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TREND | 10 Jun 2025

TA Associates exits AU Small Finance Bank; sells 1.26% stake for 714 cr

Business Standard

Private equity firm TA Associates on Tuesday exited AU Small Finance Bank by selling its entire 1.26 per cent stake in the company for Rs 714 crore through an open market transaction. According to the bulk deal data available on the BSE, US-based TA Associates through its arm TA FDI Investors sold 93.90 lakh shares, amounting to a 1.26 per cent stake in Jaipur-based AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB). The shares were disposed of at an average price of Rs 760.07 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 713.78 crore. Details of the buyers of AU SFB's shares could not be ascertained on the BSE. Shares of AU Small Finance Bank fell 0.93 per cent to close at Rs 764.70 apiece on the BSE. In a separate block deal on the BSE, Morgan Stanley Asia (Singapore) sold 1.25 lakh shares of Bajaj Finserv for Rs 25 crore through an open market transaction. The shares were offloaded at an average price of Rs 1,983.8 apiece, taking the deal value to Rs 24.80 crore. These shares were acquired by Paris-based

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TREND | 10 Jun 2025

BigBasket to launch 10-minute food delivery across India by March 2026

Business Standard

Tata Group-backed BigBasket plans to expand its dark store network and enter the quick-commerce space with a 10-minute food delivery service by March 2026

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TREND | 06 Jun 2025

OpenAI And Benchmark Back New Startups From Ex-OpenAI Staffers

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Investors have lined up to back these businesses, reflecting heightened interest in all things AI and OpenAI.

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TREND | 06 Jun 2025

Fintech firm Decentro initiates reverse-flip process from Singapore

Business Standard

This comes at a time when the Bengaluru-based firm is raising about 30 crore as part of the Series-B funding round led by InfoEdge Ventures

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TREND | 03 Jun 2025

Stable Money raises $20 million in funding led by Fundamentum Partnership

Business Line

Stable Money, a wealthtech platform, raises $20 million in Series B funding to expand offerings and reach more investors

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TREND | 31 May 2025, 11:01AM

Job interviews enter a strange new world with AI software that talks back

Business Standard

Startups like Apriora, HeyMilo AI and Ribbon all say they're seeing swift adoption of their software for conducting real-time AI interviews over video

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TREND | 30 May 2025, 10:14PM

Elevation Capital to double down on AI infra, application; eyes 56 investments annually

Business Line

The firm primarily focuses on early-stage bets, with most of its AI deals falling in the Seed and Series A brackets

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TREND | 29 May 2025, 07:00PM

PAG elevates Nikhil Srivastava as Co-Head of Private Equity

Business Line

Nikhil Srivastava has led several landmark investments for PAG in India, including the acquisition and public listing of Nuvama Wealth Management and Manjushree Technopack

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TREND | 29 May 2025

Quick-service platform Snabbit secures $19 million in Series B round

Business Line

Established in 2024 by Aayush Agarwal, former Chief of Staff at Zepto, Snabbit connects users with trained experts for everyday home tasks like cleaning, dishwashing, and laundry.

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TREND | 28 May 2025

Practo targets UAE healthcare market after FY24 profitability; 10% of Dubai population onboarded

Business Line

The company also said that it has 50,000 monthly active users in the UAE and captured 10 per cent of Dubai's population, who are already using Practo

Healthcare site Practo aims to double international revenue in 3 years: CEO

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