| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.08.2026 | FirstCry parent Brainbees narrows Q1 FY27 loss 34% to Rs 44 crore, revenue rises 13% | Brainbees Solutions Limited, the parent company of children’s retailer FirstCry, narrowed its consolidated loss by 34% in the first quarter of FY27 as revenue increased, although margins remained under pressure.
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The Pune-based ... |
| 10.07.2026 | Heatronics Secures Rs 1.8 Crore Seed Funding for India-Centric Pain Management Innovation | Heatronics, a pioneering Noida-based firm in preventive pain management, has successfully secured Rs 1.8 crore in seed funding. Inflection Point Ventures spearheaded this crucial investment round. Additional angel investors also participate... |
| 04.07.2026 | Preventive pain management and wellness firm Heatronics raises Rs 1.8 Cr Seed funding from IPV | Heatronics, a preventive pain management and wellness firm based in Noida, has raised Rs 1.8 crore in a seed fundraising round headed by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV).
Angel investors Shivam Mishra of String Ventures and Nitin Agarwal, a ... |
| 22.12.2025 | LokSuvidha Finance, Quintrans, Supply6, Suditi Industries bag funding | Nimish Laddhad, founder and CEO, LokSuvidha Finance
Non-bank finance company LokSuvidha Finance, deeptech startup Quintrans, nutrition firm Supply6, and children’s apparel company Suditi Industries have secured funding in separate early-sta... |
| 18.10.2025 | GlobalBees To Acquire Another 15% Stake In Dynamic IT Solutions | SUMMARY
In a filing with the exchanges, FirstCry said that GlobalBees has signed an agreement to acquire an additional 14.91% stake in an all-cash deal for INR 1.5 Cr
With this, the rollup company’s stake in Dynamic IT Solutions will increa... |
| 19.09.2025 | FirstCry Boosts Globalbees Stake, Posts Stellar Q1 Earnings | FirstCry reinforced its hold on Globalbees. It invested Rs 73 crore. This pushed its stake to 51.51%. This is part of a larger Series C2 funding. FirstCry's board OK'd up to Rs 146 crore for Globalbees. Globalbees raised Rs 100 crore total ... |
| 19.09.2025 | FirstCry Pumps Another INR 20 Cr Into GlobalBees, Raises Stake To 51.68% | SUMMARY
Continuing its spree of investments in GlobalBees, kids-focussed omnichannel company FirstCry has now announced a further investment of about INR 20 Cr
The investment was originally made in the form of convertible loan and was due t... |
| 18.09.2025 | FirstCry increases its stake in Globalbees to 51.51 percent by injecting Rs 73 Cr | According to a stock exchange filing, FirstCry (Brainbees Solutions Ltd), an omnichannel retailer of baby products, has invested Rs 73 crore in its subsidiary Globalbees Brands Pvt. Ltd. as part of the second tranche of its Series C2 fundin... |
| 13.09.2025 | FirstCry Raises Holding in Globalbees to 51.51% with INR 73 Cr Infusion On September 11, the Pune-based firm subscribed to 2,220 Series C2 compulsory convertible preference shares at a face value of I... | Omnichannel retailer FirstCry, operated by Brainbees Solutions Ltd, has invested INR 73 crore in its subsidiary Globalbees Brands Pvt. Ltd under the second tranche of the Series C2 funding round. The development was disclosed in a stock exc... |
| 12.09.2025 | FirstCry’s GlobalBees Invests INR 9 Cr in HealthyHey, Increases Stake to 80% | SUMMARY
A day after FirstCry announced further investment in GlobalBees, the rollup subsidiary announced an investment of INR 8.9 Cr in its portfolio brand HealthyHey Foods
With this, GlobalBees’ shareholding in the health and nutrition sta... |
| 18.08.2025 | Astrotalk Appoints Deepak Khetan as CFO Amid Expansion Drive Khetan will oversee financial planning, compliance, risk management, and investor relations while also playing a role in broader business d... | Astrotalk, a leading astrology platform, has announced the appointment of Deepak Khetan as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The move comes as the company prepares for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) expected within the next two yea... |
| 18.08.2025 | Former GlobalBees Executive Deepak Khetan Takes Helm As Astrotalk CFO | SUMMARY
In his new role, Khetan will oversee the startup’s financial planning, risk management, compliance and investor relations
Khetan has served in senior leadership roles at GLS Group India, GlobalBees, YES Bank, ICICI Bank, Edelweiss F... |
| 18.06.2025 | FirstCry Subsidiary GlobalBees Faces Insolvency Plea | SUMMARY
FirstCry parent Brainbees said that Ashutosh Garg, Paritosh Garg and Manju Agarwal filed the plea for an alleged claim amount of INR 64.92 Cr, excluding interest
GlobalBees acquired a 74% stake in Kuber Mart, which counts the petiti... |
