Tata Digital, a wholly owned subsidiary of India s largest conglomerate, wrapped up two startup deals this week, while Indian SaaS startups clocked the biggest funding rounds.
If the Tata-Curefit deal goes through, there is a good chance that Curefit s co-founder Mukesh Bansal will join Tata Digital and run not only Curefit. For the record, Ratan Tata—by way of his UC RNT Fund—is an early investor in Curefit.
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The Tata Group is on a digital spending spree. After picking up majority stakes in BigBasket and 1mg, the conglomerate is now in talks to buy health and fitness start-up
Curefit and snag its co-founder
Mukesh Bansal to boot.
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Hi, it s Samidha. Today, Digbijay and I are breaking a big story. The Tata Group has held talks to acquire health and fitness startup Curefit, now branded as Cult.Fit.