VG-angels celebrates a 10X+ exit in their Portfolio Company The Health Factory October 26, 2024

 

This successful exit comes on the heels of THF raising $3.5 million in Seed funding, led by Peak XV’s Surge, further emphasizing the brand’s rapid growth trajectory and the rising market demand for healthier, innovative food products… {Read More}



Venture Garage’s portfolio startup- The Health Factory raises $3.5 million September 25, 2024

 

Earlier in August 2022, the Mumbai-based brand had raised a Rs 2 crore seed round led by Venture Garage, Vikas Nahar, Happilo, and other marquee angels… {Read More}



Maxvolt Energy has successfully secured $1.5 million in a Private Placement round of funding from angel investors and family offices May 31, 2024

 

Maxvolt is an EV battery manufacturing startup raised this money in a private placement round we an eye on an SME IPO within FY24-25… {Read More}



Centriti Secures Pre-Series A Funding with Support from VG- Angels and Others May 23, 2024

 

INR 6cr invested in this round from EV2 Ventures, Brigade Family Office, VG-Angels, and some other angel investors. This investment includes contributions from VG’s partner Pawan Raj Kumar… {Read More}



Venture Garage in their endeavor to take their profitable portfolio companies to an IPO, helps BharatRohan in securing $2 million+ in a private placement round with an eye on an SME-IPO withing FY24-25 May 09, 2024

 

This investment includes contributions from Villgro Innovation Foundation, Caspian, RevX, and Venture Garage, with participation from a group of ultra-high net-worth individuals… {Read More}



A leading Family Office has invested in Venture Garage portfolio Startup- Garuda Aerospace March 10, 2024

 

Clocked 47Cr revenue in FY23 and expected closure of FY’24 at 120Cr+, Garuda will utilize the funds to process the orders booked… {Read More}



Venture Garage portfolio Startup- Saswat Finance raises seed round from Indian, European and Japanese VCs February 15, 2024

 

Saswat will utilize the funds raised to build the tech, expand the team and penetrate into more rural Indian cities… {Read More}



Venture Garage’s portfolio- Metafin has raised $5Mil from Prime Venture Partners and Varanium Capital February 12, 2024

 

Will use the funds to expand across states, improve its loan book, enhance its technology and IoT stack… {Read More}



Venture Garage makes splash in Shark Tank: Given First Exit & First Guest Shark from its Portfolio January 31, 2024

 

Venture Garage is once again the talk of the town as its portfolio company Rare Planet secures a partial exit from Namita Thapar. Earlier, Mr. Vikas Nahar, the founder of Happilo, appeared as a guest shark… {Read More}



Venture Garage portfolio Startup- Sequretek raises Series A of $8 million in Series A November 10, 2023

 

The round was led by Omidyar Network India with participation from Narottam Sekhsaria Family Office and Alteria Capital. Venture Garage was the financial advisor to Sequretek in this transaction and also invested from its angel network, VG-Angels, in this funding round… {Read More}



Venture Garage portfolio and client Omnivio raises $1.02 Million Seed Round October 18, 2023

 

The funding was led by Caret Capital, with participation from prominent investors including Blume Ventures, Eximius VC, Sunicon Ventures, Misfits, VG-Angels (the angel network of Venture Garage), and other … {Read More}



Venture Garage portfolio Startup- Polymatech Electronics files DRHP to raise up to Rs 750 crore via IPO October 5, 2023

 

Polymatech Electronics, India’s first opto-semiconductor chip manufacturer, has filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with capital markets regulator Sebi to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO)… {Read More}



Designx has raised pre-Series A round from 2 Indian VCs and 1 family Office September 01, 2023

 

With the last fundraise the company aimed at increasing the team size, acquiring more factories and expanding to new geographies… {Read More}



Arcatron Mobility announced that it has successfully raised ₹12.5 crore in funding April 8, 2023

 

The investment round was led by the BL Taparia Family Office, with participation from co-investors Chona Family Office, MGA Ventures, and prominent angel investors Dhruv Toshniwal, Sudhakar Kale, Varun Bansal, and Venture Garage… {Read More}



Venture Garage portfolio company- 91Squarefeet raises Series A of $10 million led by Stellaris, in 9 months of raising pre-seed from VG-Angels” September 13, 2022

 

Venture Garage began its journey with 91Squarefeet in mid-2021 and assisted the startup in raising a $1 million pre-seed round from VG-Angels… {Read More}



Vikas Nahar, Founder Happilo and VG- Angels back The Health Factory – “Bread Badlo, Aadat Nahi” August 12, 2022

 

Funds acquired to be used to build out a stellar team, expand geographies and scale up operations and manufacturing… {Read More}



