Marketplace For Local Services, Near Secures 1.8 crores In Funding Led By Manish Vij, Anupam Mittal

Near.in, a marketplace for local service providers announcedhas raised Rs 1.8 Cr investment led by investors including Manish Vij and Anupam Mittal. Other notable investors include, Akash Agarwal (GVP SAP Mobile), Prashant Tandon (CEO, Healthkart), Gaurav Agarwal (CTO, Healthkart), Mukesh Agarwal (Director, AMW), Himanshu Aggarwal (CEO, Aspiring Minds) and Kevin S. Parikh (CEO, Avasant).

Near.in was founded by Sunil Goyal, Lomesh Dutta and Akshay Khanna in July 2014. Before Near.in, Lomesh and Sunil had co-founded Wirkle, a mobile apps company and sold it to a Silicon Valley based firm Location Labs (later acquired by AVG).
Near.in, is a hyper-curated marketplace for local services, which helps users connect with top rated/curated service providers and professionals.
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