| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.10.2024 | Purplle's Bold Leap: A New Era in Beauty Funding | Purplle is on the rise. The beauty and personal care platform recently closed its Series F funding round, securing a hefty Rs 1,500 crore, or about $180 million. This investment was led by a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ... |
| 14.10.2024 | ADIA-backed Purplle closes Series F at $178 mn, Sharrp Ventures joins cap table | Manish Taneja, CEO, Purplle
Omnichannel beauty platform Purplle Monday said it has closed its Series F funding round, having raised Rs 1,500 crore (around $178.4 million), led by existing investor Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). The ... |
| 14.10.2024 | Purplle adds additional Rs 500 Cr in Series F funding
Recommended Stories For You | Purplle on Monday said it closed its Series F funding round with a total investment of Rs 1,500 crore led by a unit of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, along with participation from existing investors including Premji Invest and Blume Ventu... |
| 14.10.2024 | Beauty platform Purplle closes ₹1500-crore funding round | Omnichannel beauty platform and unicorn Purplle announced the final closure of a ₹1500-crore funding led by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, while existing investors Premji Invest and Blume Ventures also pitched in, increasing their commitme... |
| 23.09.2024 | Specialty coffee and bakery brand Blue Tokai raised $35 M Series C funding from Verlinvest | Global investment marketplace Verlinvest has spearheaded a $35 million fundraising for Blue Tokai, a specialty coffee and bakery brand. A91 Partners and Anicut Capital, two previous investors, also participated in the Series C financing.
Ac... |
| 06.09.2024 | [Weekly funding roundup Aug 31-Sep 6] Venture capital inflow trends uneven
Recommended Stories For You | The month of September has begun on a modest note for the Indian startup ecosystem as venture capital funding dropped a few notches from the previous week, primarily due to the absence of large deals.
The first week of September saw total f... |
| 02.09.2024 | Deals in brief: Didi takes stake in AutoAi, Validus secures USD 50 million debt facility from HSBC, Genesia Ventures backs LaLa, and more | Didi offloads smart cockpit assets for stake in AutoAi
Didi, China’s ride-hailing giant, is trading its smart cockpit division for a stake in AutoAi, a state-backed player specializing in intelligent cockpit software and hardware.
Details o... |
| 01.09.2024 | India: Belgian investment firm Verlinvest leads $35m funding round in Blue Tokai Coffee | Consumer sector-focused Belgian investment firm Verlinvest on Saturday said it has led a funding round of $35 million in Blue Tokai Coffee at a valuation of about $180 million, acquiring a significant stake in the Indian specialty coffee ma... |
| 31.08.2024 | Brewing Success: Blue Tokai's Bold Expansion with $35 Million Investment | In the bustling world of coffee, Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters is making waves. The Indian specialty coffee brand recently secured a significant $35 million investment led by Verlinvest, a Belgian investment firm known for its consumer-focused... |
| 31.08.2024 | Blue Tokai raises $35 Mn in Series C led by Verlinvest | Global investment platform Verlinvest has led a $35 million round in specialty coffee and bakery brand Blue Tokai. Existing investors Anicut Capital and A91 Partners also joined the Series C funding.
This strategic partnership will enable B... |
| 31.08.2024 | Verlinvest Backs Blue Tokai with USD 35 Mn to Boost Presence in Metro and Tier I, II Cities The newly acquired funds will enable the brand to expand to over 350 locations within the next 30-36 months,... | Specialty coffee and bakery brand Blue Tokai announced that it has secured USD 35 million funding from Verlinvest. The Series C funding round also saw the participation of existing investors, Anicut Capital and A91 Partners.
This strategic ... |
| 31.08.2024 | Belgium’s Verlinvest invests $35 mn in coffee retailer Blue Tokai | (From left) Blue Tokai founders Shivam Shahi, Namrata Asthana and Matt Chitharanjan
Verlinvest, the consumer-theme-centric Belgian investment firm, has invested $35 million (about Rs 293 crore) in Indian speciality coffee retailer Blue Toka... |
| 31.08.2024 | Verlinvest Makes $35 Mn Strategic Investment In Blue Tokai Coffee | SUMMARY
Belgian investment firm Verlinvest has made a strategic investment of $35 Mn (INR 293.6 Cr) in specialty coffee retailer Blue Tokai Coffee Roasters
The coffee chain has also raised an undisclosed amount from its existing investors l... |
| 31.08.2024 | Speciality coffee Blue Tokai raises $35 million in funding round led by Verlinvest | Speciality coffee and bakery brand Blue Tokai has secured funding worth $35 million from Verlinvest. The Series C funding round also saw participation from existing investors Anicut Capital and A91 Partners.
