Paramita Chatterjee
Paramita is an editor on the DealStreetAsia desk. A former business reporter, she has covered mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital for leading publications in India, and often dons that hat in her current role as well. She enjoys playing the sitar.
Stories by Paramita Chatterjee
Abu Dhabi’s ADQ launches $300m fund for India, SE Asia startups
The venture fund will be managed by New York-based hedge fund Falcon Edge Capital.
India: Twitter-backed social media startup ShareChat lays off 25% staff
The COVID-19 pandemic is said to have hampered its advertising business severely.
India Dealbook: GCPL, Tata Consumer in M&A news
Tata Consumer Products Ltd is acquiring PepsiCo’s 50 per cent stake in NourishCo Beverages Ltd for $3.8 million.
AngelList India head Somani launches micro-VC fund backed by Naval Ravikant, others
iSeed plans to invest in about 30-35 technology startups.
India: Ikea-backed interior design startup Livspace lays off 15% staff
The startup has so far raised a corpus of 150 million since its inception in 2015.
India: Fintech startup Lendingkart raises $11m led by Fullerton Financial Holdings
The round also saw the participation of Bertelsmann, Sistema Asia Fund and India Quotient.
India: Bira 91 raises $5m from Sequoia India, Sofina
The company, established in 2015, has reportedly raised the funding in two tranches this month.
Critical to conserve cash and ride out the storm, says GrowthStory’s K Ganesh
The BigBasket and Portea Medical promoter expects to see venture debt rising as an asset class in India.
Editor’s take: The week that was — April 13-17
A slew of firms made headlines this week as they closed their fundraising rounds amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.
Baring PE India close to investing $4.5m in Acko General Insurance
Acko is looking to raise a total of about $40-42 million in the current round.