Ronnie Screwvala

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02 May, 2017

Ronnie Screwvala puts angel investing on hold, focuses on edutech firm UpGrad

Ronnie ScrewvalaMedia veteran Ronnie Screwvala has decided to put investment activities on the back burner and focus on scaling ......

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09 January, 2017

Ronnie Screwvala ups stake in Lenskart, invests $3.5 mn more

Media entrepreneur-turned-investor Ronnie Screwvala’s Unilazer Ventures has invested Rs 24 crore ($3.5 million) in eyewear retailer Lenskart Solutions Pvt Ltd ......

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06 December, 2016

Haresh Chawla, Ronnie Screwvala back AI startup Niki.ai

Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence startup Niki.ai has raised Rs 3 crore in a new round of funding led by Haresh Chawla, ......

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17 October, 2016

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad forays into corporate training, acqui-hires Pyoopil

Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala’s education-technology startup UpGrad has acqui-hired Pyoopil Education Technologies Pvt. Ltd, marking its entry into the ......

General

26 September, 2016

Ronnie Screwvala's UpGrad hires Just Buy's Janhvi Pradhan-Deshmukh as legal director

Media industry veteran Ronnie Screwvala’s education-technology startup UpGrad has hired Janhvi Pradhan-Deshmukh from e-distribution firm Just Buy Live Enterprise Pvt. ......

Technology

19 May, 2016

Ratan Tata invests in artificial intelligence startup Niki.ai

Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has made an undisclosed amount of investment in Bangalore-based artificial intelligence startup Niki.ai. Existing ......

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General

12 May, 2016

New VC firms replace the veterans in Series A deals in first quarter

Leading investment firms such as Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global, Kalaari Capital Advisors, Accel India Venture Fund and SAIF Partners, which ......

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28 April, 2016

Why Ronnie Screwvala exited Arre and what it means for the OTT segment

Ronnie Screwvala, one of India’s best-known media entrepreneurs, has exited digital content platform Arré barely a year after announcing the ......

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22 April, 2016

Starting up is great but staying the course is key

What does it take to be a successful entrepreneur? Ability to take risks, a great idea, passion…I believe it takes ......

Technology

15 February, 2016

Co-founder B Saikumar acquires controlling stake in digital media startup Arré

Just ahead of the launch of digital media venture Arré, the company's shareholding pattern has been realigned. B Saikumar, who ......