Monday, 27 October 2014

Green House Ventures Accelerator partners with Japanese VC fund World Innovation Lab (Economic Times)

Delhi-based Green House Ventures (GHV) Accelerator, which launched operations earlier this month, has inked a partnership with (WiL), a Japan-based venture capital fund that invests in disruptive startups with global appeal. WiL helps startups bridge the gap between their home markets and US markets and this partnership marks its entry into the Indian startup ecosystem. WiL is founded by serial technology and internet entrepreneur Gen Isayama and ex-chief incubation officer of Yahoo, Masataka Matsumoto, who will both come on board as mentors...

Wednesday, 15 October 2014

Angel Investor Vikram Upadhyaya Launches Green House Ventures (GHV) Accelerator (Economic Times)

Entrepreneur and angel investor Vikram Upadhyaya has launched Green House Ventures Accelerator (GHV), which will fund and mentor startups between the incubation and venture capital stages. "GHV will house startups at pre-venture capital stage but post incubation," said Upadhyaya, chief mentor at GHV who has invested in companies like Druva, Stayzilla, Merinews, IndiaCollegesearch. "They should have gone through an incubator or passed the criteria of an incubation stage, proof of concept, paying customers,...