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BookEventZ.com has raised an undisclosed sum in Series A funding from venture capital firm Equanimity Investments, backed, among others, by well-known emerging markets investor Mark Mobius.


“The funding will be used to increase our number of flagship properties. We have about 30 venues now, and we intend to take it to 100 properties by October,” BookeventZ.com Founder Shriti Chhajed said.


The company that already has over 30 venues in Mumbai aims to push the envelope further with 1000 venues in India by 2021, to reemphasize its market leadership position.


BookEventZ.com has raised Series-A funding from Mumbai based VC firm Equanimity Ventures founded by Rajesh Sehgal and backed by veteran investor Mark Mobius.


BookEventZ, an online portal for event bookings has raised an undisclosed amount in Series A funding from venture capital firm Equanimity ventures. BookEvent Z intends to use the funding for expansion.


Urban Online Services Pvt. Ltd. which owns the venture, received the funding from Equanimity Investments, which counts veteran Mark Mobius as one of its backers.


Mark Mobius backed Equanimity ventures made A -series funding in BookEventZ.com. The startup aims to reach 1000 venues in the domestic market by 2021.

Making Your Dream Event Come True


Shriti Chajjed, the co-founder of BookEventZ, expands on her farsighted vision for the company. India's largest booking platform is now being driven to eliminate all the unpredictability factors associated with events.


The Mumbai-based company has launched flagship venues under the brand name of BookEventZ Venues and aims to have over 1,000 banquets across the country by 2022, Shriti Chhajed, one of the founders of the company, told PTI.


Shriti Chhajed talks about how success in any workplace is dependent upon having men and women working together as equal wheels of a vehicle rather than one bigger than the other. She also says to make every workplace gender neutral, differentiation between them should be eliminated completely.


Online event-booking platform BookEventZ has raised an undisclosed amount in pre-series A funding from Lead Angels, Mumbai Angels and LetsVenture.


BookEventz.com is India’s first Party Venue and Banquet Booking platform, With over 5000+ venues ranging from banquet,restaurants, lounges to resorts, hotels, party plots and caterers; our portal helps you save time, save money and plan the perfect event. They are present in Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Bengaluru.


BookEventZ, an online Event-Booking platform, raises an undisclosed amount in a successful Pre-Series A round from Lead Angels, Mumbai Angels and Letsventure. Existing investors also participated in this round. Key investors of this round include Girish Mathrubootham (Co-Founder Freshdesk), Anbu Pandian (?CEO PanZeea Solutions) and Ishan Singh (Director Recapital Ventures) who led previous angel round as well.


BookEventz, a Mumbai-based event booking portal, has secured an undisclosed amount in an angel round led by Mumbai Angels. Girish Mathrubootham from The Chennai Angels, PanZeea Solutions’ Anbu Pandian and other investors on LetsVenture, also participated in the round.


Online event booking platform BookEventz has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in an angel round led by Mumbai Angels with Girish Mathrubootham (The Chennai Angels) and Anbu Pandian (PanZeea Solutions) and other investors of LetsVenture.


BookEventz is an online portal for booking venues, caterers and professionals for all sorts of events and parties. These include weddings, birthdays, anniversaries as well as team parties, trainings, cocktail parties and conferences. The platform offers a one-stop solution to all event planning requirements.


Formerly known as Urbanrestro, BookEventz is India’s leading event booking portal for booking venues, vendors and artists. Honed by a group of passionate individuals, they aim to make event planning a much Easier, Smarter and Quicker experience for all.


Shriti Chhajed came up with the idea of starting BookEventZ, your go-to portal for booking Venues, Vendors, and the rest.


Harsh Baid, Co-founder of BookEventz emphasized on this magical industry of event management and also he spoke about what ambitions he has as a young entrepreneur.


BookEventz (Urbanrestro.com), India’s premiere one-stop event planning website, secures angel funding lead by Mumbai Angels.


BookEventz.com is a consolidated online platform that helps you save time and money while easing the entire event planning process. Shriti Chhajed, the entrepreneur behind this concept speaks to SHEROES about her venture today.


Mumbai-based BookEventz, an end-to-end service provider for event planning requirements, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding led by Mumbai Angels and prominent angel investors.


