Edtech firm UpGrad valued at $2.25 billion in $210 million roundThis comes at a time when a bunch of edtech startups are facing a cash crunch and have even fired employees recently.
08 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
Edtech unicorn UpGrad raises $225 million in funding, doubles valuationUpGrad Education Pvt, founded by Ronnie Screwvala, increased its valuation to $2.25 billion in the round that included billionaire James Mu...
15 Jun, 2022, 09.55 PM IST
Sushant Singh Rajput Case: Centre seeks to be a part of Rhea Chakraborty's pleaActor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case took a new turn on Friday, as the Centre filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to be made...
07 Aug, 2020, 11.59 PM IST
India@70:Why family offices need to chip inThere has been an increasing clamour for more rupee capital to be deployed in the country, to not only potentially wean away ventures from ...
16 Aug, 2017, 09.16 AM IST
EasyPolicy secures funding from Unilazer Ventures and Burman family officeFounded in 2011 by former Thomson Reuters executive Bhatnagar, Neeraj Aggarwala and Divyanshu Tripathi, a founding member of PolicyBazaar, ...
03 Nov, 2016, 10.41 AM IST
Top business houses in India looking to invest in startupsA wave of Indian family offices are lining up to invest in domestic startups, highlighting the growing attractiveness of the new economy ve...
10 Feb, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Ronnie Screwvala’s UpGrad in advanced talks to acquire three companiesRonnie Screwvala’s online education venture, is in advanced talks to acquire three companies in India and the USA.
26 Jan, 2016, 05.43 PM IST
Easypolicy raises Rs 15 crore in new funding round led by Unilazer VentureThe fund raising is the latest in a series of investments made in India’s online insurance aggregation space over the last 10 months.
21 Jan, 2016, 06.30 PM IST
Screwvala’s Swades Foundation gets Tata Trust to work on water and sanitation problemsSwades has roped in Tata Trust, with both parties looking to pump in Rs 130 crore to solve water and sanitation problems, besides skill dev...
09 Dec, 2015, 10.46 AM IST
IPL retains magic: Biggies in fray for new teamsBids are invited for two new teams for 2016 and 2017 to replace Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, which were suspended for two year...
03 Dec, 2015, 02.46 AM IST
Healthcare entrepreneur G S K Velu readies Rs 500 crore early-stage fundThe yet-to-be-named proprietary investment management entity follows his recent exit from one of the companies, Metropolis Laboratories.
26 Oct, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
Ronnie Screwvala’s online education venture UpGrad is launching a course in entrepreneurshipUpGrad, in which Screwvala plans to personally invest Rs 100 crore over the next two years, will also launch courses for new tech economy.
24 Jul, 2015, 07.51 PM IST
Burman Family Office to ramp up pace of investing; will look to spend Rs 250-300 cr in FY 2015-16Family offices are favoured by Indian entrepreneurs with long-term approach for imparting brand recognition to early-stage ventures; family...
02 Apr, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
Indian government should stop Bollywood from plagiarising: Jeffrey ArcherAccording to him, his novel "Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less" was made into "Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl" and "Kane and Abel" into "Khudgarz".
12 Mar, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
IDG, Unilazer Invest Rs 9 crore in SilverEdge TechnologiesExisting investors in the company, a list that includes GSF Accelerator and Dave McClure-founded incubator 500 Startups, have also particip...
08 Apr, 2014, 11.11 AM IST
Ronnie Screwvala puts profit first in social impact ventures, eyeing 30% annual return in 7 yrs from Unilazer investmentsScrewvala has ample cash to do this: 2,000 crore that he earned by selling his 50%, held via UTV, in Walt Disney India to its American pare...
04 Jul, 2013, 01.45 PM IST
Entrepreneurs who made big exits and turned active investorsRather than route their investment through secondary vehicles like mutual funds, they are floating their own primary vehicles.
23 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST