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Education sector-focused PE firm Kaizen marks first close of second fund
March 27, 2017Education sector-focused private equity (PE) firm Kaizen Management Advisors Pvt. Ltd said it has marked the first close of its second fund—Kaizen Private Equity II—at Rs285 core (about $42 million) with five investors that included institutions and strategic education companies. Some of Kaizen’s portfolio companies include Neev Knowledge Management Pvt. Ltd, which offers online and classroom-based certification courses under the brand EduPristine, a video-based educational services start-up Impartus Innovations, K-12 Techno Services, Varthana, Ace Creating Learning and WizIQ, among others.
Personal assistant platform DoneThing raises Rs 2 crore from Brand Capital
March 27, 2017DoneThing, an on-demand personal assistant service, has raised Rs 2 crore (about $300,000) funding from Brand Capital. The startup will use the funding for geographical growth and service expansion.
Marketing automation startup Wigzo raises funds for expansion
March 27, 2017
Marketing automation platform Wigzo has raised an undisclosed amount of funding in a bridge round that was led by existing investor 3one4 Capital. The round also saw the participation from Aarin Capital, Advantedge Partners and a bunch of angel investors, including Arjun Sharma of Select Hospitality, and Mohit Gulati of Altius Ventures.
PharmEasy raises Rs 111 crore in Series-B round
March 27, 2017Mumbai-based pharmacy aggregator PharmEasy has closed a $17-million deal (around Rs 111 crore) in a series-B round by three of its existing venture capital investors. PharmEasy’s latest round of funding was led by Silicon Valley’s Bessemer Venture Partners and Mumbai-based Orios Venture Partners as well as Aarin Capital also participated in this round.
$100 million Delhivery from Carlyle as e-commerce logistics hots up
March 24, 2017Carlyle Asia Partners IV (CAP IV) has led a $100 million (Rs 655 crore approx) funding round for e-commerce logistics company Delhivery for a significant minority stake in the company. Existing investor Tiger Global also participated in the round which values the company at close $700 million (Rs 4700 crore).
