Housing.com says demonetization to hit Real Estate sales: re-enters rentals

Anticipating a slow down in home sales in the coming months in the wake of the crackdown on ‘black money’, housing.com will restart its rental classifieds business soon. The portal, which had seen an ugly spat between founder Rahul Yadav and investors two years ago, had shut its rental listing last year to focus on the […]

Good time to buy Indian stocks – Morgan Stanley

Global financial services major Morgan Stanley said India seemed poised for a five-year growth cycle for equities due to favorable macro-economic factors. “India’s macro stability remains in its best shape in several years and policy momentum is the best since 2007. Financial conditions look easy and the inflation trajectory suggests more rate cuts are in […]

Venture Factory invites managers to join them and start their entrepreneurial journey

Venture Factory, a Bangalore based venture builder platform, said it has introduced a entrepreneurial program which is aimed at middle and senior management level executives who will work under the company’s payroll to setup their entrepreneurial venture. The program, christened Entrepreneur-in-Residence program, has started inviting applications from middle and senior management level executives with strong domain […]

Treat the fall in Sensex as a buying opportunity – Motilal Oswal AMC CEO

The current volatility in the stock market is a good opportunity to put money into shares, said Aashish Somaiyaa, CEO of Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. He said India continued to be in a ‘long term bull’ market and the fundamentals of the economy continue to be robust. “Any extraneous development which gives an opportunity […]

Classifieds provider Qyk raises $1 mln from growx

Qyk, the fastest growing hyper-local professional services startup in India announced a $1 mn pre-series A investment led by growx ventures, an early stage investment firm. Existing seed investors – Tracxn Labs, Powai Lake Ventures, and Sahil Barua — co-founder, Delhivery — also participated in this round. Qyk’s app offers professionals such as event planners, […]

IiAS says Indian companies need to respect shareholders more

Institutional Investor Advisory Services India Limited (IiAS) has said that many Indian companies are disregarding the boundaries imposed on related party transactions brought in by new SEBI norms brought in over the last few years by passing vague enabling resolutions. IiAS is India’s leading proxy advisory firm and offers voting recommendations on shareholder resolutions. It […]

One of India’s largest mutual funds lends to Ujjivan microfinance lender

Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services has become the first microfinance institution in India to raise funds directly from mutual funds, and that too one of the largest mutual funds in India. It raised Rs 50 cr from an unnamed mutual fund by placing ‘commercial paper’ (a kind of debt). “This is the first CP issuance by […]

Bangalore tops start-up funding; Average valuation rises to 9 cr

Bangalore has overtaken Mumbai as the home to the biggest start-up investment scene, attracting about 30% of angel funding in India, said a report on ‘Angel Investing’ brought out by InnoVen Capital India and Association of Indian Angel Groups (AIAG). India Angel Report 2015 also found that the median angel funding round grew to Rs […]