This funding round will more than double ominchannel jewellery retailer Bluestone s valuation from around $450 million in September 2023. Bengaluru-based Bluestones pre-IPO round is seeing interest from new and existing investors, encouraged by the Tata Groups CaratLane deal where Titan bought out the founders (Mithun Sacheti) stake last year.
At least two companies – HCLTech and Birlasoft – have gone on record to say that from the usual 10-12 year deals earlier, long-term arrangements are now ending in four years. Earlier, the tenures ranged between 10-12 years.
Early-stage venture firm Sorin Investments, founded by veteran dealmaker and former KKR India CEO Sanjay Nayar, made the final close of its maiden fund at Rs 1,350 crore, sources told ET. Through this fund, Sorin will back startups looking to raise Series A funding.
Neuralink, Elon Musk s brain-chip company, is conducting a study to evaluate its device for paralyzed patients to control digital devices through thoughts alone, facing criticism for lack of study information sharing.