Tag: Aditya Birla

RIL may invest in mature start-ups to deploy Rs 5,000 cr fund

Early this month when Reliance Industries (RIL) Chief Mukesh Ambani announced a Rs 5,000-crore proprietary Venture Capital (VC) fund, RIL joined the growing club of conglomerates offering capital to digital start-ups. The conglomerates are offering capital for not only making financial gains, but…

Race to acquire fashion portal Jabong hots up

The race to acquire Jabong is hotting up. Alibaba, Future Group, Flipkart’s unit Myntra and Aditya Birla’s e-commerce venture Abof are among those in negotiations to acquire the online fashion portal, said people with knowledge of the matter. Even Snapdeal is said to be in the fray, b…

Madura Fashion’s khadi garment collection on hold

Aditya Birla group’s apparel arm, Madura Fashion and Lifestyle, has been served a show-cause notice by the government for announcing a new collection of clothes named Khadi, forcing the company to pull back its advertising campaign as well as delay unveiling the range under its Peter England bran…