“ZestMoney raises $13.4 million in a round led by Xiaomi: ZestMoney will strengthen its technology and data science capabilities as well as expand use cases for the core ZestMoney Affordability Product,” reported The Economic Times . Existing investors Omidyar Network, Ribbit Capital and PayU also p...

“WaterBridge Ventures bets on online poker startup 9stacks: SparSkills Technologies Pvt. Ltd, which owns online poker platform 9stacks, has raised Rs 28 crore (around $3.8 million at current,” reported VCCircle . Link Legal India Law Services advised WaterBridge Ventures led by a team of partner Man...

“MagicPin parent raises $20 million in round led by Lightspeed US: The latest funding round values three-year-old discovery and rewards platform at $100 million,” reported The Economic Times . Link Legal India Law Services advised Lightspeed India Partners led by a team of partner Manish Gupta , ass...

A China-based venture capital investor and US-based Accion Venture lab, which invests in micro lending start-ups, have invested $2m in a pre-series A investment in SmartCoin Financials, which also saw participation from existing investors, including early stage investor Unicorn India Ventures, ISME ...

Dreamplug Technologies and Kunal Shah, who operate credit card reward scheme Cred, received a primary investment via Series A funding by SCI Investments V (Sequoia), Ribbit Capital Mauritius IV, Gemini Investments L.P., Ru-Net Investments Limited, Anxa Holding Pte Ltd and M Vision Limited for $22.5m...

Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd filed a $50m IPO in October 2018, according to reports.

Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) has made 5 new partners including 2 associate partners.

Khaitan & Co principal associate Shweta Dwivedi has joined Link Legal India Law Services (LLILS) as associate partner in the corporate team in Mumbai.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) Delhi-based principal associate Darshika Singh has joined Link Legal India Law Services as an associate partner.

Reliance Industries is buying 66% of Den Networks via a primary investment via preferential issue of Rs 2,045 crore and a secondary purchase of Rs 245 crore from the company’s promoters, according to reports . Link Legal India Law Services acted for Den Networks and its promoters, led by partner Anu...

Mohalla Tech owned vernacular social networking platform, Sharechat has raised Ra 720 crores ($100m) in a new funding round led by existing investors Shunwei Capital and Xiaomi together with Hong Kong-based Morningside Ventures, DST Global, Lightspeed, SAIF Partners, India Quotient and Venture Highw...

Indian food-tech startup Faasos has raised Rs 86.2 crores ($12m) in its Series C round of funding from an investor consortium including Singapore based venture capital fund Sistema Asia Fund, Ru-Net, an international fund led by Russian venture magnate Leonid Boguslavsky, as well as Sequoia Capital ...

Former Link Legal India Law Services employment law partner Raunak, whom we had reported in June to have resigned from Link Legal, is in the process of starting a new law firm.

Engineering services firm, L&T Technology Services has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% stake in Bangalore-based Graphene Semiconductor Services for Rs 93 crores (around $12.9m) in an all cash deal, reported The Economic Times and MoneyControl . The transaction is expected to...

Link Legal India Law Services has hired Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas Delhi-based principal associate Anuj Trivedi as a partner in its corporate practice.

“Mobile app management platform Bengaluru-based Hansel Software Pvt. Ltd said it has raised $4 million led by Vertex Ventures. Existing investors IDG Ventures India and Endiya Partners also participated in the round,” reported Mint . Samvad Partners partner Nivedita Nivargi and associates Divya Shan...

“Private equity firm KKR and Co. on Sunday said that it will acquire a 60% stake in environmental solution provider Ramky Enviro Engineers Ltd (REEL) for $530 million. This is the largest buyout by a private equity firm in India’s environmental services sector,” reported Mint . A Cyril Amarchand Man...

Delhi Link Legal India Law Services partner Durgesh Singh has joined DMI Finance as its group chief legal officer.

Link Legal India Law Services has hired Apurbalal Mallik as associate partner for its Hyderabad office from Fox Mandal & Associates.

Luthra & Luthra will hire its third lateral corporate partner this year, with Link Legal India Law Services associate partner Alok Sonker due to join in Mumbai next month.