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March 26, 2024

Bertelsmann Grows Group profit by more than 25 percent to €1.3 Billion in 2023

The annual revenues generated by the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann exceeded the €20 billion mark for the second consecutive year. Thus, it remained at the previous year’s record level despite the sale of the shares in the customer experience company Majorel in November 2023, and a challenging environment in the TV business.
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Portfolio News
December 12, 2023

Nat Habit Releases Series B Round Led By Bertelsmann

D2C beauty and wellness brand Nat Habit has raised $10,2 millions in a series B round of funding led by Bertelsmann India and other investors. The brand is eyeing an omnichannel play starting with Delhi.
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BII News
December 5, 2023

Bertelsmann, Amazon Invest In Personal Care Brand Nat Habit

Naturohabit Pvt Ltd, which owns the beauty and wellness Brand Nat Habit and counts Peak XV Partners as an investor, has raised $10,2 million (Rs 85 core) in a Series B founding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments.
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Press Releases
July 19, 2023

LetsTransport Receives Significant Boost with an Investment of USD 25Mn from Long-term Investor, Bertelsmann, and Others

LetsTransport, one of India’s largest trucking aggregators for enterprises is excited to announce its latest funding round of USD 25Mn.
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August 31, 2022

Bertelsmann Achieves Record Operating Result in First Half of 2022

Bertelsmann had a very successful first half of 2022. The international media, services and education company achieved higher Group revenues, an operating result (Operating EBITDA) exceeding even the previous year’s record figure, and Group net income of € 492 million.
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BII News
August 16, 2022

Bertelsmann India Investments Invests In Squad Stack

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) has acquired a stake in the Indian start-up Squad Stack. BII led the $17.5 million “Series B” investment round for the company. Squad Stack sees itself as a modern, strongly tech-driven personnel marketplace based on SaaS (Software as a Service), which handles telesales tasks for corporate customers.
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Press Releases
June 28, 2022

Bertelsmann India Investments Plans Investments Exceeding USD 500 Million

Bertelsmann is systematically implementing its Group-wide Boost 25 strategy: Under the program, the Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) fund will make new and follow-on investments totaling €470 million (around USD 500 million).
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BII News
June 28, 2022

Propelling India’s Growth Story!

Bertelsmann is systematically implementing its Group-wide Boost 25 strategy. Under the strategy, the company plans to invest between €5 billion and €7 billion by 2025. BII is ready to deepen its engagement within India and expand further with a structured agenda. We are pleased to announce that we aim to invest €470 million (around $500 million) in the next five years.
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BII News
June 28, 2022

Bertelsmann raises $500 million to deploy in India

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII), the venture capital investment arm of Germany-headquartered media firm Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, has raised $500 million to be invested in India over the next few years.
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Portfolio News
June 1, 2022

Orange Health raises $25M from Bertelsmann India Investments, others

Orange Health a diagnostics lab service startup, on Wednesday, said it has raised $25 million in a Series B round led by Bertelsmann India Investments and General Catalyst. Existing investors including Accel, Y Combinator, Good Capital, and Uncorrelated Ventures also participated in the round.
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Portfolio News
June 1, 2022

Bertelsmann, General Catalyst co-lead $25 mn Series B round in Orange Health

Healthtech startup Orange Health on Wednesday said it has secured a Series B funding of $25 million (around Rs 192.5 crore) co-led by Bertelsmann India Investments and General Catalyst.
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BII News
April 27, 2022

Bertelsmann to invest $500 m in Indian start-ups over 4 yrs: MD

Over the next four years, Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) expects to invest upwards of $500 million in Indian start-ups. BII is the strategic investment arm of German multinational company Bertelsmann, which has been operational in the country for the past seven to eight years.
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BII News
April 11, 2022

Bertelsmann doubles corpus for India VC investments

Bertelsmann India Investments, backer of startup unicorns such as Licious and Eruditus, has doubled its allocation for India to...
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Portfolio News
February 22, 2022

Vymo raises $22 million in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments

Vymo, an intelligent sales engagement platform for financial institutions, has raised $22 million in Series C funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments with existing investors Emergence Capital and Sequoia Capital participating, a company statement said.
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Portfolio News
January 24, 2022

Agritech startup Bijak raises $19.4 mn from Bertelsmann, others

Bijak, a business-to-business agricultural trade platform, has raised Rs 143.92 crore ($19.37 million) as a part of its Series B funding round led by Bertelsmann, according to a regulatory filing.
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Portfolio News
September 1, 2021

