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Purplle adds Faces Canada to its portfolio

The brand will join Purplle’s portfolio of owned and acquired beauty brands including, Good Vibes, Carmesi, and NYbae

1 min read16 Dec 2021
Companies

Goldman Sachs buys out Purplle’s angel investor shares at 40X premium

Angel investors Abhinav Sinha and Anirudha Gopalakrishnan who are former Fidelity Investments executives invested ₹25 lakhs and ₹20 lakhs respectively when Purplle was launched in December 2011

2 min read4 Jul 2020
Companies

Purplle raises $8 million from Verlinvest

The capital will be used to boost supply of brands on its platform and invest in women-focused digital contentPurplle is looking at Tier 2 and 3 cities for growth

1 min read13 Jan 2020
Companies

Deals Buzz: Goldman Sachs may lead investment round in JSW-backed Purplle

In other news, Generico, which runs a network of offline pharmacies selling generic drugs exclusively, has raised a Series-B round of funding led by venture capital firm Lightbox Ventures

3 min read20 Sep 2019
Companies

Goldman Sachs may lead investment round in JSW-backed Purplle

The online makeup and cosmetics segment has seen strong investor interest over the last few yearsPurplle competes directly and indirectly with brands including Nykaa, founded by veteran investment banker Falguni Nayar

1 min read19 Sep 2019
Companies

Skincare start-up Plum gets funding from Unilever Ventures

The beauty and wellness space in India has seen funding mainly in retailers of these products such as Nykaa and Purplle

1 min read11 Dec 2018
Companies

JSW Ventures looks to raise second fund by the end of 2018

The second fund will seek participation of multiple investors, be substantially larger and focus on high-growth tech businesses, says JSW Ventures managing partner Gaurav Sachdeva

1 min read6 Dec 2017
Companies

Purplle raises fund from JSW Ventures, others

Purplle will use the fund for technology enhancement and expansion

1 min read11 Jul 2016
Companies

Deals Buzz: TA Associates seeks to buy 27% stake in Resonance for Rs400 crore

In other news, SaaS start-up Freshdesk sees strong interest from global investors

1 min read11 Jul 2016
Companies

TVS Capital to buy stake in Falguni Nayar’s Nykaa.com

TVS Capital will put in Rs25 crore of Rs60 crore series C funding in the wellness e-commerce firm

2 min read31 Aug 2015
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