The strategic partnership will e... |
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| 02.07.2024 | Beauty Unicorn Purplle Gains INR 1,000 Cr Investment, Offers Major ESOP Liquidity The Mumbai-based brand also announced an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) liquidity programme, offering INR 50 cro... | Beauty and personal care unicorn Purplle has announced the raising of INR 1,000 crore (approximately USD 120 million) in a round led by a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) with participation from other investo... |
| 01.07.2024 | Purplle secures Rs 1,000 Cr in funding round led by ADIA | Beauty and personal care unicorn Purplle has secured Rs 1,000 crore in a funding round led by a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), with participation from other investors.
The omnichannel beauty platform’s latest fundi... |
| 08.04.2024 | Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz acquires minority stake in Amsterdam’s Tony’s Chocolonely | Read this article in:
Amsterdam-based Tony’s Chocolonely, known for its ethical approach to chocolate production, has drawn the interest of former Starbucks Corp CEO Howard Schultz. According to Bloomberg, Schultz has acquired a 2 per cent ... |
| 21.03.2024 | Deepika Padukone-Backed Epigamia’s Sales Cross INR 150 Cr Mark In FY23 | SUMMARY
Epigamia’s sales stood at INR 168 Cr in FY23, an increase of 24% from INR 135.7 Cr in the previous year
The D2C food and beverage startup’s net loss increased 13% to INR 67 Cr from INR 59.5 Cr in FY22
Verlinvest, which owns 30% stak... |
| 19.09.2023 | Humble Growth closes $312m growth equity fund for disruptive CPG brands, seeks founders with humility: ‘It’s a misunderstood trait’ | Humble Growth—a New York based growth equity investment firm launched by three CPG veterans—has closed a $312 million fund to invest in ‘disruptive’ consumer brands.
Led by Orgain founder Andrew Abraham, RXBAR founder Peter Rahal, and CPG l... |
| 27.10.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Trigo’s $100m, Dutch gov’t backs cultivated meat, Bill Gates wants to decarbonize rice | This week, foodtech startup Trigo landed funds for its automated checkout system that lets shoppers purchase goods without waiting for a cashier. The Dutch government is allocating new funds to cultivated meat initiatives, and Bill Gates an... |
| 18.10.2022 | V3 Ventures launches to put €100M into startups in health, beauty and food | Verlinvest, a family-backed, “evergreen”, growth fund investor, that has previously funded a few well-known consumer brands like Oatly, Vita Coco, Tony’s Chocolonely, Who Gives A Crap, Pedego, Chewy.com, Hint and others, is getting into the... |
| 13.10.2022 | The next generation of ghost kitchens: 10 new startup concepts around the world | They never did replace the dine-in restaurant but ghost kitchens — kitchens that are not attached to a specific restaurant — are a permanent, and growing feature, of the hospitality industry. Today, early-stage startups founded in the last ... |
| 29.09.2022 | The Week in Agrifoodtech: Food delivery’s latest unicorn, $80m for virtual restaurants, Pat Brown’s new venture | Thailand-based food delivery service Line Man Wongnai became the sector’s latest company to achieve unicorn status with a massive Series B round. Virtual restaurant/cloud kitchen startups like Not So Dark and CloudEats continue to rake in t... |
| 26.09.2022 | Not So Dark steps into the light in $80 million round | Paris-based online brand food delivery industry solution Not So Dark has raised $80 million in a Series B funding round led by Kharis Capital and Verlinvest in partnership with Conviviality Ventures. The new capital is slated to be used to ... |
| 08.08.2022 | London pet tech KatKin paws in €21.6 million to bring healthier food for our cats | Right meow, there are ruffly 200 million cats and dogs in European households, and in 2021 the pet population blossomed to a figure that's now twice as large as the EU population of children under 15. In so much, the pet care sector is a €3... |
| 10.01.2022 | Beverage Brand Lahori Secures USD 15 Million Series A Funding from Verlinvest | New Delhi, Delhi, India
Punjab-based beverage startup Lahori has raised $15 million funding from Belgium-based consumer focused investor Verlinvest for an undisclosed minority stake. Lahori will use the funds to double down on its brand’s g... |
| 10.01.2022 | Beverage brand Lahori secures $15 million funding from Verlinvest | ETtech
Mumbai: Lahori, a direct-to-consumer beverage maker, has received $15 million investment from Belgium-based consumer-focused investor Verlinvest in exchange for a minority stake, the company said in a release. It did not disclose how... |
| 15.09.2021 |
Verlinvest leads USD41.5m Investment in Who Gives A Crap | The company donates 50 per cent of all profits to the cause, and has donated over USD10 million to impact partners around the globe that work with local communities to build sustainable sanitation solutions.
