FirstCry
Consumer
SoftBank-backed FirstCry takes significant minority stake in kid snacks maker Timios
FirstCry, an online-first baby products retailer, has bought a significant minority stake in children-focused healthy snacks maker Timios, three persons ......
Consumer
FirstCry's Thrasio-style venture secures $150 mn, onboards Lightspeed Venture
Online first baby products retailer’s GlobalBees, India’s largest Thrasio-style house of brands venture for direct to consumer (D2C) brands and ......
Consumer
FirstCry's Thrasio-style venture aims to snap up Kolkata brand in first purchase
Online first baby products retailer’s Global Bees, touted to be India’s largest Thrasio-style venture for direct to consumer (D2C) brands ......
TMT
Ex-Medlife CEO launches Thrasio-style venture, secures $50 mn in Series A round
Mensa Brands, a Thrasio-style investment venture recently floated by former Myntra and Medlife chief executive Ananth Narayanan, has raised nearly ......
General
Grapevine: Actis to buy solar assets from Finland's Fortum; NIIF to invest in FirstCry
Private equity firm Actis is looking to acquire four-fifths of the stake in 500 megawatts of solar projects in India ......
General
Grapevine: FirstCry venture to hunt sellers on ecommerce marketplaces; upGrad to raise funds
Omnichannel children’s retailer FirstCry has received a $75 million commitment from Japan’s SoftBank, TPG, ChrysCapital and PremjiInvest to launch India’s ......
TMT
Elevation Capital invests in stealth startup focused on hyperlocal discovery services
Venture capital and growth equity firm Elevation Capital (formerly SAIF Partners) has invested in a stealth-mode startup set up by ......
Consumer
SoftBank-backed FirstCry buys diaper firm in third acquisition
FirstCry, an online-first baby products retailer, has made its third acquisition with a deal to control a firm that sells ......
TMT
TPG Growth, Premji, ChrysCap pile into SoftBank-backed FirstCry
FirstCry, an online-first baby products retailer, has raised a large round led by US-based private equity investor TPG Growth and ......
Consumer
Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital bets on sanitary napkin brand
Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital, backed by Singapore state investment firm Temasek, has offered money to a sanitary napkin brand, ......