News for 'Mayfield India'

Agnikul Launches India's 1st 3D-Printed Rocket Hub

Agnikul Launches India's 1st 3D-Printed Rocket Hub

Rediff.com23 Sep 2025

For the first time in India, the facility enables 3D printing of aerospace and rocket components up to one metre in height.

Space tech start-up Agnikul raises $11 mn funding

Space tech start-up Agnikul raises $11 mn funding

Rediff.com20 May 2021

Billionaire and Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra along with top Silicon Valley investors Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan are backing space tech start-up Agnikul as part of a new funding round. Chennai-based Agnikul said, on Thursday, that it has raised $11 million in Series A funding round led by Mayfield India. It is the largest funding round for a private Indian space technology company in the country. Existing investors pi Ventures, Speciale Invest and Artha Venture Fund also invested in this round.

'For digital lending, trust is important'

'For digital lending, trust is important'

Rediff.com19 Nov 2021

'The digital trust level has drastically gone up due to Covid, not only in tier-I and II cities, but also in tier-III, IV and V geographies,'

This start-up ensures quick loans to small businesses

This start-up ensures quick loans to small businesses

Rediff.com8 Aug 2016

Every 30 seconds its website is connected to an SME for a loan, every five minutes it evaluates a loan, and every 20 minutes it disburses a loan.

If Amul's for butter, will Licious be for meat?

If Amul's for butter, will Licious be for meat?

Rediff.com16 Jun 2018

With India already having a huge population of meat eaters and about 70 per cent of the people being non-vegetarian, Indian entrepreneurs are hotting up the online meat market.

Avendus floats $200 mn India fund

Avendus floats $200 mn India fund

Rediff.com9 Feb 2007

Indian investment bank Avendus Advisors on Thursday said that it is in the process of floating a $200 million India specific fund for investing in diversified sectors.

Why VC firms are closing deals faster in start-ups

Why VC firms are closing deals faster in start-ups

Rediff.com5 Feb 2015

In India, where it is tougher to do business, a start-up gets established by the Series-B stage, and it gets expensive for investors.

This edtech firm is using Covid as springboard for growth

This edtech firm is using Covid as springboard for growth

Rediff.com31 Aug 2020

Simplilearn said the pandemic had accelerated demand for skills in areas such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data science and cybersecurity.

It's official: Fund-raising of start-ups is fast drying up

It's official: Fund-raising of start-ups is fast drying up

Rediff.com15 Oct 2015

Deal values have been falling steadily since May this year, when it touched a high of $851 million.

11 PIOs in Forbes's list of best venture capitalists

11 PIOs in Forbes's list of best venture capitalists

Rediff.com26 Mar 2015

Leading the Indian-Americans on the list is 49-year old Aneel Bhusri.

Three FDI offers fail transparency test

Three FDI offers fail transparency test

Rediff.com15 Jul 2013

FIPB rejects proposals from firms that have not divulged details of beneficial ownership or source of funding