Ankit Agarwal

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07 August, 2020

Grapevine: ShareChat to raise funding from Microsoft

Indian content-sharing platform ShareChat expects to receive up to $100 million (Rs 750 crore) in funding from US-based technology firm ......

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05 August, 2020

Grapevine: NHAI to do Delhi-Mumbai expressway alone; Sequoia to invest in Razorpay

A year after signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to form a special ......

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04 August, 2020

Grapevine: Everstone to invest in Wow Skin; DST Global to pump money in Byju's

Bootstrapped consumer internet brand Wow Skin Science has held talks with PE major Everstone Group for an investment of up ......

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30 July, 2020

Grapevine: Reliance eyes minority stake in Future Consumer; Piramal to sell glass biz

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is looking to pick up a minority stake in Future Group’s consumer products business as part ......

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29 July, 2020

Grapevine: Qatar may invest in Reliance's fibre biz; Thai energy firm eyes ReNew stake

Sovereign fund Qatar Investment Authority is looking to invest up to $2 billion (Rs 14,965 crore) in an infrastructure investment ......

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Consumer

28 July, 2020

Value Lens: How ITC priced Sunrise Foods and what it could mean for other spice makers

In May, the cigarettes-to-hotels conglomerate ITC Ltd agreed to purchase spices maker Sunrise Foods Pvt. Ltd as part of efforts ......

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28 July, 2020

Grapevine: RIL may buy Future retail biz for $3.6 bn; LIC shortlists bankers for pre-IPO

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) may acquire Future Group’s retail business for up to Rs 27,000 crore ($3.6 billion), two people ......

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27 July, 2020

Grapevine: Brookfield gears up for REIT's IPO; Sequoia loses senior exec

Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management plans to raise up to $700 million (Rs 5,230 crore) by listing a real estate investment ......

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24 July, 2020

Grapevine: ByteDance may back Lido Learning; Fourth Partner Energy seeks $150 mn

China’s ByteDance, the parent of short-video app TikTok, is in talks to invest in Mumbai-based education-technology startup Lido Learning, a ......

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Infrastructure

23 July, 2020

Cracks widen in infra dealmaking as investors turn wary, deals fall apart

The Indian infrastructure sector recorded a rather dull quarter through June as private equity investors and strategic buyers mostly stayed ......