However there’s still billions o... |
| 13.07.2021 | Valtech : Receives New Investment from BC Partners to Support Growth and Expansion | News
Valtech Receives New Investment from BC Partners to Support Growth and Expansion
July 13, 2021
Valtech Receives New Investment from BC Partners to Support Growth and Expansion
Global digital services and business transformation agency,... |
| 13.07.2021 | Valtech, The Digital Services And Business Transformation Agency, Receives New Investment From BC Partners To Support Growth And Expansion | NEW YORK, July 13, 2021 – Valtech, a global leader in digital services and business transformation, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to receive a new investment by funds advised by BC Partners ("BC Partners").... |
| 21.04.2021 | Oatly files for New York IPO, but sees China issues on horizon | Swedish alt-dairy firm Oatly has formally filed for its much anticipated IPO in the US. It plans to list on the NASDAQ under the symbol ‘OTLY’.
It tentatively expects to raise $100 million through the float at a reported $10 billion valuati... |
| 30.03.2021 |
Everli announces a US$100m Series C financing round led by Verlinvest to accelerate its marketplace expansion across Europe, helping consumers and retailers revolutionise grocery shopping | Such funding round is Everli’s largest to date and was led by Verlinvest with investments from Luxor, DN Capital, C4 Ventures, and Conviviavilité Ventures, as new investors into Everli, together with existing investors FITEC, 360 Capital Pa... |
| 30.03.2021 | Milan-based online grocer Everli raises $100 million in series C round | Milan-based online grocery shopping platform Everli has raised $100 million in a series C round.
This is Everli’s largest raise to date, and was led by Verlinvest and saw participation from existing investors FITEC, 360 Capital, Innogest an... |
| 23.03.2021 | Purplle.com Raises $45 Mn From Verlinvest, Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures And JSW Ventures | March 23, 2021 4 min read
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| 22.03.2021 | Beauty startup Purplle raises $45 mn from Sequoia, Verlinvest, others | Beauty e-tailer Purplle has closed a $45-million funding round from Verlinvest, Sequoia Capital India, Blume Ventures, and JSW Ventures. Existing investor Ivy Capital partially exited the startup with 22X gains. The investment will further ... |
| 12.03.2021 | Juicy Chemistry Raises $6.3 Mn In Series A Round Led By Verlinvest | March 12, 2021 4 min read
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Organic skin and personal care brand Juicy Chemistry on Friday ann... |
| 12.03.2021 | India: Beauty brand Juicy Chemistry raises $6.3m led by Verlinvest | Premium
Homegrown skin and hair care direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand Juicy Chemistry has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding round led by Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest. This is the first institutional fundraising by the compan... |
| 12.03.2021 | India: Beauty brand Juicy Chemistry raises $6.3m led by Verlinvest | Homegrown skin and hair care direct-to-consumer (D2C) brand Juicy Chemistry has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding round led by Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest. This is the first institutional fundraising by the company, which... |
| 06.01.2021 |
Liva Healthcare secures €24.5m funding – led by Verlinvest – to drive European leadership in digital chronic disease prevention and management | Liva Healthcare (“Liva”), a European market leader in scalable digital health coaching, has secured a new funding round of EUR 24.5 million, led by Verlinvest, the go-to investor for mission-driven entrepreneurs and category-defining global... |
| 06.01.2021 | Liva Healthcare raises €24.5M in Series B round | Credit: Liva Healthcare |
| 16.12.2020 | Wakefit.co lands Rs 185 crore funding led by Verlinvest, Sequoia; valuation hits Rs 1,900 crore | TNN
Sleep and home solutions company Wakefit.co has raised Rs 185 crore in Series B funding, led by European investment firm Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India, which first invested in 2018 in its Series A round.
