ah! Ventures

GST and its impact on Start-ups

The announcement about passing of the Goods and Services Tax or the GST bill as is referred to is something everyone seems to be euphoric about and well, it is news worth the noise. The GST bill that was first recommended in 2003 by Kelkar Task Force, was mooted in 2006-07 budget, was supposed to […]

How Mumbai-based ah! Ventures built a global network of 750 investors.

 You may have often heard of a startup idea or two emerging from a sleepless night doused in alcohol. But what is rare is an idea to set up an investor network venture fund born over a pint of beer. Set up in 2010 in Mumbai, ah! Ventures was the brainchild of Harshad Lahoti, an […]

Investor Reverse Pitch? Yes, there is a method to the madness!

Indian is fast becoming the blue eyed baby in the eyes of the global entrepreneurial world. With intra & cross nation funding transactions on a consistent rise, the start-up fervour is no longer confined only to India. Given this scenario, it goes without saying that the number of start-up investment deals cracked is skyrocketing. India, […]

Kickstart Jobs raises Series-seed funding from ah! Ventures, others

Kickstart Jobs, a Gurgaon-based entry-level talent acquisition startup, raised an undisclosed amount of funding in its Series-seed round. Led in collaboration with ah! Ventures, this round saw investments from marquee investors like Vivek Joshi – Founder, Wyzen Tech; Mohit Satyanand – Chairman, Team Works Art; Amit Banati – President (Asia Pacific), Kellogg’s; Arun Khanna – […]

Why just startup, when you can STARup? Yes, it’s time!

India, the land of mighty, with $1.42 billion already invested in the start-up ecosystem in the first quarter itself of 2016, has no dearth of disruptive start-ups being born every single minute of the day and none whatsoever of enthusiastic individuals eagerly waiting to discuss & debate them. Mirroring the practice in the western markets, […]