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How this woman entrepreneur built BharatAgri from ground up to empower farmers digitally

by Rekha Balakrishnan

Hailing from a family of agriculturists, Sai Gole understood first-hand the diverse challenges faced by farmers. She and Siddharth Dialani started BharatAgri, a tech platform for farmers offering them smart...

Smartstaff Upskills Gig Workers & Helps Them Find Jobs | CNBC TV18

by CNBC-TV18

Smartstaff aims to be India's leading blue-collar staffing platform: bridging the gap between businesses and workers.

Arkam Ventures bullish on manufacturing, EV startups

by Samiksha Goel

Arkam marked its first investment in the manufacturing space on Tuesday, jointly leading a $6.3 million Series A funding round in custom manufacturing platform Karkhana.io

Dangers of democratisation in startup investing

by Rahul Chandra

Democratisation of asset classes is an unfolding trend in a world witnessing an appetite for wider asset ownership and an ever-decreasing risk threshold. US VC markets have opened their doors...

Tackling the GTM elephant: How founders should convince investors of a US go-to-market plan

by Bala Srinivasa

Funding is essential for founders wanting to build a cross-border organisation. The path to the US market is littered with unsuccessful startups, and here are some points founders must address...

Agri e-commerce startup BharatAgri raises Rs 35 crore in Series A round led by Arkam Ventures

by Money Control

Arkam Ventures is also an investor in Jai Kisan, one of India’s fastest-growing rural fintech platforms for farmers and retailers, and Jumbotail, India’s leading B2B food and grocery marketplace and...

Riders of the next ark: Inside Arkam’s plan for Middle India’s limitless founders

by BY Harichandan Arakali, Forbes India Staff

Rahul Chandra and Bala Srinivasa are setting out to raise $180 million for the second fund at Arkam Ventures to back their next set of founders tackling middle India's biggest...

KreditBee raises $100M in extended Series D from Advent International

by Money Control

The new funds will be used for scaling KreditBee's existing business and diversifying its product offerings by venturing into digitally enabled financial products

KreditBee raises $80 million in Series D round

by Rahul Chandra, Times of India

Fintech startup KreditBee, on Friday announced that it has raised $80 million as part of its ongoing Series D round from existing investors Azim Premjiâ€™s Premji Invest, Motilal Oswal Alternates,...

Cash-rich family offices of small towns are buying into the India startup story

by Katya Naidu, Business Insider

The Indian startup story has not just gone global, itâ€™s going deep into the hinterlands too. And itâ€™s the high networth individual (HNIs) investors in tier 2 towns of industrial...

Jai Kisan raised $50M in Series B

by Joseph Rai, Mint

Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan on Friday said it has raised $50 million ( â‚¹398.5 crore) in a mix of equity and debt in the first close of its ongoing...

We bet on startups catering to the middle of the pyramid: Arkam co-founders

by Namit Gupta, Business Standard

In a Q&A, Bala Srinivasa and Rahul Chandra, explain why it is essential for any company today to service...

‘India Is In A Major Market Creation Mode’

by Malvika Maloo, VCCircle

Arkam Ventures closed its first early-stage technology fund at $106 million in April. Founded by ...

Startup Street Diwali Special Episode

by CNBCTV18

Is the funding winter here to stay, will we see startups opting for more debt investments?

Arkam Ventures appoints Vishnuhari Pareek as Head of Finance

by ETCFO

Pareek was leading Finance for the Used Car business at CarDekho in his last role. Prior to that he was at...

Startup news and updates: daily roundup (November 29, 2022)

by Apurva P, YourStory

Mooving partners with Park+ to set up 2,000 battery-swapping stations...

Tiger Global Leads Jarâ€™s $22.6 Mn Funding Round, Valuation Jumps To $300 Mn

by Jaspreet Kaur, Inc42

Investment tech startup Jar has secured $22.6 Mn in its Series B funding round at a post-money...

Signzy raises $26M from Gaja Capital, returning investors

by Payal Ganguly, YourStory

The company will utilise the capital to expand its no-code platform for workflow digitalisation to global financial institutions.

Jai Kisan raises $30 Mn in Series A funding

by Tarush Bhalla

Jai Kisan is a technology platform which focuses on providing credit as well as a suite of financial products to the rural economy.

Amazon backs Indian wealth management service Smallcase in $40 million funding

by Manish Singh

Amazon has entered the financial services and insurance markets of India in recent years. Now it is paving the way to foray into the wealth management category. Â

Savings startup Jar raises $4.5 million from Arkam Ventures, Tribe Capital and others

by ETtech

Jar, a six-month-old platform that lets users invest in , has raised $4.5 million led by Â

Blue-Collar Workforce Management Startup Smartstaff Raises $4.3 Mn

by Sethu Pradeep

Workforce management startup Smartstaff (previously known as qikworks) has raised $ 4.3 Mn in a seed funding round. Blume Ventures, Nexus Venture Â

KreditBee gets $70 million more in Series C funding round

by Ashwin Manikandan

According to a source, KreditBeeâ€™s Series C funding round has provided an exit to Chinese.. Â

Jumbotail raises $14.2 million, completing its $25 million fund raise

by Nandita Mathur

The Bengaluru-based startup sources and sells products such as staples, pulses..

