Ratan Tata, architect of Tetley acquisition, invests in specialty tea firm Teabox. Teabox, the global speciality tea company, is the latest to received funding from Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons.
This is the fourth start-up in 2016 to receive the attention of Tata. As with Tata’s investments, this too is an undisclosed amount. The additional capital will be used to fuel Teabox’s growth as it expands to other major markets around the world. What is significant about this investment is that, it is for the first time that Tata has invested in a tea company. Tata started off 2016 by first investing in Tracxn - a startup intelligence and market research platform, Dogspot – an online pet care platform, and Cashkaro – a cashbacks and coupon site. Supplies premium tea Kaushal Duggar, 32. a financial analyst, founded Teabox in 2012 with personal savings of around Rs 40,00,000.
“It is unique that Ratan Tata, who is the architect of the Tetley acquisition, has invested in Teabox,” says Dugar. A tea family Business model The major market for Teabox is outside India. So where do hiring start-ups hire from? An early stage start-up cannot ignore larger and established recruitment platforms Bengaluru: Swapnil Vats, founder of recruitment start-up Valonia (Valonia Learning and Recruiting Solutions LLP), wrote last year on his LinkedIn profile that he was looking for a JavaScript developer.
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