PayU acquires Accel-backed digital payments firm Wibmo for $70 mn
Online payment company PayU, a subsidiary of South African media and e-commerce group Naspers, has acquired digital payments firm Wibmo Inc. for $70 Mn.
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IFC plans to arrange $103 mn loans for Visakha Container Terminal
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private-sector investment arm, plans to arrange a loan worth $103 million (Rs 710.7 crore at current exchange rate) for Visakha Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. Read More
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- Sachin Bansal is looking to acquire as much as 75% stake in Bengaluru-based Chaitanya Rural Intermediation Development Services which runs a microfinance institution, Chaitanya India Fin Credit worth $29 Mn
- Naspers-owned fintech company PayU acquired Bengaluru and Cupertino-based Wibmo specialised in processing online payments worth $70 Mn
- Premium organic wellness startup for women, Azah, raised seed funding of $200K in the seed-round funding from a group of angel investors
- The leAD Sports Accelerator launched its third cohort to search for the most promising sports tech startups
- Mumbai-based fintech lending startup Eduvanz Financing raised $2 Mn (about INR 13 Cr) from Unitus Ventures and the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
- Bhopal-based startup Thekabadiwala raised $433K of equity funding from early-stage investors
- Info Edge India invested around $1 Mn in ShoeKonnect, a B2B marketplace for the footwear industry. Post this deal, Naukri.com will hold 30% in ShoeKonnect and is now valued at $11.5 Mn