On-demand driver solutions provider DriversKart raises an undisclosed amount of funding from ah! Ventures, others
Chennai, 19th April 2016 DriversKart, an innovative startup based out of Chennai, is soon becoming a superhero saviour for the commuters of today. This enterprise has recently closed an undisclosed amount of funding as a part of its Pre Series A round from ah! Ventures and others. In collaboration with ah! Ventures, this round was also […]
ah! Ventures portfolio company Testbook raises next round funding from S Chand & Co
Testbook, a Mumbai based start-up, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from education content provider, S Chand and Company. ah! Ventures in partnership with Let Ventures, had invested INR 1.5 crores as a part of the angel investment round, back in 2014. Founded by IIT alumni Narendra Agrawal and Ashutosh Kumar, Testbook focuses on […]
HNIs may invest more in stock market than startups in coming months: ah! Ventures’ CEO
Founding partner and CEO Harshad Lahoti describes ah! Ventures as a full spectrum startup funding network. Since its inception in 2012, it has made 22 investments via its many arms such as ah! Seeders, ah! Angels and ah! VCs.
Doubtfire: Harshad Lahoti, partner at ah! Ventures on user acquisition
Suman Howlader, CEO and Founder of Carzippi, Bengaluru-based car wash and service platform in conversation with Harshad Lahoti, Partner at ah! Ventures. User acquisition or brand awareness, between these two, which one should be the priority for a startup? User acquisition and brand awareness share a cause and effect relationship and hence not comparable. Brand […]
Open Letter to the Finance Minister…
To Shri Arun Jaitley Finance Minister of India Subject: No Capital Gain Tax exemption for Angel Networks, is the move justified? Dear Mr Jaitley, Greetings from the investor community! Firstly, I must applaud you and your Government’s efforts to revitalize the economy and provide an impetus to the manufacturing industry. This was probably […]
ah! Ventures Invests In Matchmaking Startup, Aisle.co
Aisle, the Bangalore-based matchmaking startup closed a INR 1.25 Crore pre-series A round onah! Ventures and TermSheet.io, with investments from key angel investors like Mekin Maheshwari and Anand Chandrasekaran Wednesday, January 27, 2016; Aisle.co, a fast-growing Indian matchmaking startup based out of Bangalore, has raised INR 1.25 Cr in its pre-series A round from TermSheet.io and […]
ah! Ventures invests in Wigzo; raises $500K from Mohandas Pai’s Aarin Capital, AdvantEdge Partners, Singapore Angel Network and consortium of Angels led by CLUB ah!
New Delhi, December 1st, 2015; Delhi-based Wigzo, an enterprise marketing automation suite, has has raised $500K (INR 3 Crore) in Pre-Series A round of funding led by led by Aarin Capital Partners and chairman of Manipal Global Education, TV Mohandas Pai, ah! Ventures, AdvantEdge Partners, Singapore Angel Network, and consortium of Angels including Sachin Bhatia […]
ah! Ventures invests in outstation taxi booking startup AHA Taxis
Gurgaon, November 18th 2015; AHA Taxis (a division of WAAH Taxis Pvt Ltd), India’s leading online aggregator for outstation travel has raised an undisclosed round of angel funding from ah! Ventures, a startup focused growth catalyst bridging ideas and money. The deal was solely advised and syndicated by ah! Ventures and led to closure on its […]
ah! Ventures invests USD 250K in online game-based engagement learning startup Shirsa Labs
Mumbai, 3rd November 2015; Shirsa Labs, an Ed-tech startup has raised USD 250,000 angel capital funding through ah! Ventures, a startup focused growth catalyst bridging ideas and money. Founded in 2013 by Sukhada Tendulkar and Mandar Desai, Shirsa Labs uses online engagement platform “Planet of GUI” to entertain and educate children mainly in the age […]
Asset Financing Company ORIGA Leasing raises INR 7 Cr from ah! Ventures, 500 Startups and a consortium of high profile investors
Mumbai, 28th October 2015; ORIGA leasing, a highly innovative asset financing company has raised INR 7 Cr from ah! Ventures, 500 Startups and other high profile investors across sectors. ORIGA Leasing was set up by Shrirang Tambe in May 2013 with a core philosophy of ‘Access to Finance’. It provides alternative financing through its asset […]