Skeps raises $9.5 million in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments

Financial technology startup Skeps has raised $9.5 million (about Rs 70 crore) in series A funding round led by Bertelsmann India Investments. Existing investor Accel also participated in this round, the company said in a late-night statement on Tuesday.
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Portfolio News
August 31, 2021

Fintech startup Skeps raises $9.5M Series A investment led by Bertelsmann India

Skeps, a global PoS fintech startup, has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments. Existing investor Accel also participated in the round. The startup intends to use the funds to expand the sales, marketing, engineering, and product teams; grow its merchant and lender client base; and broaden services offered to their customers.
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Portfolio News
July 13, 2021

BII Announces Follow-On Investment In Shiprocket

Bertelsmann India Investments has participated in a new financing round for Shiprocket that raised $41.3 million. Shiprocket has supported Indian companies with the logistics of their e-commerce business since 2017 and has been able to greatly expand its business during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Press Releases
April 3, 2020

Bertelsmann’s New Annual Report Spotlights Alliances

Interactive annual report now online “Building Alliances”: Collaborations strengthen market presence and underscore relevance of Bertelsmann’s businesses
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Press Releases
March 24, 2020

Bertelsmann Increases Revenues, Achieves Best Ever Operating Result in 2019

Group is well prepared in current coronavirus situation. Revenues exceed €18 billion
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September 26, 2019

Report “Innovation in Education” now available

Bertelsmann India Summit is a unique platform to discuss cutting edge trends and innovative business models with ecosystem stalwarts. This year we brought you - Innovation in Education- as the Summit theme. Download our report "Innovation in Education" for further information.
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Press Releases
August 12, 2019

Rupeek announces $30 Mn in funding led by Bertelsmann India Investments and existing investors Accel and Sequoia India to monetize India’s Trillion Dollar worth idle Gold

This funding, which will be completed in two tranches, will be used towards product development and market expansion.
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Press Releases
July 1, 2019

Bertelsmann’s Investments in Digital Startups Exceed One Billion Euros

Since the launch of the first fund, BDMI, in 2006, Bertelsmann has invested around one billion euros in young digital companies with innovative business models via its corporate funds.
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March 26, 2019

Bertelsmann Accelerates Growth and Generates Over One Billion in Profits in 2018

Bertelsmann further accelerated its growth last year: Driven by the positive development of its digital businesses and creative successes such as Michelle Obama’s memoir “Becoming,” in 2018 the Group recorded its strongest organic growth in six years.
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BII News
January 17, 2019

Bertelsmann India Investments With Four Investments

Bertelsmann India Investments has made initial or follow-up investments in four young Indian companies. The fund has invested in the Licious food delivery service, the online video portal Roposo, the logistics platform Lets Transport and online education company Eruditus.
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Press Releases
January 14, 2019

ERUDITUS Completes $40 million Series C Funding

The ERUDITUS group partners with top-tier American and European universities to provide high quality executive education and short private online courses (SPOC) to working professionals.
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Press Releases
January 2, 2019

New Bertelsmann Investments Website Presents the Group’s Startup Participations

Bertelsmann is steadily expanding its global network of startup participations: After making more than 40 new investments in 2017, the media, services and education group again made around 40 new and follow-up investments in 2018 through the four funds that comprise its Bertelsmann Investments division.
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Press Releases
December 19, 2018

LetsTransport raises INR 100 Crores in Series B from Bertelsmann India Investments and others to scale-up and boost technology

The Series B round will be utilised for product investment and technological expansion
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Press Releases
November 11, 2018

Regional language short video platform ROPOSO raises USD 10 million from Tiger Global and Bertelsmann India Investments

The company aims to leverage the capital infusion toward product technology, talent acquisition, and further expanding the 25 million Roposo community.
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Press Releases
November 8, 2018

Bertelsmann Increases Nine-month Group revenues to Highest Level Since 2007

After nine months of 2018, the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann continues to record a positive business performance, with revenue growth and operating EBITDA at a high level.
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Press Releases
November 5, 2018

Bertelsmann Expands Activities in Growth Regions

Bertelsmann is using its local fund in India to create strategic options for building digital business models. The Group has holdings in Pepperfry, the country’s leading online marketplace for furniture, and in the corporate training company Eruditus Executive Education.
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September 26, 2018