VG-Angels(The angel network of Venture Garage) invests in Edtech startup Edugorilla June 11, 2022

 

Edugorilla, an edtech firm based in Lucknow, has raised INR 16.5 crore in an angel round by VG-Angels(the angel network of Venture Garage)… {Read More}



Venture Garage’s Portfolio Company- Wings Lifestyle got investment from Nazara Technologies June 01, 2022

 

Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of Nazara Technologies has invested in Brandscale Innovatons(Wings Lifestyle)… {Read More}



Venture Garage’s Portfolio Company- Voiceoc raises fund March 11, 2022

 

Voiceoc has raised an angel round from United States based accelerator Expert Dojo & prolific angel Kishore Ganji from Astir Ventures… {Read More}



91Squarefeet(Earlier Rolling banners) has raised $1mn in a pre-seed round January 06, 2022

 

91Squarefeet(Earlier Rolling banners) has raised $1mn in a pre-seed round from Omphalos Ventures, Nikhil Vora of Sixth Sense Ventures, Actor Rannvijay Singh Singha, VG-Angels & others… {Read More}



Venture Garage’s Portfolio Company Flo Mobility raises $400,000 from VG-Angels & others December 20, 2021

 

Flo Mobility, a vision-based autonomous technology company, today announced that it has raised $400K from DevX Venture Fund, VG-Angels, Blume Founders Fund, Vinners and other marquee angels… {Read More}



Edtech startup- Expertrons raises capital in Pre Series A from investors like Yoga Capital, Ah!Ventures, Venture Garage, Auxano, Venture Catalyst, Lead Angels and Hyderabad Angels. August 17, 2021

 

This Pre Series A round comes after the edtech startup raised an undisclosed amount from IvyCap Ventures, Iceland Venture Studio, and Sarcha Advisors… {Read More}



Jobsgaar (Venture Garage’s portfolio) raises $140,000 in seed funding round led by SucSEED Indovation Fund May 31, 2021

 

Hyperlocal job finding platform Jobsgaar Technologies has secured $140,000 amount from Sucseed Innovation Fund &… {Read More}



Healthy Snack Maker Happilo raises INR 100 CR from A91 partners. Februray 02, 2021

 

Venture was the exclusive financial advisor to this transaction… {Read More}



Venture Garage Portfolio Startup- Wobot, Bags $2.5Mil in Funding Round from Sequoia India August 05, 2020

 

Wobot, an AI powered video analytics solution has raised $2.5 mil in Pre-Series A funding round from Sequoia India. Wobot connects to CCTV and other cameras to help in monitoring process compliance while detecting and tracking anomalies in an organisation’s Standard Operating Procedures which include hygiene, safety, productivity, and customer experience…. {Read More}



Venture Garage advises Designx on $200K Seed Round Funding from Modulor Capital March 17, 2020

 

Venture Garage, an advisory firm for early stage startups, served as financial advisors to DesignX for its fund raise of $200K from Modulor Capital. DesignX is an Industrial IoT company that specialises in migrating and bridging manufacturing companies to Industry 4.0. It achieves this through its TechFiles and Hectos products…. {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts 4th leg of “Find Your Investor” programme in Pune, supported by Kotak Mahindra Bank, January 25, 2020

 

A panel consisting of Rohit Goyal from Windrose Capital, Anirudh Kumar from Rainforest Venture Network, Avinash Kalia from Crucible Fund, Saurabh Lahoti from Alacrity India, and moderated by Vaibhav Domkundwar from Better INC, addressed issues around the selection of sectors… {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts FYI(Find Your Investor) in Mumbai supported by Kotak Mahindra Bank, January 14, 2020

 

Investors at FYI Mumbai included a mix of VCs, micro VCs, seed and angel investors such as Artha Venture Fund, Peak Ventures, 100X.VC, First Cheque, Green Shoots Capital, Ankur Capital, Tomorrow Capital, IAN Fund, ITI Growth Opportunities Fund, Unilever Ventures, Lightbox, White Unicorn, and Parampara Capital and Management Consultants… {Read More}


Indian VCs divided on proposals to divert pension funds for startups, December 19, 2019

 

Venture Garage managing partner Vineet Sagar believes that the Indian government has the right ideas with the Startup India initiative, but it needs to adapt to the changing needs of the market… {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts Find Your Investor Programme in Bengaluru supported by Kotak Mahindra Bank, December 17, 2019

 

Over 20 investors representing Inventus Capital, Artha Venture Fund, SRI Capital, Orios Venture Partners, RPSG Ventures, Multiply Ventures, SEA fund, Xiaomi India, Tomorrow Capital, Speciale Invest, Sprout Venture Partners, Ankur Capital, Venture Highway, and some angel investors interacted with over 100 enthusiastic start-up entrepreneurs building next-generation technology-enabled businesses…. {Read More}


