Teabox raises fresh funding Teabox, an online tea seller, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Cameron Jones, a Singapore-based angel investor, reports VCCircle. It has also raised venture debt from DBS Bank. The company will use the funds for its global expansion plans. Teabox has also hired Amit Sharma as Chief Technology Officer and Nicole Naumoff as Senior Vice President of marketing. The company claims to have worked with about 200 plantations in Darjeeling, Assam and Nepal and to have delivered over 35 million cups worth of tea to customers in 94 countries. *** Kickstart Jobs gets funding from ah! Ventures Kickstart Jobs, a Gurgaon-based talent acquisition platform, has raised an undisclosed amount of investment in its seed funding round from ah! Ventures, reports VCCircle. The round also saw participation from Vivek Joshi (founder of Wyzen Tech), Mohit Satyanand (Chairman of Team Works Art), Amit Banati (President, Asia Pacific at Kellogg’s) and Arun Khanna (President, Asia at Dun and Bradstreet). The company manages talent acquisition focusing on the blue- and grey-collar workforce. It is operational in Delhi, Noida and Gurgaon and claims to have registered 5,000 candidates, enlisted about 3,000 vacancies, conducted more than 2,000 interviews. It also claims to have posted a month-on-month growth of 100% in the number of candidates scheduled for interviews via its platform. *** U2opia Mobile plans to invest $3 million in start-ups U2opia Mobile, a Singapore-based telecom solutions provider, will be investing $3 million (approx Rs 20 crore) in the next three years…