Licious raises $25 million investment led by Bertelsmann, Vertex Ventures, UCLA and others

With more than 300% percent growth year on year, Licious has etched its path to becoming India’s leading food brand operating in the fresh meat and seafood category.
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Press Releases
August 30, 2018

Bertelsmann India Investments launches India’s first growth-focused Podcast ‘Building It Up with Bertelsmann’

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII), the strategic investment arm of the Germany based Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA, launched its first podcast ‘Building It Up with Bertelsmann’ focusing on the growth-pangs of a start-up.
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Press Releases
March 27, 2018

Bertelsmann Continues On Growth Path with Record Operating Result and Billion-Euro Profit in 2017

The key performance drivers were RTL Group; the music company BMG, which generated revenues of over €500 million for the first time; the services subsidiary Arvato; and the education activities pooled in the Bertelsmann Education Group.
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Press Releases
January 11, 2018

Lendingkart Technologies raising over US$87 million (INR 565 crores) in Equity Funding

With this new round of funding, the company’s cumulative equity and debt raising will exceed US$ 173 million (INR 1129 crores). The funds from this round will enable Lendingkart to further strengthen its technological and analytics capabilities.
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Press Releases
September 13, 2017

Bertelsmann Tops Up Investments in Indian Digital Companies

Bertelsmann is stepping up its activities in India with follow-on investments in two digital startups: The international media, services and education company is participating in a $34-million round of financing for Treebo, an online marketplace for budget hotels, and in a round of approx. $10.5 million for the fintech company Lendingkart.
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April 3, 2017

Bertelsmann Acquires a Stake in Indian Higher-Education Provider Eruditus

Bertelsmann is strengthening its activities in India with a strategic investment in the higher education sector. The international media, services and education company is acquiring a stake in Eruditus Executive Education – a company that develops executive education programs in partnership with prestigious universities such as Columbia, Harvard, INSEAD, MIT, Tuck and Wharton, and markets and administers them currently in India, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
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Press Releases
September 21, 2016

Bertelsmann Supports Further Growth of Pepperfry.com

Bertelsmann is investing in Indian e-commerce again: The international media, services and education company is contributing an eight-digit amount to a round of financing for Pepperfry.com, India’s leading online marketplace for furniture.
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Press Releases
July 25, 2016

Bertelsmann Invests in Indian Startup Treebo

The international media, services and education company Bertelsmann is leading a Series B round of financing for Treebo, an Indian branded managed marketplace for budget hotels. Existing investors SAIF Partners and Matrix Partners are also participating in this fundraise.
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June 29, 2016

Bertelsmann Invests in Indian Fintech Company Lendingkart

Bertelsmann is further expanding its digital businesses in the strategic growth region of India. The international media, services and education company is leading a financing round (Series B) for the Indian Fintech company Lendingkart.
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Press Releases
April 27, 2016

Bertelsmann invests in Indian fashion social network Roposo

Bertelsmann is making another investment in an Indian digital company: The international media, services and education group acquires a stake in Roposo, a mobile first social network focused on fashion.
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Press Releases
September 10, 2015

Bertelsmann Invests in Indian Music Streaming Service Saavn

The international media, services and education company recently joined other investors in a $100 million financing round for Saavn, India’s leading music streaming service.
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Press Releases
July 28, 2015

Bertelsmann Tops Up Investment in Indian E-commerce Platform Pepperfry.com

The international media, services, and education company is investing a two-digit million sum in Pepperfry.com, as part of a financing round.
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Press Releases
October 30, 2014

Bertelsmann India Investments invests in iNurture Education Solutions

iNurture Education Solutions, one of India’s leading providers of higher education services, has raised INR 300 million in a fresh round of funding by Bertelsmann India Investments (BII).
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June 27, 2014

Bertelsmann strengthens digital position in India through partnership with Nirvana

Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) invests a multi-million-dollar amount in Digital Nirvana Fund Co. Ltd., the offshore fund advised by Nirvana Venture Advisors.
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May 27, 2014

Pepperfry.com raises Rs. 95 Crore from Bertelsmann India Investments (BII) and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP)

Pepperfry’s current investors, Silicon Valley based Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) also participated in this round.
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Press Releases
December 19, 2013

Bertelsmann invests in real estate marketplace IndiaProperty.com

Bertelsmann invests in one of India’s leading classified real estate portals IndiaProperty.com together with the existing investors Canaan Partners and Mayfield Fund.
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