General
Grapevine: Mizuho, NBD Emirates eye Avendus; Zepto turns to PEs after Flipkart stalemate
Japan’s Mizuho Bank and Dubai’s NBD Emirates are in advanced talks to acquire KKR’s stake in Avendus Capital, with bids expected in 2-3 weeks, a ......
General
Grapevine: Dunzo seeks more funding; Delhivery may enter new vertical
Hyperlocal delivery startup Dunzo Digital Pvt Ltd, backed by the likes of Reliance Retail Ventures and Google, is looking to raise more funding ......
Finance
Sequoia-backed fintech ProgCap adding another lending layer; hits breakeven
Digital lending platform ProgCap, which counts among its backers Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global and Google and has been operating a ......
TMT
Google-backed Adda247 gears up for inorganic push
Google-backed government job preparation platform, Adda247 will spend $20 million (Rs 162.2 crore) for acquisitions in the coming year. The ......
TMT
Deals Digest: Companies raise $632 mn this week; ShareChat parent valued at $5 bn after closing $520 mn round
Companies raised $632 million in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funding this week, lower than last week’s $785 ......
Finance
Weekly Deals Wrap: Cars24 tops chart with massive funding but deal value sees sharp drop on muted M&As
The overall deal value saw an over seven-fold steep fall this week from the preceding one, despite deep-pocketed edtech giant ......
TMT
Tata Digital in talks to pick up majority stake in VC-backed delivery platform
Tata Digital, on an acquisition spree of late, is in early discussions to snap up another heavily funded startup, at ......
TMT
Beenext backs seed stage startup founded by former Google employee
Singapore-based venture capital firm Beenext has invested in a Bengaluru-headquartered startup that helps companies to create customised search engines for ......
Finance
Dealmaking in 2020: Reliance, Reliance and Reliance (and a few others)
It’s a year we would like to forget. But we won’t. Mukesh Ambani won’t either. But for entirely different reasons. This ......
Consumer
RIL is on a shopping spree but how does its M&A report card look like?
For almost three decades after Reliance Industries Ltd went public in 1977, the Ambanis largely built their business organically—barring a ......
