DesiHits! is an entertainment/lifestyle hub for anyone curious about Desi culture. We aim to provide Desi lifestyle/culture and music in a format that cannot be found anywhere else. DesiHits! aims to make South Asian culture more widely dispersed and understood as well as offering a platform for South Asian artists to promote themselves globally. DesiHits! draws on the multicultural backgrounds of our target audience, namely the “Desi”, who can often be described as bilingual, trendy, cosmopolitan and as likely to jive to Madonna as they are to Bollywood. We focus heavily on bi-cultural remixes as they uniquely represent the next generation (and beyond) South Asian experience. It’s an exciting time for the South Asian community, particularly as the cross pollination of cultural heritage is spilling into the mainstream. Icons such as Aishwarya Rai and pop idols such as M.I.A. point to a new hybrid pop vernacular that represents South Asians everywhere. The impact on global pop can be s

Financials

Date Type Amount Investors Valuation
12/31/07 Series A 5M Marker, Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund Unknown

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Profile of a South Asian music network: Jhankarbeats

April 24, 2008 8:43 pm

Jhankarbeats, a social music platform for South Asian music, wants to break away from the pack of all-encompassing social music networks… Continue reading ⟩

Desi Hits gets $5M more for South Asia entertainment portal

January 25, 2008 4:13 pm

Desi Hits, a company that delivers online entertainment in South Asia featuring celebrity interviews, music videos, podcasts and blogs, said… Continue reading ⟩

Desi Hits, a South Asian entertainment portal, raises $1M

February 1, 2007 8:02 pm

Desi Hits!, a San Francisco-based entertainment portal focused on South Asia, said it has raised $1 million in a first… Continue reading ⟩