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Infrastructure
Company watch: Ecom Express takes the fast road to expansion on e-tailing boom
Most startups and entrepreneurs start small before they go big. Ecom Express Pvt. Ltd and its four founders perhaps don’t ......
TMT
Company watch: BillDesk reaps dividends from early start, digital payments boom
Long before words such as Paytm, MobiKwik and digital payments entered everyday vocabulary in India, a team of three former ......
Infrastructure
Company watch: TVS Logistics bets on strategic buyouts to propel growth
Few logistics companies in India have adopted a takeover strategy as aggressive as the one TVS Logistics Services Ltd has ......
Finance
Company watch: Home First Finance on solid base but competition a concern
When homegrown private equity firm True North Managers LLP invested $100 million for a majority stake in mortgage lender Home ......
Finance
Company watch: Janalakshmi all set for new innings with robust financials
When India’s microfinance industry went through a crisis in the years after Andhra Pradesh framed strict rules for the sector ......
Consumer
Company watch: Womenswear brand W stitches up steady growth story
For a fashion brand its size and popularity, TCNS Clothing Pvt. Ltd and its owners have kept a relatively low ......
Healthcare
Company watch: CARE Hospitals all hale and hearty after Abraaj's backing
In early 2016, Dubai-based private equity firm Abraaj Group made its biggest bet in the Indian healthcare sector when it ......
Infrastructure
Company watch: ReNew Power breezes ahead as green energy comes into vogue
In early 2015, when the Indian government revised its renewable energy capacity target substantially higher, to 175 gigawatts, investors—both domestic ......
TMT
Company watch: Can PVR continue its blockbuster run?
For ninety years after Parsi entrepreneur Jamshedji Madan established India’s first cinema theatre, the Elphinstone Picture Palace in what is ......
TMT
Company watch: Furniture e-tailer Urban Ladder faces an uphill climb
In 2014, barely two years after starting the furniture e-commerce business, Ashish Goel and Rajiv Srivatsa realised that they needed ......