Samantha Machado

Consumer

27 April, 2021

ADV Partners, PremjiInvest buy controlling stake in Micro Plastics

Asia-focused private equity firm ADV Partners and family office PremjiInvest have acquired a controlling stake in Micro Plastics, which makes ......

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26 April, 2021

pi Ventures launches second fund to invest in tech startups

Early-stage venture capital firm pi Ventures said on Monday it has launched its second fund of target corpus Rs 565 ......

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26 April, 2021

Packaging materials platform Bizongo closes Series C funding round

Bizongo, a business-to-business platform for packaging materials, has closed its Series C funding round at $51 million (Rs 381 crore) ......

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26 April, 2021

Edtech startup upGrad secures funding from Singapore state investor Temasek

Edtech firm upGrad said on Monday it has raised $120 million (Rs 898 crore) from Singapore state investor Temasek in ......

People

23 April, 2021

IPO-bound food delivery app Zomato adds women to board in gender diversity move

Food delivery service Zomato said on Friday its board of eight members has added five independent directors of which four ......

Infrastructure

23 April, 2021

New York-based Warburg Pincus buys HDFC's stake in Good Host

US private equity firm Warburg Pincus acquired Housing Development Finance Corporation’s (HDFC) 24.48% stake in Good Host Spaces for Rs ......

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22 April, 2021

Smart Joules raises about $5 mn from Raintree Family Office, others

Energy efficiency company Smart Joules raised $4.9 million (Rs 36 crore) in a Series A funding round from Raintree Family ......

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22 April, 2021

CoinSwitch Kuber raises funding from Tiger Global at about $500 mn valuation

CoinSwitch Kuber raised $25 million (Rs 181 crore) from venture investor Tiger Global Management at a valuation of over half ......

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22 April, 2021

Bengaluru-based Instamojo acquihires content platform Showman

SME-focused payments startup Instamojo said on Thursday it has acquihired virtual theatre and vernacular content platform Showman, without disclosing financial ......

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22 April, 2021

Telecom body unveils mentorship programme for startup founders

India’s telecom association on Thursday launched a peer-to-peer mentorship programme for budding entrepreneurs in the country, with an aim to ......