Retail News Round Up_ Jan 22,2016

Retail news :

  • Uber is launching its food delivery app in 10 cities – and it could pose a huge threat to food delivery startups
  • SoftBank invests additional Rs 100 crore in Housing.com
  • Following exit of Maneesh Dhir, Apple launches hunt for new India business head
  • UrbanClap acquires after sales service provider HandyHome

  • Coca-Cola to invest $1 bn in Argentina over next four years
  • McDonald’s new plan to dominate fast food is angering some franchisees
  • Foxconn offers $5.3 bln for Sharp, plans to keep management
  • Food security law to be implemented by all states, UTs by April except Tamil Nadu says Ram Vilas Paswan
  • ‘Deep partnership between innovations in US, startups in India’
  • GIC, Singapores sovereign wealth fund, invests undisclosed sum in deal discovery application Little
  • Retail technology firm SnapBizz raises $7.2 million to spur market expansion
  • TranServ Launches Udio, India’s First Social Mobile Wallet
  • Apple Plans to Open its Own Stores in India, Seeks DIPP Approval!
  • India’s First LGBT Cab Service Launched By Wings Travels & Humsafar Trust In Mumbai

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

Norman Schwarzkopf

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Dec 12,2015

M & A Deals :

  • CX Partners, Gateway Partners-led investors buy into Mrs Bector’s Food
  • Dow Chemical, DuPont to merge in all-stock deal
  • Microlender SV Creditline gets $8M from Blue Orchard
  • Logistics firm Holisol raises $10M from CLSA Capital Partners
  • Aye Finance raises around $3M from Accion, SAIF Partners
  • Wearsafe raises $3M from ex-Goldman Sachs partner Ravi Singh, others
  • OnlineRTI raises angel funding from Mohandas Pai, others
  • in raises over $1M from Google’s Rajan Anandan, others
  • SaaS startup eureQa raises $600K from Gabriel Investments
  • Inox Wind buys out Sarayu Wind Power
  • Thinkcell acquires online test-prep platform TestFunda
  • i2e1 raises $500K from growX, Mohandas Pai and others
  • Ratan Tata invests in local services marketplace UrbanClap

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“One of the very nice things about investing in the stock market is that you learn about all different aspects of the economy. It’s your window into a very large world.”

-Ron Chernow

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Today’s M & A Deals_Dec 11,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Digital analytics startup PropheSee raises $516K in angel round
  • Ratan Tata invests in local services marketplace UrbanClap
  • Online furniture startup Homestudio raises $5M in seed funding
  • Luxepolis to raise around $1M from Mumbai-based investor
  • Mobile payment solutions startup Paynear raises $2.5M
  • Havells to sell Sylvania, another unit to Chinese firm for $205M
  • TPG Growth buys out Actis in Sri Lanka’s Asiri Hospital
  • French stationery major BIC Group acquires Cello Pens
  • Blume, Uniqorn invest in money transfer app Chillr
  • MCB Group invests in robotics firm Partnering Technologies
  • HIG Capital acquires New York-based Constructive Media
  • Villgro Innovations invests in diagnostics startup OmiX Labs
  • Logistics startup BlackBuck raises $25M from Tiger Global, others


 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Every portfolio benefits from bonds; they provide a cushion when the stock market hits a rough patch. But avoiding stocks completely could mean your investment won’t grow any faster than the rate of inflation.”

Suze Orman

 

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Today’s M & A Deals_Nov 20,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Local services marketplace UrbanClap raises $25M from Bessemer, others
  • Media house Indian Express invests in four tech startups
  • IP asset management firm Clairvolex secures Series A funding
  • Online fashion jewellery store Fourseven raises $450K from IAN
  • Doctors search platform Medinfi raises fresh angel funding
  • Online real estate marketplace HeyPillow raises $3M
  • Sattviko acquires food delivery startup Call A Meal
  • Wearable tech firm Sensegiz raises $500K in pre-Series A round
  • Inter-city taxi aggregator AHA raises angel funding
  • Startup assisting Airbnb hosts gets $2M from DN Capital and others
  • Pickrr raises seed funding from Palaash Ventures, others

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.”

– Robert Arnott

 

 

Retail News Round Up_Nov 19,2015

Retail News :

  • UrbanClap raises Rs 165 crore in Bessemer Venture-led funding round
  • Online ethnic wear retailer Peachmode ties up with Voonik
  • Personal shopping app startup Voonik opens web shop now
  • Parag Milk Foods to launch Germany’s ‘Almette’ cheese in India
  • Amagi plans to raise Rs 165 crore in Series D funds for expansion plans
  • OnMobile will launch new products in March-June 2016
  • Google tries to woo Indian startups with free cloud and work app offers

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.”

– Phillip Fisher