We are funded!
Dear readers,
We are almost never the first to break news. But we are often the first to make sense of breaking news. So it is when we are the news.
TechCrunch reported on Monday that some of the most high-profile investors in the country, including unicorn founders, have invested in Frontpage Media Technologies, The Signal’s parent company.
“India, and eventually the world, needs an outlet that goes beyond newsflashes and gets deep into nuanced reportage through a mix of curation, original writing, and new formats of sense-making,” TechCrunch quoted one of our investors, Miten Sampat of CRED, as saying.
So, who’s in?
Institutional
LetsVenture (lead)
Good Capital
Rainmatter Fintech Fund
Capital A
Individual
Radhakrishnan Ramachandran, Digital media entrepreneur
Samir Pitalwala, Head, Gaming, APAC, Google Cloud
Mukund Kulasekaran, CBO - Urban Company
Rajneesh Kumar, SVP and Chief Corporate Officer, Flipkart Group
Aneesh Sivakumar, Director, KKR
Abhay Jaipuria, Partner
Parry Ravindranathan, CEO & Co-founder, Converj
Sunish Kumar, Founder & CEO, Vansun Mediatech (91wheels, UTM, Giznext)
Kavita Rajwade, Co-founder, IVM Podcasts
Himangi Tiwari and Joji Thomas Phillip, Founder and editor in chief, Deal Street Asia
Amit Doshi, Co-founder, IVM Podcasts
Nilay Arora, Country Head & VP, Tencent
Tanay Tayal, Co-founder and CEO, MoonFrog Labs
Rohit Raj, Co-founder, The Glitch and Chtrbox
Ajay Candade, Ex-KKR private equity, and Managing Partner, New Fund (Yet to be announced)
Anusha Mahalingam, Co-founder, LessonLeap
Deepinder Goyal, Co-founder and CEO, Zomato
Gaurav Munjal, Co-founder and CEO, Unacademy
Miten Sampat (CRED) and Aakrit Vaish (Haptik), Meta Studio Advisors
Ashishkumar Bairagra, Partner, ML Bhuwania and Co LLP
Ashwini Ashokan, Co-founder, Blox, Vue and MadStreetDen
Umang Kumar, Co-founder, CarDekho
Paresh Shah, Managing Director, Excel Debt Broking Pvt Ltd
Niraj Dalal, Partner, 3A Capital Advisors
Mohan Goel, Managing Director, Sheel Group of Companies
Jayram Iyer, CTO, ManpowerGroup India Pvt Ltd
Aditya Goel, Early Stage Investor
These investors are backing us for our storytelling ability and to build what we call the media company of the future. Our products will be edgy and relevant to the global citizen. We thank the investors for their support.
Editor, The Signal.
Congrats Team, a well deserved milestone. Reading "The Signal" newsletter has become part of my morning routine and helps to kick start the day. Keep up the good work and more power to you guys.
Congratulations!