PharmEasy

TMT

23 February, 2021

Fair trade watchdog okays CDPQ investment in PharmEasy

The Competition Commission of India has approved CDPQ’s additional investment in online pharmacy PharmEasy.  The development comes after VCCircle reported in ......

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TMT

18 February, 2021

Temasek to pick up minority stake in Alibaba-backed edtech firm

Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings is set to invest $30 million in online tutorial platform Lido Learning, possibly its ......

General

17 February, 2021

Grapevine: TPG, others eye stake in FirstCry

TPG Growth, PremjiInvest and ChrysCapital are in advanced talks to pick up stakes in SoftBank-backed FirstCry in a round worth ......

Healthcare

11 February, 2021

Warburg Pincus, PremjiInvest back pharmacy chain MedPlus

New York headquartered private equity investor Warburg Pincus, and PremjiInvest, the family office of Wipro founder chairman Azim Premji, have ......

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TMT

05 January, 2021

CDPQ to double down on virtual healthcare in India

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) is pouring more capital into its digital healthcare portfolio in India that ......

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Consumer

28 December, 2020

Matrix Partners-backed OZiva dials VC investors for larger cheque

Plant-based nutrition brand OZiva is in discussions with a new set of venture capital firms to raise a larger round ......

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TMT

19 November, 2020

TPG Growth strikes debut bet on digital healthcare platform in India

TPG Growth, which has backed several traditional Indian healthcare companies ranging from hospitals to medical devices makers and drugmakers, is ......

General

09 October, 2020

Grapevine: Naspers, TPG to bet on PharmEasy; KSH Infra plans warehousing platform

South African technology and media conglomerate Naspers and US-based private equity firm TPG are looking to invest close to $100 ......

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Finance

09 October, 2020

Eight Roads' Prem Pavoor on new healthcare themes emerging out of Covid-19 and more

Eight Roads Ventures India and Southeast Asia, which is part of Fidelity-backed global investment firm Eight Roads, has been investing ......

Premium

Finance

05 October, 2020

Temasek execs on why India portfolio has shorter profitability timeline and more

Singapore state investment firm Temasek typically deploys about $1 billion annually in India. This year has been no different, despite ......