Welspun One, the logistics and industrial real estate arm of Welspun Group, on Wednesday said it has committed the whole of its Fund 2, a Rs 2,000-crore fund, within eight months of its final close. The fund has invested the corpus across nine Grade A assets. Welspun said it is launching a co-investment programme, targeting
Third-party logistics players’ (3PL’s) share of e-commerce shipments, excluding grocery, will continue to grow in line with the growth in online shipments over the next five years, according to a report by Redseer. In FY24, this stood at $4.4 billion and is expected to rise by 30% to $15-17.5 billion by FY29, the report notes.
WSB Real Estate Partners, a fund manager, has invested over Rs 300 crore in three property developers from its newly-launched ‘Mumbai Opportunities Strategy’. The fund manager does early-stage pre-approval deals, which banks and non banking financial companies are barred from doing, but alternative investment funds are allowed. The funds have been raised from multiple investors
Wipro plans to invest $200 million to its venture arm, Wipro Ventures, in its latest round of funding to accelerate the focus on early- to mid-stage startups. This is the fourth round of investment raised by Wipro Ventures since its inception in 2015. This brings Wipro Ventures’ total investment to $500 million and will be
Companies across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive productivity and revenue growth, with nine out of ten organisations planning to implement agentic AI models within the next three years, according to a study by Accenture. However, despite this rapid adoption, most organisations are yet to operationalise responsible
Several sellers of Flipkart are up in arms over a recent practice adopted by the e-commerce major, which they allege offers preferential treatment to a group of big sellers, referred to as alpha sellers, in terms of pricing of their products and commission rates. The sellers have alleged that the practice, which in trade terms
On Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh concluded a two-day global investors’ summit and proudly announced investment pledges worth Rs 26.61 lakh crore by global and domestic companies. That is precisely double the size of the state’s gross domestic product (GDP). Late January, Odisha, one of the mineral-rich states in the country that is betting big on its
Bharti Airtel on Wednesday confirmed that it is in talks with the Tata Group over a potential merger of Tata Play with Bharti Telemedia. In an exchange filing, Airtel said, “We wish to submit that we are in talks to explore a potential transaction to achieve a combination of Tata Group’s direct-to-home (DTH) business, housed
Go to Live UpdatesSensex Nifty Today | Stock Market Live Updates: Early trends from Gift Nifty indicates a positive start for the markets today. Asian markets are also trading higher, with key indices in Japan and South Korea opening on a positive note. Meanwhile, Indian stock markets have reopened after a long weekend and the
After a long weekend on account of Holi, the Indian stock markets are set to resume trading today, March 17. But will the break bring fresh momentum, or will investors return to a cautious start? Early trends from Gift Nifty indicate a positive opening. From Wall Street’s performance to key economic announcements, several factors will
After an extended break due to the Holi holiday and the weekend, the stock market is set to resume trading with plenty of action on the horizon today, March 17. With three days of global market movements, company updates, and economic cues piling up, investors will have a lot to factor in as the trading
By Anand James One point at the start of last week was how strong an offensive could the bears launch. At that point, we were just coming off a sub 25 RSI level, which had historically favoured a bounce back. But such moves also held a strong chance of fizzling out quickly. This is why
Ride-hailing platform Rapido is in advanced talks with restaurants and industry associations across four major metro cities to challenge the dominance of Swiggy and Zomato, which together command an estimated 95% market share. The move comes at a time when restaurants have been voicing growing concerns over high commission rates and potential conflicts of interest following