BookEventz, previously called UrbanRestro, has raised a second round of funding. The round was led by Mumbai Angels with participations from Singapore Angel Network and Zishaan Hayath (PLV).


Celebrations always bring along lots of joy, happiness, fun and frolic. But in order to facilitate this experience a lot goes into planning a perfect event. It is one of the most difficult tasks and takes a huge toll on the host. But not anymore, as BookEventz is here.


Planning to throw birthday bash for your loved ones and stuck in finding the perfect venue for doing so. Not to worry anymore. Shriti Chhajed and Harsh Baid have founded BookEventz to make your party planning hassle free.


BookEventz, previously called UrbanRestro, a one-stop platform for event planning requirements, has raised an undisclosed amount from angel investors led by Mumbai Angels.


Mumbai-based BookEventz which was started in 2012 as UrbanRestro by Shriti Chhajed and Harsh Baid, has raised an undisclosed amount of angel funding led by Mumbai Angels and other angel investors. Singapore Angel Network and Zishaan Hayath also participated in this round. The startup aims to utilised the raised capital to bolster the technology back-end and an aggressive marketing campaign for the portal.


Urban Online Services Pvt. Ltd-run BookEventz (previously Urbanrestro.com), an end-to-end service provider for event planning requirements, raised an undisclosed round of seed funding led by Mumbai Angels with the participation from Singapore Angel Network and Zishaan Hayath. The funding will be used to strengthen technology back-end and push its marketing campaign for the portal.


Mumbai-based BookEventz, previously called UrbanRestro, has scored its second round of funding from? ?prominent angel investors.? This ?Round is being led by Mumbai Angels with participation from Singapore Angel Network and Zishaan Hayath (PLV). Bookeventz is a party venue and banquet Marketplace platform.


Event planning platform BookEventz, formerly known as Urbanrestro.com, has raised an undisclosed amount in a second funding round led by Mumbai Angels


BookEventz (Urbanrestro.com), India’s premiere one-stop event planning website, secures angel funding lead by Mumbai Angels.


With over 2000 venues listed across 11 cities, catering to 1500 plus event enquiries monthly, India's first online venue booking platform Urbanrestro.com based in Mumbai is a one stop portal for planning and booking events. KNN speaks to the co-founder Harsh about the company and their future plans.


Urbanrestro is India’s first online banquet booking platform and a one-stop portal in the FnB segment- for both corporate and individuals people catering to all hospitality industry needs from restaurant reservation to discounts and deals, party booking & event management , planning and conceptualizing unique experiences &workshops at restaurants and hotels. Urbanrestro.com was founded by Shriti Chhejed in Mumbai in 2012.


Know more about the services of Urbanrestro.com, India's First Banquet Booking platform and the features that make Urbanrestro.com so easy to use for the customer who want to book their party venues. Know the early start up stories that has shaped Urbanrestro.com and the future expansion plans of the company.


UrbanRestro.com's app makes it possible for food lovers to reserve tables & avail exclusive deals & offers at their favorite restaurants with complete ease! Download the Android app now & enjoy! Valid across five cities at the moment, which include Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad & Mumbai. Get spoilt for choices!


Urbanrestro is India’s first online portal which gives an end-to-end result in the realm of fine dine. A definitive USP of Urbanrestro is that it is a one stop to all your banqueting needs. Right from shortlisting the meals to selecting the one ideal venue for your event, to arranging with them; the whole torment of these errands is taken care by Urbanrestro.

Learn To Man The Bar, Then Hog


UrbanRetro.com Conducts its 8th edition Of Bar-O-Scope at Road House Bluez. If you're looking for a workshop that helps you break into the profession, or if you want to step up your game or hone a few skills, or no matter even if you are a beginner, Bar-o-scope is the event. This bar tending workshop is purely based on learning through fun. It mostly revolves around the basics of cocktail making, preparation of a few cocktails and much more.

Attend A Fondue Workshop - DNA


UrbanRestro.com along with Cafe Mangii, Versova has organised a workshop where you will get a chance to learn how to set up a fondue pot, make fondue from scratch and how to prepare various dips.


Mid Day tells you to Sign up for the Cheese Fondue Workshop by UrbanRestro.com at Cafe Mangii, Versova on the 1st Of March.