Its valuation has jumped ... |
| 16.12.2020 |
Wakefit.co raises ₹185 crore in funding from Verlinvest and Sequoia India | Sleep and home solutions company, Wakefit.co, on Tuesday said that it has raised ₹185 crores as a part of its Series B funding round led by European investment firm, Verlinvest. The round also saw participation from existing investor, Sequo... |
| 16.12.2020 | Wakefit scores Rs 185 Cr in Series B round led by Verlinvest and Sequoia | Sleep and home solutions startup Wakefit.co has raised Rs 185 crore in its Series B round of funding led by Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India.
The fresh proceeds will be utilised to accelerate the company’s strategic expansion to newer m... |
| 16.12.2020 | Wakefit raises Rs 185 crore from Verlinvest, Sequoia India | Online mattress retailer Wakefit has raised Rs 185 in its Series B round of funding from Belgian investor Verlinvest and existing backer Sequoia Capital India, the latest sign of digital-first brands exploding in India.
Wakefit was valued a... |
| 16.12.2020 |
Wakefit.co lands Rs 185 crore funding led by Verlinvest, Sequoia; valuation hits Rs 1,900 crore | Sleep and home solutions company Wakefit.co has raised Rs 185 crore in Series B funding, led by European investment firm Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India, which first invested in 2018 in its Series A round.
Its valuation has jumped to R... |
| 15.12.2020 | [Funding alert] WakeFit raises Series B investment of Rs 185 Cr led by Verlinvest, Sequoia Capital India | Bengaluru-based sleep and home solutions startup Wakefit.co has raised Rs 185 crore Series B funding led by the European investment firm Verlinvest and existing investor Sequoia Capital India. The company said the latest round of funding wi... |
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| 17.01.2020 |
Purplle raises $8 million from Verlinvest | Mint first reported on 12 December that American investment bank Goldman Sachs and Verlinvest are leading a $40-million round in the startup.
Founded by Rahul Dash and Manish Taneja, Purplle sells makeup products and fashion accessories, as... |
| 13.01.2020 | [Funding alert] Online beauty platform Purplle raises additional $8M from Verlinvest in Series C round | Purplle, an online beauty and personal care brand on Monday said that it has raised $8 million from Verlinvest as part of its Series C round. The investment follows Purplle's $30 million fundraise from Goldman Sachs and other existing inves... |
| 13.01.2020 | Purplle raises $8 million from Verlinvest | India’s online beauty and personal care market is valued at $7 billion. (AFP) Purplle raises $8 million from Verlinvest 1 min read . Updated: 13 Jan 2020, 10:06 PM IST M. Sriram
The capital will be used to boost supply of brands on its plat... |
| 10.10.2019 | VMG Partners Acquires Popchips | LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–VMG Partners, a private equity firm specializing in building iconic consumer brands in the food and beverage, personal care and beauty, pet food and wellness categories, announced today the debut of a new branded... |
| 10.10.2017 | Veeba Foods raises $6 mn in Series C round from Verlinvest, others | Specialty food ingredients maker Veeba Food Services Pvt. Ltd has raised over $6 million (Rs 40 crore) in its Series C round of funding led by existing investor Verlinvest, a private Belgian family investment company.
