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Ex-UST head Sajan Pillai’s McLaren Ventures launches Rs 100-cr chip design co; to hire 100 techies soon

Mumbai, Jan 25 (PTI) McLaren Strategic Ventures (MSV), a startup focused-investment firm founded by Sajan Pillai, has launched a semiconductor design vertical Atlas Silicon in the country with planned investment of around Rs 100 crore. It plans to start hiring 100 engineers by March. The California-based McLaren Strategic Ventures is a business acceleration initiative launched [...]

BPCL to invest Rs 10,000 cr in 6 new city gas licences

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Tuesday said it will invest Rs 10,000 crore over the next five years in setting up city gas distribution networks in the cities for which it secured licences in the latest bidding round. BPCL won licences to retail CNG to automobiles and piped natural [...]

BEENEXT, Mirae infuse USD 22 mln in Raise Financial Services

Mumbai, Jan 25 (PTI) Raise Financial Services, a city-based fintech which lends to long-term investors and super traders, on Tuesday announced a USD 22 million (about Rs 164.4 crore) fundraise led by BEENEXT and Mirae Asset Venture Investments.The startup will deploy the newly raised funds into its November 2021-launched investment platform Dhan, to strengthen the [...]

Smartron Group secures up to $200mn capital commitment from GEM Group

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Tech company Smartron on Tuesday said it has signed an agreement with Global Emerging Markets Group (GEM), wherein the alternative investment organisation will provide a share subscription facility of up to USD 200 million (about Rs 1,495.8 crore).Smartron has developed and introduced a range of smart and intelligent products powered [...]

FRL independent directors turn down Amazon’s bailout offer

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Independent directors of Future Retail Ltd (FRL) have turned down Amazon's offer of financial support to the company through a deal with private equity firm Samara Capital, saying the offer is "plainly an attempt to buy the FRL assets on the cheap". FRL's independent directors had last week asked Amazon [...]

Vajro raises USD 8.5 mn from Five Elms Capital

New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Mobile app builder firm Vajro on Tuesday said it has raised USD 8.5 million (around Rs 63.52 crore) in a funding round from Kansas City-based growth equity firm Five Elms Capital. Vajro enables ecommerce store owners and service providers to create mobile shopping apps for Android and iOS users in [...]
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