Samantha Machado
Consumer
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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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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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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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
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
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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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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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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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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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 ......