Verlinvest put in $4 m... |
| 10.10.2017 | India: Veeba Food raises $6m from Verlinvest, others | Premium
Condiments and sauce maker Veeba Food Services Pvt. Ltd, has raised a little over $6 million (Rs40 crore) in a series C round led by its existing investor Verlinvest, the Belgium-based investment holding company of Anheuser-Busch In... |
| 29.03.2017 | Byju’s raises $30 million from Verlinvest | Byju Raveendran of Think and Learn Pvt. Ltd that runs edutech start-up Byju’s. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has also invested in the education technology firm. Byju’s raises $30 million from Verlinvest 3 min read . Updated: 29 Mar 2017, 03:06... |
| 14.10.2016 |
Verlinvest and Saama Capital invest Rs 40 crore in Veeba Foods | NEW DELHI: Specialty condiments manufacturer and supplier Veeba Food Services has raised about Rs 40 crore in fresh funding, in a round led by Belgian family office Verlinvest and venture capital firm Saama Capital. Proceeds from the Series... |
| 14.10.2016 | India: Veeba Food Services raises $6m from Saama Capital, Verlinvest | Premium
Veeba Food Services Pvt. Ltd, which supplies condiments such as sauces and dips to fast-food chains including KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Taco Bell, Domino’s, Starbucks, and to restaurants, on Wednesday said it closed its Series B ... |
| 16.07.2016 |
India: Verlinvest, DSG Consumer invest $6.6m in Drums Food | July 21, 2016: A Belgium-based investment firm Verlinvest and early stage investor DSG Consumer Partners, have led a Rs 44.5 crore ($6.6 million) funding round in yogurt and ice cream maker Drums Food International. Mumbai-based Drums Food ... |
| 08.04.2015 | Jabong comes under Global Fashion Group; GFG raises $35M from Tengelmann, Verlinvest | Indian lifestyle e-tail venture Jabong has been brought under a new holding firm Global Fashion Group (GFG), which also houses four other online fashion e-com startups backed by tech incubator cum investor Rocket Internet and Swedish invest... |
| 11.07.2013 | The Iconic Raises $26M in Funding | The Iconic, a fashion site dedicated to Australia and New Zealand, raised A$28m (approximately $26m) in funding.
The company was incubated by Berlin-based Rocket Internet. The round was led by Verlinvest, with participation from existing in... |
| 10.07.2013 | The Iconic Picks Up A $26M Round To Build Out Online Fashion In Australia, As Rocket Internet’s Global March Continues | Rocket Internet, the incubator run by Berlin’s Samwer brothers, has picked up hundreds of millions of dollars ($837 million, in fact) in funding this year for its e-commerce startups, with much of that focused on emerging markets, but today... |
| 20.06.2013 | Rocket Internet’s SE Asian LAZADA secures huge funding for the region | Things seem to be going well for Rocket Internet, with news and investments coming every week from the ecommerce cookie cutter company.
This time it’s with LAZADA, Southeast Asia’s (SEA) largest online shopping “mall”. The company has annou... |
| 20.06.2013 | Rocket Internet’s SE Asian LAZADA secures huge funding for the region | Things seem to be going well for Rocket Internet, with news and investments coming every week from the ecommerce cookie cutter company.
This time it’s with LAZADA, Southeast Asia’s (SEA) largest online shopping “mall”. The company has anno... |
| - | Wakefit Raises Mega Series B Round From Verlinvest, Sequoia At $258 Mn Valuation | Looking to bolster its recent entry into the furniture space as well as the sleep solutions segment, Bengaluru-based D2C startup Wakefit has raised INR 185 Cr (around $26 Mn) in its Series B funding round from Verlinvest, along with partici... |
| - | [Funding alert] Heads Up For Tails raises $37M in Series A led by Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India | Heads Up For Tails (HUFT), a pet care company, announced its $37 million (Rs 277 crore) Series A round of funding on Thursday. Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India led the investment round, with participation from Amitell Capital and existi... |
| - | Pet Care Brand Heads Up For Tails Raises $37 Mn From Verlinvest, Sequoia And Others | Delhi-based pet care brand and products retailer Heads Up For Tails (HUFT) has raised $37 Mn (INR 277 Cr) in a Series A round of funding today. The investment round was led by Verlinvest and Sequoia Capital India.
The round also saw partici... |
| - | Epigamia Raises $25.58 Mn In A Series C Round Led By Verlinvest And Danone Manifesto Ventures | Mumbai-based fresh FMCG products company Drums Food International, the parent company of Epigamia, has raised $25.58 Mn (INR 182 Cr) in a Series C round of funding led by Belgium-based consumer-focused investment firm Verlinvest and New Yor... |
| - | Online Fashion Retailer Jabong Merges With GFG, Newly Merged Entity Raises $35 Mn from Tengelmann & Verlinvest | Fashion Image Via ShutterStock
The Gurgaon-based fashion and lifestyle online retailer, Jabong has been merged with Global Fashion Group (GFG), formed out of five Kinnevik and Rocket Internet-backed online fashion startups active across doz... |
| - | 48-year-old started with $75,000 in savings and multiple maxed-out credit cards—and built a $1.1 billion company | Vita Coco started with a leap of faith, a $75,000 investment and “several” maxed-out credit cards.
Today, the bestselling coconut water company is worth $1.1 billion. But it wasn’t born out of a Silicon Valley startup lab. Rather, co-founde... |
