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There has been a sudden trend of investment firms taking keen interest in early stage start-ups. The trend promulgated by Y-Combinator is spreading like fire. Following the same trend Bangalore based Morpheus Venture Partners has announced its second batch of 7 new Indian start-ups. Morpheus Venture Partners (MVP) is a Business Advisory Firm focusing on early stage start-ups.

MVP will mentor these 7 Indian start-ups and help them find seed/angel investing options. MVP is modeled around the Y-Combinator, which has been a leader in the investment and seed fund industry. MVP plans to close a fund of about $ 5 million by the second quarter of 2009. This will help MVP to directly invest in the companies.

Here is the lowdown on the existing and 7 new companies under the MVP banner.

The Existing Companies

Instablogs is the famed blog network/ citizen journalist site launched in 2005 and has been one of MVPs proud projects.
Commonfloor aims to facilitate establishment of familiarity between residents and promote social activities. The platform offers people living in residential localities to use the online space in turn enhancing their societal interaction.
Moblf connects you to various online sites from your mobile. The platform lets users receive SMS /text message updates and at the same time lets them post the same.

The 7 New Companies

Foodathome.in aims at providing North-Indian’s with healthy, hygienic and tasty food at their doorstep. The already successful venture is north India’s first fully professional company to provide day to day food solutions.
Call Graph helps users record, track, monitor, share and transcribe calls.
Crederity is the web’s first trust builder. The service applies hi-end technologies and programs thus enabling people and businesses to certify their own integrity (and even that of others).
DeskAway is an “online team and project collaboration’” service that helps businesses organise, manage and track their work (and that too online). dhanaX is an online/offline money lending platform.
dhanaX revolves around the realm of Social Business or Social Enterprise offering an non-biased platform to lenders and borrowers.
Soon to be launched Fachak is a platform to share varied forms of content (be it a video or document). This platform promulgates Social Content Sharing.
LifeMojo, which is to be launched in October, is a platform that delivers preventive health care services, partners renowned health experts for consultation and hosts a CRM (SaaS) service.
Sutra HR retains and trains talent by partnering with Digital, Mobile and Internet startups