Baanhem Ventures raises second funding round

Baanhem Ventures, the creator of Tamil Nadu’s startup reality show Startup Singam, on Wednesday announced the successful close of its second round of funding while also bringing on board a panel of the state’s distinguished business leaders as advisors and investors.

Joining early investor and chief mentor, Kumar Vembu, as new shareholders are Gopal Srinivasan, chairman and MD, TVS Capital Funds; Girish Mathrubootham, founder and executive chairman, Freshworks; Mithun Sacheti, founder, CaratLane; K Mahalingam, partner/director, TSM Group of Companies;…