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14 February, 2022

E-commerce accelerator Assiduus eyes $50 mn fundraising at $300 mn valuation

Assiduus Global, an AI-powered cross-border and cross-marketplace e-commerce accelerator, is in talks with several global funds to raise capital at ......

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27 December, 2021

Crawling e-commerce marketplaces to help clients ramp up sales

E-commerce sales in India are booming with big companies including Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart, and new entrants in social commerce ......

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14 June, 2021

VC-backed D2C brands resist Thrasio-style ventures, cite low valuations

Many Direct-To-Customer (D2C) brands, which are heavily funded by institutional investors, are choosing to grow on their own as opposed ......

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05 December, 2019

How policy flip-flops for internet businesses are clouding investor sentiment

New-age businesses typically thrive in two scenarios: One, where there is no established policy framework and they can operate as ......

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01 November, 2019

Flipkart backers GIC, Tiger Global take haircut as Singapore's Qoo10 buys ShopClues

When Tiger Global and GIC bet on ShopClues around four years ago they were looking at the huge catalogue of ......

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17 July, 2019

Secondaries specialist TR Capital makes another India bet

TR Capital, a Hong Kong-based secondaries specialist that has ramped up its India presence over the past year, has placed ......

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25 March, 2019

QwikCilver's VC investors set to harvest gains from Pine Labs acquisition

Venture capital investors of Qwikcilver Solutions Pvt. Ltd are likely to walk away with superior returns by selling their stake ......

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17 January, 2019

Samara Capital gears up to float new investment vehicle

Mid-market private equity firm Samara Capital, which stepped on the gas last year with a number of deals in sectors ......

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Consumer

27 December, 2018

Flashback 2018: Retail, nutrition biz buyouts grab limelight in consumer sector

India, one of the world's largest consumer markets, recorded a handful of big-ticket buyout deals involving multinational giants and private ......

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04 December, 2018

From online to offline, two-horse races emerge in India's organised retail sector

Media reports over the past couple of weeks have suggested that US e-commerce giant Amazon Inc is close to buying ......