India, March 25 -- Times Internet has roped in Johney Maheshwari, the former associate director of corporate development (investments and M&A) at Razorpay, to head its corporate development vertical.

In his new role, Maheshwari will lead the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment initiatives to drive Times Internet's inorganic growth.

Maheshwari told Inc42 that Times Internet will explore investment opportunities in segments like news, sports, financial services, events, among others."We will likely increase our investment velocity in early stage companies that can benefit from our capabilities on growing consumer businesses," he added.Times Internet has been a prolific investor in the Indian startup ecosystem, having backed name...