February 15, 2012
Mukul Singhal, vice-president of SAIF Partners, notes, “E-commerce in India has been evolving from Day I. Initially, we were purchasing books, then apparel, accessories and electronics. Now, these online grocery shops are coming up. The idea...more
February 15, 2012
SAIF Partners, of which Ravi Adusumalli is Managing Partner and Head of India Operations, is likely to deliver 4x on its investments in India over the past decade. Its multi-bagger has been an investment in travel portal MakeMyTrip, which...more
February 14, 2012
Ravi Adusumalli, managing partner of SAIF Partners India, says, "All the decision-making power is local here in India. You have to be really close to the market to understand what is happening and capitalise on those ideas."more
February 13, 2012
IDG Ventures has led $14Mn Series B investment into Brainbees Solutions Pvt Ltd. SAIF Partners also participated in the round of funding.
Founded in 2010 by IIM graduates, Supam Maheshwari and Amitava Saha, Pune-based Brainbees Solutions owns...more
February 13, 2012
FirstCry.com, an e-commerce venture focusing on babycare and kids products has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by IDG Ventures, with equal participation from existing investor, SAIF Partners. The company intends to use the...more
February 7, 2012
Pune-based start-up BrainBees Solutions Pvt Ltd, which runs the online baby products shop FirstCry.com, has launched a new e-commerce site called GoodLife.com. The new site offers a variety of personal care products (from both top Indian and...more
January 18, 2012
iXiGO.com, an Indian travel search engine has launched a natural language flight search tool for Facebook and Twitter. The tool allows Facebook and Twitter users to post a flight request on a wall or send a message to a Twitter page and in turn...more
January 18, 2012
iXiGO, the online travel meta search engine, has launched a natural language flight search tool for Facebook and Twitter. According to the company, the tool will allow Facebook and Twitter users to post a flight request on iXiGO Search’s...more
November 17, 2011
Private equity firm SAIF Partners has invested $5 million in A2 Media Pvt Ltd whose flagship product is the online video site iStream.com. The four-year-old company has recently launched its own platform for streaming content across multiple...more
August 22, 2011
Private equity fund SAIF Partners has invested $10 million in Gujarat-based juice manufacturing company Manpasand Beverages Ltd for a significant minority stake, according to a statement.
Manpasand makes and markets juice brand Mango...more