Consumer
Latest updates on news, funding, market trends, and innovations driving the consumer industry in India.
Consumer
Crowdfunding platform 1Crowd backs smoothies brand
Smoodies, which makes fruit and vegetable smoothies, has raised $500,000 (Rs 3.4 crore) in a pre-Series A round of investment ......
Consumer
Packaged foods firm EGK raises pre-seed money
EGK (Everyday Gourmet Kitchen) Foods Pvt. Ltd, which sells packaged crispy fried onions, has raised Rs 2 crore (around $300,000) ......
Consumer
Sixth Sense's Nikhil Vora backs gourmet food maker
Nikhil Vora, founder of consumer sector-focussed venture capital firm Sixth Sense Ventures, has invested in a Mumbai-based specialty food ingredients ......
Consumer
Indian PE firm joins Morgan Stanley as co-investor in big-ticket education deal
An Indian private equity firm has come in as a co-investor with Wall Street firm Morgan Stanley to ink what ......
Consumer
Fabindia MD invests in Lighthouse-backed QSR chain Wow! Momo
William Bissell, managing director of ethnic apparel retailer Fabindia, has invested Rs 3 crore (around $450,000) in quick service restaurant ......
Consumer
With samosas and coconut-layered mattresses in cart, IKEA readies for India foray
IKEA is set to open its first store in India next month, and the world’s biggest furniture retailer is localizing ......
Consumer
Multiples PE in talks to invest in restaurant chain
Mid-market private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management is looking to ink its first deal in the hospitality segment, two ......
Consumer
The Connaught hotel, sealed off for 2 years, gets bids from Tatas, Byke, Sarovar
The Connaught, a 31-year premium Delhi hotel sealed off for two years after murder controversy, has attracted bids from Tata ......
Consumer
Gaja Capital in talks to invest in learning-assessment company
Gaja Capital Partners, a private equity firm specialising in investments in the lower end of the middle market, is in ......
Consumer
Reliance Industries' fashion brands unit acquires Rhea Retail for $30 mn
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd has acquired Rhea Retail Pvt. Ltd, which sells products for children and expectant mothers, ......