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03 June, 2024

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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08 May, 2024

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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30 April, 2024

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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16 April, 2024

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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04 April, 2024

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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26 March, 2024

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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29 February, 2024

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 ......

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05 February, 2024

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, ......

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24 January, 2024

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 ......

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08 January, 2024

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 ......