VP Weekly | 17th Nov ’19

Global steel giant ArcelorMittal will acquire Essar Steel for $5.85 Bn
The world’s largest steel manufacturing company ArcelorMittal will acquire Essar Steel, which has 10 MT steel manufacturing plants in India, for $5.85 Bn
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Norwest Venture Partners has closed its 15th fund at $2 Bn
The Palo Alto headquartered venture capital firm, Norwest Venture Partners has closed its 15th fund at $2 Bn

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Market Pulse

  • Hyderabad-based pharmacy retail chain MedPlus will raise $97 Mn from IPO
  • OLX Group invested $400 Mn in German-based online car marketplace, Frontier Car Group (FCG), thereby becoming the largest shareholder in the company
  • VC firm 100X.VC launched its Corporate Venture Capital program, where it will be onboarding Indian corporates as their investment partners and can allot $1.4 Mn – $14 Mn for startup investments
  • TiE Global announced the launch of $70 K TiE Women fund to promote women entrepreneurs across its 61 chapters globally
  • Windrose Capital announced the first close of its $30 Mn ‘The Next Billion Fund’, which will exclusively focus on early-stage startups starting with up to 50 seed-stage startups
  • Paytm announced $70 Mn to invest in early-stage tech startups enabling AI-based technology and Big Data solutions to solve complex problems unique to India