India’s largest private bank HDFC invests in Smallcase

by M Sriram

Existing investors DSP Group, Sequoia Capital India and Blume Ventures also participated in the.. Â

[Funding alert] No code AI platform Signzy raises additional $3M from Vertex Ventures

by Sujata Sangwan

The company plans to invest in strengthening its AI platform and expanding its global sales team.. Â

Venture Capital in Indiaâ€™ with Rahul Chandra

by Jayadevan

There are very few VCs in India who have seen more than 2 Venture Capital cycles play out.. Â

Building for the 400M Middle Indiaâ€™ with Bala Srinivasa

by Abhijit Bhaduri

Wonderful conversation with the ever incisive Abhijit Bhaduri on Middle India, what it takes to design successful... Â

Jumbotail bags $11 million in funding led by Heron Rock

by ETtech

The startup said it will utilise the fresh capital to expand its marketplace into.. Â

The Desi VC Podcast with Rahul Chandra

by The Desi VC Podcast

Rahul Chandra is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at Arkam Ventures, an early-stage.. Â

[Funding alert] Rural fintech startup Jai Kisan raises Rs 30 Cr in Pre-Series A from Arkam Ventures, NABVENTURES, and others

by Trisha Medhi

Over the past six months, Jai Kisan has disbursed over Rs 50 crore in loans of top-tier credit.. Â

Why the COVID-19 crisis is a great time to up your sales game

by Bala Srinivasa

Rather than looking at your sales function as a cutaway expense, you can use this period .. Â

The Rise of Indian Venture Capital

by Invest Stream

Over the last twenty years, India has seen a tremendous amount of economic activity in.. Â

Harappa – â€˜Decision Making in Crisisâ€™ with Rahul Chandra

by Habits Matter

Crisis impairs our ability to solve problems. Join us as we talk about decision-maki.. Â

Keys to winning in B2B Fintech

by MEDICI Global

In this episode of MEDICI Studio's new video interview series "Weekend Wisdom: VC.. Â

BestDoc raises $2.1 million from Accel and Arkam Ventures

by FE Bureau

It is hard to overstate the impact of a strong financial services industry as a driver of... Â

Smallcase raises $14 million in funding led by DSP Group

by ETtech

The funds will be used to enhance product suite, technology infrastructure and team expansion Â

AI platform Signzy raises $5.4 million led by Arkam Ventures, Mastercard

by ETtech

Existing investors Kalaari Capital and Stellaris Venture Partners also participated in the funding

Arkam Ventures – Middle India by Design

by Bala Srinivasa and Rahul Chandra

We are thrilled to officially announce the launch of Arkam Ventures, previously Unitary Helion... Â

How big is India’s consumer investment management market and what’s changed?

by Bala Srinivasa

In the last post, "Winning India's next 60M retail investors" I discussed India's... Â

Patterns Amidst Unpredictability: The Challenges in Picking Technology

by Bala Srinivasa

Over the past 200 years, there have been waves of breakthrough technologies... Â

Podcast with Rahul Chandra

by Rahul Chandra

After completing his MMS from BITS Pilani in 1993, Rahul entered into the Investment... Â

I am still an egg, Mr. Investor

by Rahul Chandra

Don't count your chicken before they hatch is not necessarily referring to you... Â

Startup India: How to hire your first head of sales – part 1

by Bala Srinivasa

Over the past six months, I have worked with three of our portfolio... Â

The Rise AND Rise OF Digital Micro Lending

by Bala Srinivasa

I have previously covered credit needs in India - several Â

Managing stress for a healthier body and mind

by Bala Srinivasa

Being an entrepreneur or working in a start-up is hard. It takes a toll in many ways - physically and emotionally as an individual, on family life, on health while...

Decoding India`s consumer lending opportunity

by Bala Srinivasa

India is widely believed to be on the cusp of a massive consumer

Startup India: How to hire your first head of sales â€“ part 2

by Bala Srinivasa

I There a time in every startup journey when the founder(s) consider... Â

Great Expectations: Entrepreneurs and Innovation in Indian Agriculture

by Bala Srinivasa

I had the opportunity to moderate a panel on agri-tech at Tiecon-Delhi... Â

The Parallel Universe of Indian Fintech

by Bala Srinivasa

Of the sci-fi movies Iâ€™ve had a chance to catch recently, Coherence, a gripping... Â

Can Fin-tech Start-ups Win India’s Next 60M Retail Investors?

by Bala Srinivasa

India's is seeing a big upsurge in retail participation in the equity markets... Â

Digital lending – Acquisition, Risk and Collections Insights from three emerging markets (Part 2)

by Bala Srinivasa

This is part 2 of an in-depth discussion on micro lending with three fin-tech market leaders... Â

GST insights for your start-up’s growth strategy

by Bala Srinivasa

India's Good and Services Tax (GST) is well on its way to becoming the change agent its... Â

Consumer Credit – Whatâ€™s your white space strategy?

by Bala Srinivasa

Lost in the headline grabbing news events of January 2018 (including Davos, the Budget Â

Tech Founders â€“ Does Alma Mater Matter?

by Bala Srinivasa

This post is a continuation of our data story series on tech startup founders in India

A digital finance revolution for a Digital India

by Bala Srinivasa

It is hard to overstate the impact of a strong financial services industry as a driver of... Â

Tech Startup Founders: The Data Story

by Bala Srinivasa

Who is the Indian tech entrepreneur? Are there traits that characterise the brave ones that.

The Future of Digital Content and Media Disruption in India – Part 2

by Bala Srinivasa

We covered key trends driving adoption of digital content in Part 1 (read here)... Â

The Future of Digital Content and Media Disruption in India – Part 1

by Bala Srinivasa

This is the first of two articles through which we aim to share our views on the India market... Â

Technology trends reshaping the Future – A conversation with Padmasree Warrior

by Bala Srinivasa

We had the pleasure of hosting Padmasree Warrior in Bangalore on... Â