Bira 91

The staff note several alleged violations including non-payment of salaries for seven months, unremitted TDS worth about Rs 50 crore, and default on provident fund and gratuity dues.

Bira 91 loses control of The Beer Cafe after lenders, Kirin Holdings seize pledged shares: Report

The takeover marks another setback for the Indian craft beer maker, which has been reeling under heavy losses and a mounting debt burden

Bira 91 buys The Beer Cafe in all-stock deal: Report

Bira 91 will get a retail presence through The Beer Cafe’s 33 outlets, while the pub chain gets the beer company’s support in innovations and supply chain.

Beer makers plan price hike as inputs costs climb

Although brewers are putting cost controls in place to protect their margins, rising costs of barley, glass and other packaging material has made it tough for them to avoid a price hike.

Bira 91 crafts plan for every Indian beer to be emissions-free: founder Ankur Jain

By changing the ways in which it consumes energy and water and disposes of waste, the company wants to spark a revolution and ensure that every beer made in India has zero carbon emissions.

Ashneer Grover doesn't consume alcohol but says, 'anything habit-forming is great business'

BharatPe founder also revealed that despite him being a teetotaler, his biggest investment portfolio is a craft beer company.

Storyboard | Bira 91 founder CEO Ankur Jain: We don’t engage in surrogate advertising

Bira 91 founder and CEO Ankur Jain on what it takes to build a homegrown beer brand in a country where advertising alcoholic beverages is not permitted.

Sequoia Capital-backed beer brand Bira 91 targets fund raise again; looking to mop up $100 million by tapping PE funds

Five months earlier, in January 2021, the craft beer brand had raised $30 mn from Kirin Holdings valuing the former between $230 mn to $240 mn. Back in April 2020, the firm announced that it had raised $30 million in funding led by Sequoia India and Belgium-based investment firm Sofina.

Bira 91 parent eyeing $100 mn in Series C fundraise

Fundraise would be about double the nearly $50 mn raised last year by B9 Beverages.

India's Bira beer maker aims to go public in 3-5 years

B9 Beverages, founded and led by New Delhi-based entrepreneur Ankur Jain, has quietly snagged market share through word-of-mouth recommendations in a country where marketing of alcohol is heavily regulated.

Bira 91 eyes up to Rs 450 cr sales next fiscal

Bira 91, owned by B9 Beverages, began operations in February 2015 and expects to close this fiscal with sales of Rs 180 crore.

Bira 91 eyes global expansion; to enter 5 new markets

The other markets where the company will start distribution soon are Thailand and the UAE, the country's first handcrafted beer maker said in a statement.