Vivek Gambhir

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23 January, 2024

Lightspeed names former Godrej, Gojek execs as venture partners

Lightspeed Venture Partners, an investor in unicorns such as Oyo, Udaan, ShareChat, Innovacer, Byju’s, and Razorpay has appointed two industry ......

Consumer

16 April, 2021

Warburg Pincus-backed boAt now secures funding from Qualcomm Ventures

Consumer electronics brand boAt has received an undisclosed amount in funding from Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of wireless technologies ......

Consumer

19 February, 2021

Warburg Pincus-backed boAt ropes in ex-Godrej Consumer chief as CEO

Vivek Gambhir, who was till June last year spearheading Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, has joined as the chief executive officer ......

Consumer

09 June, 2020

Vivek Gambhir resigns as Godrej Consumer MD, Nisaba Godrej takes over

Nisaba Godrej, the executive chairperson at Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL), has been appointed as the company’s managing director by ......

Consumer

19 December, 2019

Matrix Partners, Paytm and Snapdeal founders back healthy snacks startup Open Secret

Venture capital firm Matrix Partners and a clutch of affluent individuals including Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma have invested in ......

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Finance

20 February, 2019

VC firms Chiratae, Pravega backing yet-to-be-launched insurance venture

Venture capital firms Chiratae Ventures and Pravega Ventures are among investors who are putting money in a company which is ......

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People

05 October, 2017

Who were the highest-paid bosses of FMCG firms in FY17?

The 10 highest-paid directors and executives of fast-moving consumer goods companies saw a median increase of 24.3% in their remuneration ......

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Consumer

05 June, 2017

Godrej Consumer seeks to revive acquisition strategy

Homegrown FMCG firm Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) is planning to revive its inorganic growth strategy as it looks to ......

Consumer

01 February, 2017

Rural India holds key to consumer sector's fortunes

Although big-bang measures to shore up discretionary spending were conspicuous by absence in finance minister Arun Jaitley's budget speech, the ......

Consumer

21 December, 2016

Godrej Consumer raises stake in Kenya's Charm Industries to 100%

Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) has acquired the 49% stake it didn’t already own in Kenya-based Charm Industries.The consumer goods ......