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Grapevine: Datacentre operator ESDS; consumer brands Swish, Nua in news

New Delhi, June 30 -- Data centre owner and operator ESDS Software Solutions is gearing up to list on the stock exchanges in the coming weeks, a media report said. Meanwhile, food delivery startup Sw... Read More


Egg brand Henfruit in talks with investors for maiden funding round

New Delhi, June 30 -- Henfruit, a farm-to-fork clean egg company, is in advanced talks to raise its maiden funding round from investors, according to four people aware of the matter. The Haryana-base... Read More


PMS firm Wealth First acquires wealth-management firm

New Delhi, June 30 -- Public listed Wealth First Portfolio Managers Limited (WFPML), an independent financial advisor and a registered portfolio management service, has acquired Mumbai-based Wealth Fi... Read More


Kotak Mahindra to buy Deutsche Bank's India retail, wealth management business

New Delhi, June 30 -- Kotak Mahindra Bank has inked an agreement with Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft to acquire the latter's retail banking, private banking and wealth management business in India. ... Read More


Albatross Energetics, Vayana raise fresh funding

New Delhi, June 30 -- Albatross Energetics, a deep-tech company, has secured $1.05 million (Rs 10 crore) in a pre-Series A funding round led by Transition VC. The company will use the capital to esta... Read More


Bajaj Finserv Ventures invests in Kapture CX ahead of AI fund launch

New Delhi, June 30 -- Artificial intelligence-enabled enterprise tech provider Kapture CX has raised $10 million (around Rs 94.5 crore) in its pre-Series B funding round led by Bajaj Finserv Ventures,... Read More


LPs commit record sum to Indian PE, VC, credit funds; switch from public market funds

New Delhi, June 30 -- Limited partners (LPs), who had been committing an average of $3-5 billion each quarter over the past two years, broke the bank to make record fresh commitments to India-focussed... Read More


SoftBank sitting on modest gains from Oyo parent but Lightspeed, Peak XV strike gold

New Delhi, June 30 -- Japanese investment behemoth SoftBank will likely be sitting on modest gains on its billion-dollar bet on Oravel Stays Ltd, the Indian hospitality company behind the Oyo and Pris... Read More


GSF revives venture fund plans with new investment vehicle

New Delhi, June 30 -- Early-stage investment platform GSF is making a fresh attempt to institutionalise its venture investing business, more than a decade after it began backing startups through its a... Read More


Flexible workspace firm Incuspaze secures funding from Bharat Value Fund

New Delhi, June 30 -- Managed workspace and office solutions provider Incuspaze has raised Rs 150 crore ($15.8 million) in a funding round led by Bharat Value Fund and other financial institutions, th... Read More