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Grapevine: Ola Electric to cut jobs; Softbank may offload more stake in Paytm
Ola Electric is set to lay off 400-500 employees in the coming weeks as founder Bhavish Aggarwal intensifies efforts to ......
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Grapevine: Blackstone, Temasek, Bain eye Haldiram; SoftBank may double down on Icertis
Private equity giants Blackstone, Temasek Holdings, and Bain Capital are weighing the acquisition of a controlling stake in Haldiram Snacks Food Pvt Ltd (HSFPL), a media ......
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Grapevine: CX Partners starts Veeda Clinical sale process; Ola CEO departs amid job cuts
CX Partners, a mid-market private equity firm, has started the process to divest its majority stake in Veeda Clinical Research, an ......
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Grapevine: Meesho may upsize funding round; Dorf Ketal plans IPO
Several VC firms are showing interest in Meesho's latest funding round, which is now expected to raise $500-$650 million (Rs 4,175-5,428 crore), ......
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Grapevine: Lenskart, Purplle eye fresh funds; Blackstone changes tack for PGP Glass sale
are engaged in early discussions for fresh funding, indicating a resurgence in big-ticket deals exceeding $100 million, a media report said. Lenskart ......
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Grapevine: Meesho set to snap up $300 mn; Carlyle weighs options for Hexaware
E-commerce platform Meesho is set to secure a $300-million (Rs 2,500 crore) investment from Tiger Global, SoftBank and others, a ......
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SoftBank's biggest India bet turning out to be its worst nightmare
Japanese tech investment goliath SoftBank, known for its big-ticket private equity investments in Indian internet companies and who was on ......
TMT
PremjiInvest sets course for nearly $200 mn exit with a multi-bagger
PremjiInvest, the family office of Wipro’s Azim Premji, has pressed the sell button on one of its most profitable bets, ......
TMT
SoftBank headed for a big haircut from one of its showcase India bets
Japan’s SoftBank, known for its big-ticket private equity investments in new age tech companies in the country and who was on ......
TMT
How one of SoftBank's smallest India bets is faring as Unicommerce gets $80 mn pre-IPO tag
Japanese technology investment goliath SoftBank, which has either exited or is in the process of exiting several of its portfolio ......