Oddup, a Hong Kong-based online research platform that provides transparency to startup investing using data and analysis, has raised US$6 million in Series A funding led by Brand Capital, the investment arm of India’s largest media conglomerate The Times Group.
Existing investors 500 Startups and Click Ventures, along with new investors Silicon Valley-based Moneta Ventures and White Capital, besides early investor in Spotify, have also joined the round.
This round brings Oddup’s total funding raised to date to US$7 million.
The financing will help Oddup to expand into India and complete its expansion throughout Asia. “Times Group’s distribution networks and coverage will be instrumental to our growth and global presence. This funding allows us to strengthen our research and coverage on a global scale. Our core goal remains the same and that is to help investors better understand the startups they are interested in,”said Jackie Lam, COO of Oddup.
Founded by a group of former Goldman Sachs executives, Oddup is a data-driven research platform that focuses on startups. Known as The Startup Rating System, it provides…