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Ratan Tata Backed Fashion Startup Kaaryah Shuts Operations After Three Years
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Ratan Tata Backed Fashion Startup Kaaryah Shuts Operations After Three Years

Gurugram-based online women's fashion portal Kaaryah has shut down after operating for over three years. The startup failed to sustain because of the lack of funds, said Nidhi Agarwal, the founder and CEO of Kaaryah. The company has also laid off its workforce of around 50 employees. “It was not sudden. We have been trying to raise funds for the last 18 months. We had broken even twice in 30 months. Honestly, my aspiration for the brand was to take it to Rs 100 crore revenues within 4-5 years of having started it. It looked very realistic should we have received normal amounts of funding, given that we were a very capital efficient and working capital-light company,” Agarwal told a financial daily. The employees were given a notice of two months before the official release. Some w...
Ratan Tata will advise IDG Ventures India as a senior advisor
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Ratan Tata will advise IDG Ventures India as a senior advisor

Ratan Tata has joined the advisory board of venture capital firm IDG Ventures India as a senior advisor, third such move by Tata Sons' chairman emeritus this year. IDG Ventures, which holds stakes in e-tailer Flipkart and online travel portal Yatra, has offices in Delhi and Bengaluru. Tata will be advising IDG Ventures India and portfolio entrepreneurs on its overall business strategy and growth, global expansion, team building and leadership. He will also be a special invitee, on selective basis, in portfolio company board meetings on strategic matters, said a statement. The venture capital firm, which completes ninth year of operations in India, has backed 50 companies from its funds committing over Rs 1,000 crore in the Indian early stage technology venture capital market. Other p...