Malvika Maloo

Malvika is a senior correspondent at VCCircle. She writes about India's bustling startup ecosystem and the investors fueling it.

Apparel maker SP Apparels to acquire Bannari Amman's intimate wear arm

Manufacturing

05 February, 2024

Apparel maker SP Apparels to acquire Bannari Amman's intimate wear arm

Apparel manufacturer SP Apparels has agreed to acquire textile company Bannari Amman Spinning Mills’ intimate wear ......

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General

02 February, 2024

Deals Digest: Funding activity back below $100 mn this week

Investment activity by private equity and venture capital-backed lowered significantly this week, with the total value ......

TMT

02 February, 2024

Byju's hits back at investors, says they can't vote CEO out

Beleaguered edtech firm Byju's, whose major investors called for an extraordinary general meeting seeking changes ......

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TMT

02 February, 2024

Bottomline: Lightrock-backed axio's FY23 revenue doubles but losses widen too

Non-banking lender axio, which counts Lightrock, Amazon, Elevation Capital, Sequoia Capital and Ribbit Capital amongst ......

TMT

31 January, 2024

Fidelity slashes Meesho's valuation for second time in a quarter

Massachusetts-based Fidelity Investments, an asset management company that has invested in several publicly listed as ......

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Healthcare

30 January, 2024

Kedaara Capital hires former Lakme exec to build consumer healthcare platform

Mumbai-based private equity major Kedaara Capital has hired a former Lakme executive to build its consumer healthcare ......

TMT

29 January, 2024

Byju's seeks to raise $200 mn to service immediate liabilities

Edtech player Byju's is looking to raise $200 million from its existing equity investors through a rights issue it ......

Infrastructure

29 January, 2024

Swiss impact investor responsAbility to invest in BluSmart

Switzerland-headquartered impact investor responsAbility will invest up to $25 million (Rs 207 crore) in electric ......

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Infrastructure

29 January, 2024

I Squared-controlled Polaris lands $625 mn smart metering contract

Polaris Smart Metering, a company controlled by global private equity firm I Squared Capital, has secured two smart ......

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Finance

29 January, 2024

Pidilite Ventures' Sanket Parekh on focus areas and why it won't raise external capital

Pidilite Industries set up its corporate VC arm Pidilite Ventures in 2021. Since then, Pidilite Ventures has invested in......