Atomberg plans to use the funds to boost manufacturing capabilities, support new product launches, and deepen its presence in offline stores in key regions.
FTX and its sister trading house Alameda Research went bankrupt in November, dissolving a virtual trading business that at one point had been valued at $32 billion.
Bleak funding prospects, operational inefficiency and the pressure to grow rapidly have slowed DeHaat’s relentless march. Moneycontrol spoke to stakeholders, industry watchers, and experts to get a closer look at the troubles that are dogging the agritech ‘soonicorn’.
The potential deal could boost BlueStone's plans to expand aggressively in India, the second-largest jewellery consuming nation behind China, as demand surges after the pandemic.
The Singapore-based investment giant recently sealed the biggest- ever private equity deal in the Indian healthcare sector by pumping in more than $2 billion in Manipal Hospitals. It is also invested in the listed firm Global Health.
As a part of scale-up and profitability, Open said in the statement that it will continue the efforts to make a highly performance-oriented effective organization fit for scale, the statement said.
Sheares holds an 18 percent stake in Manipal Hospitals and also has exposure to Global Health, the listed operator of Medanta Hospitals
Temasek has raised its stake and turned the controlling shareholder in Manipal Hospitals by shelling out Rs 16,000 crore in a mega transaction valuing the top pan-India hospital chain at Rs 40,000-42,000 crore
Prior to the deal, Sheares Healthcare India, an existing shareholder in Manipal Health Enterprises, held around 18 percent stake. Sheares manages a portfolio of healthcare delivery assets for Singapore-headquartered investment major Temasek.
The company said that existing shareholder Temasek contributed Rs 81 crore, while upGrad co-founder and chairperson Ronnie Screwvala contributed Rs 212 crore, with other minority stakeholders completing the balance.
Temasek 'remains invested in Adani Ports, as per their latest public shareholding disclosures', The Straits Times reported on Monday, citing a spokesman for the 49-year-old state-owned investor which has USD 496.59 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.
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TPG Capital picked up a stake in Manipal Hospitals for Rs 900 crore in February 2015 and has been looking to clock returns on its 7 year old bet. India’s sovereign wealth fund NIIF is the other external investor in the Ranjan Pai-led hospital chain
Prior to joining ShareChat, Varghese served as the global president of Wavemaker, a global media network owned by the WPP group.
Atomberg's potential fundraise comes at a time when funding to the country's startups has slowed by more than 70 percent over the last three quarters, with investors preferring to avoid high-growth, loss-making technology companies amid macroeconomic headwinds.
In a statement, the company said it will use the capital raised for the growth of in-house D2C (direct-to-consumer) brands, increase offline distribution, expand international operations, and make select acquisitions.
Moneycontrol reported on October 21 that DeHaat had raised $45.8 million led by Sofina Ventures, according to the company’s regulatory filing with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). This, however, was a part of a larger round, and the company today shared the entire fundraise amount in a statement. The company did not disclose if there was a revision in the valuation with additional funding coming in.
In a statement, DeHaat said "it has raised USD 60 million in a new financing round." Sofina Ventures and Temasek co-led the Series E funding, with other existing investors RTP Global Partners, Prosus Ventures and Lightrock India also participating in the round.
"In view of FTX's financial position, we have decided to write down our full investment in FTX, irrespective of the outcome of FTX's bankruptcy protection filing," Temasek said in a detailed statement on Thursday.
Founding core members include the philanthropic arms of Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda, Ray Dalio, Li Ka-Shing, as well as four companies of Indonesia’s Widjaja family and the Tanoto Foundation, Temasek Trust Chairman Ho Ching said Friday at the Philanthropy Asia Summit 2022 in Singapore.
Goa-based Molbio Diagnostics is known for its 'Truenat' technology -- a portable, battery-operated real-time PCR platform that can be used for testing infectious diseases, including TB, COVID-19, Hepatitis-C virus, human papillomavirus, influenza and vector-borne diseases like dengue, chikungunya and malaria.
According to sources aware of the fundraise, the total size of the round is expected to be around $90 million. Alpha Wave Global, which is leading the round has already invested $45 million.
upGrad's multi-million dollar fundraise and aggressive hiring plans come at a time when edtech companies in India including some of the highest-valued unicorns like Unacademy, Byju's and Vedantu are firing hundreds of employees amid a decline in demand for their services
The $287 billion firm said it will slow its pace of investments and take a cautious stance given the likelihood of a recession in developed markets. Temasek said the risk of a mild recession in the US into 2023 has risen due to tighter financial conditions and geopolitical uncertainty. China meanwhile faces “challenges” meeting its 2022 growth target of 5.5%.
After the round, Google will hold a little over one percent stake in Mohalla Tech, while Temasek will hold about 2.64 percent stake, regulatory filings showed.