Nikhil Pahwa and NT Balanarayan Update: Yebhi has mailed us to clarify that its current investors still have the right to board seat and are likely to appoint directors soon. It also said that all its current investors will definitely participate in the new round of funding. Please do note that we did not in any part of the story mention that the investing firms have given up their rights to appoint board members. Also, we did not write that the investors will not be part of the next round, the story only states that they will not be leading the round. Earlier: Online fashion and lifestyle portal Yebhi is looking to raise $30 million in the coming months, it's co-founder and CEO Manmohan Agarwal told MediaNama, though two of its investors - Fidelity and Nexus Venture Partners are not going to participate. In fact, two of its board members Raul Rai, MD of FGPI and Suvir Sujan co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners quit from the board of directors 0f BigShoeBazaar Pvt Ltd in September. "The financing environment in e-commerce is tough. Most of these guys are early stage small investors and feel that they can't take lead any further in investing and take the company forward. In this situation they feel it's not their moral right to sit on the board if they are not financing their investors; so they are only waiting and watching," Agarwal said. Sujan declined to comment on his departure from BigShoeBazaar's board, or on whether Nexus…
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