Tag: Simran Khara

  • Koparo raises Rs 6 crore from 4P Capital Partners and Shark Tank India

    Koparo raises Rs 6 crore from 4P Capital Partners and Shark Tank India

    Mumbai: Digital-first, sustainable and plant-based home care brand Koparo has raised a funding of Rs 5.2 crore from 4P Capital Partners apart from Rs 70 lakh from Shark Tank India. Boat co-founder Aman Gupta and Sugar co-founder Vineeta Singh have come onboard as investors in the company.

    The brand, which has raised the money at the valuation at Rs 70 crore, is planning to invest the funds in brand building and distribution.

    Koparo’s USP is naturally powered and child-safe, pet-friendly cleaning products that appeal to a growing base of conscious consumers in India. As the millennial families adopt healthier lifestyles, Koparo’s affordable premiums were well received by the Shark Tank India judges.

    Launched in 2021, Koparo closed last fiscal at Rs 5 crore and is planning to clock Rs. 12 crore this fiscal and grow to Rs 50 cr in the next 2 years.

    Koparo founder Simran Khara said, “Securing a Shark Tank deal from Aman Gupta, Vineeta Singh who have built formidable consumer brands is very satisfying. I’m excited to have 4P Capital Partners on-board as their backers have experience of building large consumer brands. In the next 2 years, we are targeting to reach 10 lakh Indian consumers and our focus is on expanding distribution both online and offline.”  

    4P Capital Partners CIO and partner Aditya Arora said, “We are impressed with the solid business that Simran has built in a short span of time. Her focus on positive economics stands out for us. We strongly believe that sustainable and plant-based home cleaners are the need of the hour and are happy to back Koparo on its journey.”

    The brand offers ‘good for you’ and ‘good for the planet’, plant-based home care products like floor cleaners, laundry detergent, fabric conditioners, dishwash liquid, handwash, cleaning accessories and fresheners & fragrances and going ahead with plans to launch more products that serve cleaning needs of modern Indian homes.

    Prior to this, Koparo has raised Rs 5.7 crore in a pre-seed round in Nov ’21 and Rs 12 crore pre-series A round in Feb ’23, respectively, led by Saama Capital. Other investors who backed the brand in these rounds include MVP, Fluid Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners and Titan Capital.

  • Airtel acquires strategic stake in Juggernaut Books

    Airtel acquires strategic stake in Juggernaut Books

    MUMBAI: Bharti Airtel’s wholly owned subsidiary Nettle Infrastructure Investments Limited (Nettle) has acquired a strategic equity stake in Juggernaut Books. Juggernaut is a popular digital platform to discover and read high quality, affordable books and to submit amateur writing.

    The investment is in line with Airtel’s endeavour to build an open content ecosystem and bring world-class digital content to its customers. The investment will enable Juggernaut to ramp up content acquisition, digital marketing and prepare for a subscription offering launch in the next few months.

    Bharti Airtel chief financial officer Badal Bagri said, “Juggernaut is an exciting digital platform and complements our content vision. We look forward to working with them and supporting the next phase of their growth journey.”

    Juggernaut founder and publisher Chiki Sarkar said, “We are excited to partner with Airtel in our journey ahead. Airtel has a great understanding of digital content consumption and we have much to learn and benefit from this strategic partnership”.

    “Our ambition is to get many more Indians to read and write and our partnership with Airtel will allow us to expand our distribution manifold,” said Juggernaut CEO Simran Khara.

    Juggernaut’s former investors include Infosys co-founder and current chairman, Nandan Nilekani and Boston Consulting Group India CEO Neeraj Aggarwal. Launched in April 2016, the platform has close to 1 million downloads across Android and iOS. In May 2017, the writer’s platform went live to offer amateur writers the ability to digitally publish their content and stand a chance to win publishing contracts. The writer’s platform, in the past six months, has received just under 500 stories with nine of them securing publishing contracts.