delhi, has raised $1.2 million from IDG Ventures India and Indian Angel Network. Reaching out to over 1 million users every month, Little Black Book is currently available in Delhi and Bangalore

New Delhi & Bengaluru May 16, 2016: Leading tech-focused venture capital firm IDG Ventures India has launched a Digital Consumer Innovators Program to provide assistance to startups across consumer technology and digital media space

Bangalore, 10 May 2016: India’s leading mobile health and fitness startup HealthifyMe, today, announced Series A funding of US$6 million led by IDG Ventures India, Inventus Capital and Blume Ventures. The funding comes just a year after they announced their

Mumbai, February 10th, 2016: Online marketplace for recruitment, Aasaanjobs recently raised $5 million in Series A round of funding led by Aspada Advisors with participation from existing investors. This was a follow-up from the seed round where the platform

Mumbai, November 3, 2015:Cityflo, India’s largest and fastest-growing bus-aggregation startup, has raised a seed round of $750,000 led by IDG Ventures. Mumbai, November 3

Bangalore, September 09, 2015: India’s leading technology venture capital firm IDG Ventures India announced that Mr. Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has joined their advisory board as a Senior Advisor.

Bangalore, May 18, 2015: myNoticePeriod.com, the company that pioneered just-in-time hiring and revolutionized recruitment in India, has rebranded itself as Hiree.com. The company has acquired 800+ paid customers in less than a year.

March 18, 2015 New Delhi: Online travel community company, Tripoto, has raised its second round of funding led by IDG Ventures India. Existing investors Outbox Ventures also participated in the round. Karan Mohla from IDG Ventures India would be joining

Nestaway is India’s first “managed home rental” marketplace attempting to provide better rental solutions via design and technology to singles in the cities. It turns unbranded, unfurnished houses into fully furnished & managed apartments and provide them at affordable prices to pre-verified tenants.

myNoticePeriod.com raises INR 18 crores from IDG Ventures. It had earlier raised over INR 2 crores from individual angel investors and IDG Ventures, in September 2014.

February 2, 2015: Valiant Capital Partners, led a $26 million Series D investment into Brainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd, which owns the ‘FirstCry.com’ brand, India’s #1 baby and kids focused e-commerce site. San Francisco-headquartered Valiant Capital,

Bengaluru, December 29, 2014. Bengaluru-based SuperProfs.com, a product of Aurus Network, has raised $3 Million from venture capital firms Kalaari Capital and IDG Ventures India. This round of funding will be used for scaling up its product offerings

Bangalore, 4 September 2014:
India’s fastest growing recruitment startup myNoticePeriod.com announced that it has raised over 2 Crores in Seed Round funding, led by IDG Ventures India. Other investors include Prashant Kirtane, CTO and co-founder of travelmob.com, Shamsunder

Mumbai, July 28, 2014: Peel-Works, the leading SaaS and big-data analytics company enabling sales-force & traditional trade transformation, has raised a Series A round of $2 million from Inventus Capital Partners and IDG Ventures India.

New Delhi, April 16, 2014: Yatra Online Travel Pvt. Ltd. (‘Yatra’), one of India’s largest online travel companies, today announced a Rs 140 crores funding round led by new investors IDG Ventures and Vertex Venture Management Pte. Ltd.

Newgen Software, a leading global provider of Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Customer Communication Management (CCM) solutions has raised equity capital from IDG Ventures India and Ascent Capital

January 21, 2014: Vertex Venture Management, through one of its funds, led a $15 million Series C investment into Brainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd, which owns the ‘FirstCry.com’ brand, India’s #1 baby and kids focused e-commerce site.

Heckyl Technologies Pvt. Ltd has raised over $3.5 million in Series B investment led by IDG Ventures India. Existing investors Seedfund Advisors also participated in the round. Seedfund Advisors had invested $1mn in the start-up in the first round.

Bangalore, 11th December 2013: Zivame.com, India’s largest lingerie destination has received a Series B Funding Investment of $6 million. This round has been raised from Unilazer Ventures Private Limited, a strategic private equity investments company promoted

Theramyt, a niche Bangalore-based, bio-pharma enterprise, has raised significant funding to pursue its goal of developing treatment-altering biological drugs.