We cater to the banqueting needs of both corporates and individuals by helping clients to choose the right venue for their event based on their budget, number of people and food and beverage preferences. We also help to plan events, food workshops and festivals at our partner restaurants in Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. In addition, we help clients make reservations at our partner restaurants at no extra charge and even offer discounts


The USP of UrbanRestro.com is that it enables comparison of banquets for its customers to make their decision making process easier. Users can see all the banquets along with their amenities on the site, and shortlist based on their requirements. Post that, the offline team helps them finalise the banquets at the best rates possible.


With a presence in Mumbai, Ahmadabad and Pune, UrbanRestro has over 150 banquets and over 200 restaurants on its site. The best part of the website is that one can compare the banquet halls of different restaurants on various parameters, including capacity, starting price of food, parking, location and many more thus providing the best option for you to conduct your event.


There is no player in the market which acts as an aggregator and provides end-to-end solution to a client - online list of banquets to choose from, helping them shortlist and then book at the best rates possible.


We got a chance to interact with the dynamic lady behind UrbanRestro, who aims to create a one stop solution for all needs in the food and banquet industry by offering a wide range of choices and convenience to customers.


“My dad has been my biggest inspiration. I have closely seen him build the business over the years and I always wanted to run my own business. After much thought I started my own venture – UrbanRestro.com, an online platform that provides attractive customer deals for upscale banquets and restaurants for all occasions,” - Shriti.


While the festive season is peaking in, your mind goes insane with party ideas. We suggest that you throw your own house party for friends ;) make your own Cocktails and let your hair down.


UrbanRestro does not restrict itself to online services, which makes it very convenient for customers to take their offline load also, making it a complete service


Urbanrestro.com is one of the leading portals that have a unique approach. The portal provides booking and discounts for Individual’s and Corporate’s within Pune, Mumbai and Ahmedabad with over 165 Restaurants.


In a candid chat with Franchise India, Shriti talks about her company Urbanrestro.com and how it works for the online reservations of restaurant and banquet.


A fun filled, enriching event for all beer lovers to experience a new high at the Barking Deer BURPATHON event

Burpathon At The Barking Deer


Chance for all you beer lovers to experience BURPATHON event on 1st September, Sunday 2013 at the Barking Deer. This event is designed by UrbanRestro.com and offers all beer lovers an opportunity to mix the fine art of drinking with some fun time.


Urbanrestro.com is a bold play by the Mumbai-based startup. The segments seem somewhat disparate at first, but Urban Restro’s parent company, Urban Online Services has weaved an intriguing mesh which looks set to fill gaps in India’s hospitality industry.


Urban Restro is a multi-headed, ecommerce hydra that is simultaneously attacking India’s restaurant reservation, banquet booking, event management and deals markets.


Shriti Chhajed started urbanrestro.com- a one stop portal in the FnB segment, catering to all hospitality industry needs from restaurant reservation to discounts and deals, party booking or banquet booking & event management, planning and conceptualizing unique experiences and workshops at restaurants & hotels

Startup Roundup: Urban Restro


Next big What mentions UrbanRestro.com in the Startup round up section. Besides the startups we profiled in detail earlier, here are some that caught our attention.Book a table at your favourite restaurant through Urban Restro.

Urbanrestro.com India Start Up


Is it difficult finding a table in your favourite restaurant ?? Fed up of paying exorbitant dining bills ?? No need to worry just log in to Urbanrestro.com and you are just a click away !!

India Food Blogs


Blog Nation mentions UrbanRestro.com in Indian Food Blogs. Avail awesome discounts at your favourite restaurants, & Free Bookings only at urbanrestro.com


Shriti Chhajed tell us idea behind UrbanRestro.com also gives us an inside of what UrbanRestro.com is all about.


Mumbai-based UrbanRestro is a restaurant table reservations and deals site. The site currently features over 111 restaurants in Mumbai and Pune. You can also use the site to organize banquets and get a list of upcoming food festivals.

Weekend Guide: Bar O Scope


Urbanrestro.com Unique Experience: Bartending Course. Come and learn the basics of cocktail making, beverage appreciation, understanding, the myth, the do’s and the don’ts of alcohol.


UrbanRestro Brings You Great Deals at Best Restaurants in Mumbai and Pune on your mobile.All you have to do is login to UrbanRestro.com and you are just a click away from booking a table in your favourite restaurant and saving on your exorbitant bills.