Today’s M & A Deals_ Feb 18,2016

M & A Deals :

  • Tiger Global invests $10M in online video content creator The Viral Fever
  • Dino Morea, Sujal Shah seed-fund yet-to-launch networking app Unlaze
  • Online platform for doctors HealthKumbh gets seed funding
  • Venture Catalysts adds 50 angel investors on its network in 3 months
  • Matrimony app maker GetVee raises funding from existing investors Lightspeed, others
  • Crossroads acquires MyFirstCheque-backed MeriCAR.com
  • Home services startup Housejoy acquires fitness startup Orobind
  • Gaming network app Gamezop raises $350K in seed funding
  • Timemytask raises funding from Lead Angels

 

Today’s Wealth mantra !

“Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.”

–Peter Lynch

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Today’s M & A Deals_Feb 04,2016

M & A Deals :

  • RMZ Corp to buy Essar’s Equinox Business Park for $353M
  • Swiss investment firm Partners Group plans to invest $1B in India
  • NIIF in pact with Russian state-run Rusnano for Indian tech fund
  • Kinnevik looks to increase investments in India
  • Mazkara raises $1M seed funding from Dunamis Ventures
  • Housejoy buys on-demand laundry services firm MyWash
  • GHV seed-funds RoadGods, PindropMusic with $100K each
  • Zodius-backed engineering startup Allygrow makes two global acquisitions
  • Camlin Fine Sciences to buy 65% stake in Mexico’s Dersen

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“The time of maximum pessimism is the best time to buy and the time of maximum optimism is the best time to sell.”

John Templeton

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Today’s M & A Deals_Dec 17,2015

M & A Deals :

  • Housejoy raises $22.4M from Amazon, others
  • Freshdesk acquires Konotor for in-app customer support play
  • Spencer’s buys online supermarket Meragrocer
  • Health-tech startup MeraDoctor gets pre-Series A funding from Unilazer
  • Blackstone to buy stake in SaaS firm IBS Software for $170M
  • Narayana Health raises $27.5M anchor investment from GIC, others
  • Japan’s Takasago picks stake in clean-tech firm IClean
  • Mahindra Holidays picks 51% stake in Swedish spa hotel Visionsbolaget
  • Blubirch raises $2M from Chicago Capital, Sanjay Mehta, others
  • Godrej Agrovet raises stake in Astec LifeSciences to 52.28%

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Stock market corrections, although painful at the time, are actually a very healthy part of the whole mechanism, because there are always speculative excesses that develop, particularly during the long bull market.”

-Ron Chernow

 

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Retail News Round Up_Dec 16,2015

Retail News :

  • Myntra plans roadshows in US, Europe to lure global fashion brands
  • Food regulator FSSAI proposes tougher regulations for food importers
  • Snapdeal launches multi-lingual mobile interface in Hindi and Telugu
  • BigBasket plans to use electric cars to deliver products in Delhi
  • Amazon leads 150cr fund infusion in local services startup Housejoy
  • Gujarat spice maker Ramdev Food Products set to foray into snacks business

  • With an eye on customer base, GoZefo to now offer guaranteed buyback option
  • Tata Group set to crowdsource ideas for new watches, maybe even cars
  • Odd-Even Formula Inspires Uber To Launch Car Pooling Service In New Delhi & Aims To Tap 27 Lakh Private Cars
  • Sony LIV to offer carrier billing in partnership with Fortumo
  • Micromax To Invest Rs 300 Crore And Set Up New Manufacturing Units In India #MakeInIndia
  • India’s Centralized Monitoring System will launch before end of March 2016
  • Infosys invests $3M in wearables technology firm Whoop

 

Today’s Wealth Mantra !

“Stock market bubbles don’t grow out of thin air. They have a solid basis in reality, but reality as distorted by a misconception.”

-George Soros

 

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Retail News Round Up_Dec 03,2015

Retail news :

  • BigBasket set to close Rs 800 crore funding
  • Chennai rains: Indian startups like Zomato, Paytm and Ola kickstart relief measures for those stuck
  • Flipkart picks up strategic minority stake in digital mapping company MapmyIndia
  • Government plans to take etailers like Flipkart, Snapdeal to rural areas
  • Paytm partners with ICICI Bank to launch virtual prepaid cards for its wallet users
  • Delivery startup MagicTiger acquires Bangalore-based eCommerce App Instano

  • Womens’ apparel brand Kaaryah raises funding
  • Aditya Birla Group to handhold textile value-chain partners to scale up
  • CCI asks PVR to publish details of DT Cinema acquisition
  • Danone plans to serve ‘mishti doi’ in Europe
  • Kidswear brand Poney plans 25 more stores in India
  • Andhra Pradesh eyes Rs 5,000 crore investments in food processing by 2020
  • Times Internet buys Get Me A Shop
  • YuppTV launches movie streaming service YuppFlix with 5,000 movies
  • Twitter India’s Promoted Videos consumption grew 5X over the year
  • Catch launches Hindi version with exclusive and translated content
  • BetterPlace ties up with HouseJoy for security verification

 

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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