Over 18 investors including Endiya Partners, Touchstone Equities, 50K Ventures, Tomorrow Capital, Sprout Venture Partners, and Pegasus Fininvest attended first leg of “Find Your Investor Series” in Hyderabad,  December 03, 2019

 

In addition to covering the nuances of raising capital, banking and legal aspects, a set of shortlisted 20 start-ups also got to pitch one-on-one to investors in a speed dating format… {Read More}


More than 500 entrepreneurs from all across India submitted entries to Capitalize 3.0, of which 25 start-ups were ultimately shortlisted for pitching by DQIndia, September 02, 2019

 

Over 300 start-ups and 30 venture capitalists and angel investors including Girish Shivani of YourNest Venture Capital, Rajul Garg of Leo Capital, Anirudh Damani of Artha India Ventures, Sheetal Bahl of GrowX Venture Management and Neeraj Das of 7 Gate Ventures participated in Capitalize 3.0…. {Read More}


Venture Garage and Kotak Mahindra Bank Conduct Capitalize 3.0 to Give a Boost to India’s Start-up Ecosystem by Equity Bulls, August 31, 2019

 

Capitalize is the annual flagship event of Venture Garage that gives a platform to start-ups to interact with investors on a one-on-one basis, pitch their business ideas and raise funding from leading angel investors and venture capital funds…. {Read More}


Venture Garage to Organize Capitalize 3.0 with 30 VC & Angel Investors by ANI News, August 28, 2019

 

The third edition of Capitalize is back again on 30th August 2019. Venture Garage is hosting its annual flagship event, Capitalize 3.0 powered by Kotak Mahindra Bank at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in Delhi…. {Read More}


Venture Garage to Organize Capitalize 3.0 with 30 VC & Angel Investors by MENAFN, August 28, 2019

 

The third edition of Capitalize is back again on 30th August 2019. Venture Garage is hosting its annual flagship event, Capitalize 3.0 powered by Kotak Mahindra Bank at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in Delhi…. {Read More}


Venture Garage portfolio company RENT IT BAE raises funding from GEMs VC,  February 7, 2019

 

Venture Garage today announced that it’s“Garager” company RENT IT BAE has closed an investment round with GEMS VC, a VC fund in New Delhi. RENT IT BAE is a luxury fashion rental service that offers Ethnics, Westerns & Accessories from designer labels and brands on rent at a fraction of the market purchase price….. {Read More}


Lendbox, a Venture Garage portfolio Company, Raises Pre-Series A from IvyCap Ventures. December 3, 2018

 

Lendbox, a Credit market place, has secured Rs. 6 Crore in a pre-series A funding round from IvyCap Ventures, making it the first investment by a large institutional investor in India’s peer-to-peer lending space…. {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts final leg of “Find Your Investor” with Kotak Mahindra Bank, E-Cell IIT Delhi. September 10, 2018

 

 

The fourth and final event of the “Find Your Investor” (FYI) series of events, was conducted at IIT Delhi in association with Kotak Mahindra Bank. After 400+ startups, 40+ investors, 30+ ecosystem partners… {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts “Find Your Investor” program in association with Kotak Mahindra Bank and Govt. of Rajasthan. August 13, 2018

 

 

With 300+ startups, 30+ investors and 30+ ecosystem partner attending the first two editions of FYI in Gurgaon and Chandigarh, the bandwagon moved to Jaipur, Rajasthan for its third edition….. {Read More}


Venture Garage conducts “Find Your Investor” in association with Kotak Mahindra Bank, Punjab Govt. July 27, 2018

 

 

Venture Garage on Friday organised “Find Your Investor” (FYI) programme in Chandigarh in association with Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak). In addition to educating startups on…. {Read More}


Rannvijay Singh Invests in What’s Up Life, Becomes Brand Ambassador June 2018
 
Strategic investments can provide tremendous firepower especially in the early stages of a venture when the value-addition from the investor’s end matter more than the capital. With Rannvijay onboard the WUL wagon, the business will get a significant boost,” said Vineet Sagar, Managing Partner, Venture Garage….{Read More}


MMT to Acquire Ibibo Group’s India Travel Business – Implications for Key Stakeholders by Vineet Sagar  19 Oct 2016
 
Naspers and Tencent hold 91% and 9% stake in Ibibo, respectively. Post completion of the transaction MMT will own 100% of ibibo Group, and Naspers + Tencent will together become the largest shareholders in MMT with a 40% stake….{Read More}