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Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd

Founders Raj Jain

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Total investments 23
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$49M
Portfolio companies 21
Rounds per year 0.17
Lead investments 11
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.09
Exits 3
Key employees 5

Areas of investment

  • E-Commerce
  • Internet
  • Logistics
  • Analytics
  • Information Technology
Summary

Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1892. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Mumbai. The venture was found in Asia in India.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Uber, Square Yards, Timesaverz.com. The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 or 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - India. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Big Data, Health Care. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund.

We also calculated 5 valuable employees in our database.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd, startups are often financed by Trifecta Capital Advisors, Click Ventures, Times Internet. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are GVFL, White Capital, Times Internet. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Tribe Accelerator, Toyota Tsusho, Tata Opportunities Fund (TOF).

The important activity for fund was in 2016. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Opposing the other organizations, this Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd works on 22 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The average startup value when the investment from Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd is more than 1 billion dollars. Considering the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 33 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 50 - 100 millions dollars.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pure EV

Battery
Electric Vehicle
$8M19 Feb 2024 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Escrowpay India

Banking
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Real Estate
$6M27 Dec 2023 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Pratilipi

Audio
Comics
Digital Media
EBooks
Podcast
Publishing
Reading Apps
$9M30 Apr 2020 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

XtraCover

E-Commerce
$1M01 Jan 2020 New Delhi, Delhi, India

GOQii

Consumer Electronics
Fitness
Lifestyle
$5M03 Sep 2019 California, United States

Shuttl

Apps
Mobile
Software
Transportation
$6M28 Mar 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Faclon Labs

Analytics
Cloud Computing
Computer
Software
18 Jan 2018 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Timesaverz.com

Apps
Business Intelligence
E-Commerce
Home Renovation
Information Technology
Marketplace
$1M06 Jul 2017 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oddup

Analytics
Data Visualization
Finance
Financial Services
$6M26 Apr 2017 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China

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Total investments 23
Average round size 49M
Rounds per year 0.17
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 11
Follow on index 0.09
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.52

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Pure EV

Battery
Electric Vehicle
$8M19 Feb 2024 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Escrowpay India

Banking
FinTech
Mobile Payments
Payments
Real Estate
$6M27 Dec 2023 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Pratilipi

Audio
Comics
Digital Media
EBooks
Podcast
Publishing
Reading Apps
$9M30 Apr 2020 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

XtraCover

E-Commerce
$1M01 Jan 2020 New Delhi, Delhi, India

GOQii

Consumer Electronics
Fitness
Lifestyle
$5M03 Sep 2019 California, United States

Shuttl

Apps
Mobile
Software
Transportation
$6M28 Mar 2019 Gurugram, Haryana, India

Faclon Labs

Analytics
Cloud Computing
Computer
Software
18 Jan 2018 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Timesaverz.com

Apps
Business Intelligence
E-Commerce
Home Renovation
Information Technology
Marketplace
$1M06 Jul 2017 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oddup

Analytics
Data Visualization
Finance
Financial Services
$6M26 Apr 2017 Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, China
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