Bangalore – October 10, 2013. Unbxd, a leading product recommendation platform for eCommerce companies, today announced that it has raised USD 2 Million in its Series A round of funding, from venture capital funds, IDG Ventures India and Inventus

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Bangalore, March 14, 2012: Zivame.com, India’s premium online lingerie store, announced series A funding from IDG Ventures and Indo-US Venture Partners.

February 13, 2012: IDG Ventures India led a $14 million Series B investment into Brainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd., which owns the FirstCry.com and GoodLife.com brands, India’s #1 babycare and #1 beauty e-commerce sites respectively.

Bangalore, India — May 11, 2011
DG Ventures India and Sequoia Capital today announced an investment of $5 million each in Sourcebits, the global leader for consumer and enterprise mobile app development.

New Delhi, October 31, 2011: Valyoo Technologies Pvt Ltd, which runs the leading eyewear e-commerce site Lenskart.com, has raised $4 million in the first round of funding from IDG Ventures India. Lenskart.com is India’s first and only online portal selling prescription eyewear

Chennai, October 9, 2011: IDG Ventures India has invested an undisclosed but large sum of money in eShakti.com – backing the unique value proposition of this leading brand of customized women’s apparel in the American market. eShakti.com

Mumbai, July 19th, 2011: Vserv, the leader in Mobile In-App Advertising in India, announced today that it has closed $3 Million in Series A funding by IDG Ventures India. Vserv is a leading mobile advertising network focused on emerging markets having

Delhi, May 11th, 2011: iProf Learning Solutions India Pvt., Ltd. today announced an investment by Kaplan Ventures and a distribution partnership with Kaplan Test Prep to enable the iProf platform to offer test preparation in GMAT® and GRE®

Tablet Based e-Learning Marketplace Company Enables Anytime-Anywhere-Any Pace Top Quality Interactive Education for targeted 25 Million Indian Students; iProf Ties Up with IGNOU, World’s Largest Distance Learning University with 3.2 Million Students

Mumbai, 2nd May, 2011 Indian BFSI software products company, Agile Financial Technologies (www.agile-ft.com), announces the successful completion of its US$ 5.7mn Series A financing, led by IDG Ventures India (IDGVI). This funding will enable Agile Financial Technologies (Agile FT)

Bangalore, January 28, 2010: iCreate Software (www.icreate.in), a Bangalore-based Business Intelligence company focused on Banking products & solutions, today announced the successful completion of a Series A round of financing of Rs. 15 crores.

Bangalore, October 14, 2009: Apalya Technologies, a Hyderabad based company providing India’s No.1 Mobile Video platform, announced funding of US$ 3 million from IDG Ventures India and Qualcomm Ventures. Mumbai Angels, a leading angel investment

Leading global VC fund managing $3.7B conducts its global review in India

Tuesday May 19, 2009, Bangalore: IDG Ventures family of funds from across five countries- China, India, Vietnam, South Korea and USA held their annual global review meeting for

Bangalore, March 13, 2009: In a bid to provide access to entrepreneurial, technology and financial resources in one place to accelerate the success of high-potential technology startups, IDG Ventures India and Microsoft India today announced an Early Stage

Bangalore, November 4, 2008: Myntra.com, India’s leading platform for personalized products and gifts and a company which pioneered the on-demand personalization space in India, today announced receiving an investment of $5 mn.

Mumbai, July 2, 2008: IDG Ventures India, a $150 Million early-stage technology venture capital fund, announced today its Series A investment in Ozone Media, India’s leading online advertising network. As part of the investment, Manik Arora and Ritesh Banglani

Aujas – The Journey of an Entrepreneur in Residence at IDG Ventures India

March 27, 2008: IDG Ventures India today announced that Kiran Karnik, Ex- President, NASSCOM and a recipient of the Padma Shri joins IDG Ventures India on their Global Advisory Board which is constituted of icons like Dr. N Balasubramanian, Dr.K B Chandrasekhar, Mr. Arjun Malhotra, Dr. Sridhar Mitta, Dr. Jagdish Sheth and Dr. V Sumantran.

Bangalore, February 13, 2008: IDG Ventures India, a $150 Million early-stage technology venture capital fund, today announced its investment of $3 million in Aujas Networks Pvt. Ltd., a pure-play Digital Security services startup. Bangalore based Aujas will address a global security services market currently over $17 billion in