No retirement plans! Why K Ganesh & wife Meena aren't ready to hang up their boots just yetThe couple behind GrowthStory feel that there are still so many problems in India, and so perhaps, that many solutions to find.
23 May, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Portea gets $26 million booster shotThe investment comes two years after the firm, which is part of serial entrepreneurs K Ganesh and Meena Ganesh’s, GrowthStory, raised $37.5...
22 Nov, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Portea Medical to raise $25 million from Sabre Capital, AccelPortea Medical is reportedly raising the capital at a valuation lower than that during the previous investment round in 2015, according to ...
28 Jul, 2017, 12.48 AM IST
Portea expects ops breakeven in 2018; looks to raise funds"In 2017, we may consider raising another round of fund. So far we have raised $50 million. The funds will be used for acquisitions and exp...
07 Feb, 2017, 03.56 PM IST
Healthcare startup Portea is 'Activ' in wellness space nowPortea Activ is expected to become a major business segment for the company.
22 Sep, 2016, 09.48 AM IST
GrowthStory's Krishnan and Meena Ganesh to launch a bunch of new ventures soonThe ventures in incubation include one in health and wellness sector, while another is in digital entertainment, a third is a hyperlocal lo...
09 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Home healthcare provider Portea Medical gets Rs 247 crore to expand in India, Malaysia“We are trying to build a comprehensive offering so that a family as a unit will be able to look at Portea and say 'this meets a lot of my ...
21 Sep, 2015, 09.21 AM IST
IFC may invest in home healthcare services provider PorteaPortea Medical is talks with four investors to raise a new round of $40 million or Rs 250 crore to step up its expansion plans in India and...
27 Jun, 2015, 03.33 PM IST
FreshMenu close to raising Rs 31 crore from Lightspeed VentureThe funding will mark a continuing run of success for Bengaluru-based family office that has helped portfolio companies successfully raise ...
26 Feb, 2015, 10.43 AM IST
We follow the Rule of 3, say K Ganesh and wife Meena Ganesh"We don't like IPOs. We would rather monetize by selling the business. We don't see ourselves quarter after quarter facing investors and jo...
23 Jan, 2015, 02.37 PM IST
Meet Krishnan & Meena Ganesh: The husband-wife duo with 100% success rate in start-up worldThey are investors, mentors and entrepreneurs all rolled into one, with the likes of Ratan Tata and Ronnie Screwvala buying into their visi...
28 Sep, 2014, 07.02 AM IST
Serial investors back home decor, e-pay sitesHusband-wife duo K Ganesh and Meena Ganesh are chasing white spaces in consumer retail and digital content leveraging heavily on technology.
25 Aug, 2014, 12.10 PM IST
Accel Partners, Ventureast buy 30% for 48 crore in Meena & Krishnan’s startupIndia has over 144 million people aged above 60 years and one in every five people would be a senior citizen by 2025.
02 Dec, 2013, 11.51 AM IST
Tech entrepreneur duo buys New Delhi-based Portea MedicalSerial tech entrepreneurs K Ganesh and MeenaGanesh have acquired New Delhi-based Portea Medical , foraying into India's nascent home health...
29 Jul, 2013, 02.25 PM IST
Pearson completes 100% acquisition of TutorVista, appoints Srikanth B Iyer as CEOPearson has acquired the remaining 20% equity in TutorVista to complete 100% ownership in the Bangalore based online education services com...
25 Feb, 2013, 12.07 AM IST
- Accel Partners invests Rs 2.7 crore in Mind Edutainment
Accel Partners & a group of angel investors, led by Pearson Education Services India's MD and CEO, Meena Ganesh, have invested Rs 2.7 cr in...
13 Aug, 2012, 03.00 PM IST
- Start-ups: Entrepreneur duo to make e-commerce splash
The duo will unfurl their co-promoter stakes in four different ecommerce start-ups in the coming weeks, including an egrocer BigBasket.com,...
16 Jan, 2012, 11.21 AM IST