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TREND | 17 Jul 2025

Tata Digital to get $400 million boost from Tata Sons' TCS dividend

Business Standard

Tata Sons will invest $400 million in Tata Digital, using dividend income from TCS. The funding aims to support the struggling digital arm, which includes BigBasket, Tata 1mg, and Tata Cliq

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TREND | 13 Jul 2025

Multiples PE to acquire 32% stake in VIP Industries from promoters

Business Standard

Multiples Private Equity will acquire up to 32% of VIP Industries from the promoter group, led by the Dilip Piramal family, with an open offer to retail investors

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TREND | 11 Jul 2025

Classrooms get capital as PEs open their wallets for education sector

Business Line

Private equity firms are increasingly investing in India's education sector, focusing on scalable platforms and hybrid models for growth

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TREND | 10 Jul 2025

Private equity investments in Indian real estate jump 38% to $2.4 bn in H1 2025

Business Line

Foreign investors dominate private equity inflows during H1 2025, contributing a substantial 76% of the total investment volume

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TREND | 08 Jul 2025

BigBasket to appoint Tata Consumer Products' Deepika Khattar Bhan to its Board

Business Line

Prior to joining Tata Consumer, she spent over a decade at Hindustan Unilever and Unilever, holding leadership roles across multiple categories and markets.

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TREND | 07 Jul 2025

Venture capital firms double down on AI-native start-ups

Business Line

Between January and July (till date), AI-focused start-ups raised $527 million across 82 deals, according to data from Venture Intelligence

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TREND | 07 Jul 2025

BigBasket Appoints Manish Bajoria As CFO

NDTV Profit

Earlier, he served as CFO at Vini Cosmetics.

Bigbasket appoints Manish Bajoria as CFO

Business Line | 07 Jul 2025

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TREND | 03 Jul 2025

'Works At Three To Four Startups': Multiple US CEOs Accuse Indian Techie Soham Parekh Of Moonlighting

NDTV Profit

The matter gained social media spotlight after Playground AI Founder Suhail Doshi on Wednesday accused Parekh of working for three to four firms simultaneously.

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TREND | 03 Jul 2025

Startups aim for over Rs 18,000 crore in D-Sreet dhamaka

Economic Times

Indian startups are increasingly eyeing local stock exchanges for their listings, driven by robust valuation multiples in the public markets and growing maturity of the domestic startup ecosystem, analyst and investment bankers pointed out. Smaller companies are opting for the IPO route not only to raise capital, but also to provide exit to their investors.

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TREND | 30 Jun 2025

India doesn't need to build its own LLMs, but we need local context: NxtGen CEO

Business Line

Startups can apply in the INDIAai portal and register their projects, depending on which, some of their costs may be subsidised; At the minimum, they will give access to great pricing they would not get otherwise