| 26.04.2025 | FirstCry Subsidiary GlobalBees’ CEO Nitin Agarwal Quits | SUMMARY
While FirstCry attributed the resignation to “personal reasons”, sources told Inc42 that Agarwal is stepping down due to certain “health conditions”
Meanwhile, CBO of FirstCry’s pre-school segment and senior vice-president of market... |
| 05.04.2025 | [Update] FirstCry Invests INR 73 Cr In Globalbees | SUMMARY
Overall, FirstCry will invest INR 146 Cr in its ecommerce roll up business Globalbees Brands
This aligns with FirstCry’s plans of diversifying beyond its core baby and mother care segment into broader consumer categories such as per... |
| 13.03.2025 | Ex-GlobalBees President Damandeep Singh Soni Joins Astrotalk Store As CBO | SUMMARY
Damandeep Singh Soni, who quit Globalbees in August last year, will lead Astrotalk’s new ecommerce venture
Astrotalk entered the ecommerce segment with the launch of Astrotalk Store last year, and currently sells gemstones, healing ... |
| 30.09.2024 | FirstCry’s GlobalBees Invests Another INR 8 Cr In D2C Brand The Butternut Co | SUMMARY
GlobalBees made the additional investment to acquire 24% stake in the D2C brand, increasing its stake in The Butternut Co to 100%
The Butternut Co’s revenue from operations jumped 57% YoY to INR 11.14 Cr in FY24, while its losses we... |
| 21.09.2024 | GlobalBees Raises Stake In Solarista With INR 5.88 Cr Investment | SUMMARY
GlobalBees acquired an additional 22.5% stake in Solarista Renewables, which markets bags and rainwear under the brand name ‘The Clownfish’,for INR 5.88 Cr, in an all-cash deal.
This investment follows an agreement among shareholder... |
| 15.05.2024 | Childcare products market to grow 14% CAGR by 2028: RedSeer report | The domestic childcare products market is estimated to grow at a Compounded Annual Growth Rate of 14 per cent to about ₹5.45 lakh crore by CY28 against ₹2.84 lakh crore in CY23 .
Childcare products spending per capita in India is currently ... |
| 13.02.2024 | E-commerce startup GlobalBees raised $18 M Debt funding from Avendus | GlobalBees, an e-commerce startup, has raised Rs 150 crore, or $18 million, from Avendus in a debt round. Since its founding in 2021, the Delhi-based company has undergone three debt rounds.
According to GlobalBees’ regulatory filing, which... |
| 10.02.2024 | From River To Globalbees — Indian Startups Raised $168 Mn This Week | SUMMARY
Indian startups raised $168 Mn in funding across 25 deals this week, a 250% surge from the previous week
EV scooter manufacturer River raised $40 Mn from Yamaha, making the biggest funding round of this week.
Kunal Shah-led CRED acq... |
| 08.02.2024 | India Digest: Cactus Ventures closes maiden fund at $75m; Globalbees raises $18m debt | Cactus Ventures has hit the final close of its maiden fund at $75 million, while GlobalBees has raised $18 million in a debt round from Avendus. |
| 07.02.2024 | GlobalBees raises $18 Mn in debt from Avendus | E-commerce roll-up firm GlobalBees has raised Rs 150 crore or $18 million in a debt round from Avendus. This is the third debt round for the Delhi-based firm since its inception in 2021.
The board at GlobalBees has passed a special resoluti... |
| 07.02.2024 | Deals in brief: Toyota to invest in TSMC’s Japan arm, Incomlend acquires LC Lite, 15 China and India deals, and more | Toyota invests in TSMC’s Japan arm to construct second Kumamoto chip plant
Toyota Motor has announced that it will invest an undisclosed amount in Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), the Japanese subsidiary of Taiwan Semicond... |
| 06.12.2022 | Urban Yog Launches Hair Removal Spray for Women; Offers Painless Experience under 10 Minutes | New Delhi, Delhi, India
Women's beauty & personal care brand, Urban Yog, introduced a painless hair removal spray for women. The multipurpose hair removal spray is an extension of the brand's 'Be Bold, Be the Change' ethos that aims to ... |
| 29.12.2021 | GlobalBees secures $111.5 million funding; enters 'unicorn club' | - |
| 29.12.2021 | GlobalBees secures $111.5 million funding; enters 'unicorn club' | NEW DELHI: GlobalBees on Wednesday said it has secured $111.5 million (about Rs 834 crore) in a recent funding round led by Premji Invest.
With this, GlobalBees' valuation stands at $1.1 billion, and it has joined the 'unicorn club'. A comp... |
| 28.12.2021 | India’s GlobalBees joins unicorn club for its Thrasio-like house of brands | GlobalBees, which raised one of the largest Series A financing rounds in India earlier this year, has entered the unicorn club as the New Delhi-headquartered firm scales its Thrasio-like house of brands.
Premji Invest, the investment firm c... |
| 24.12.2021 | 🇮🇳 Thrasio-styled GlobalBees breaks into unicorn club with $111.5m raise | EcommerceInvestmentsNewsStartups
Deepti Sri · 29 Dec 2021 · 2 min read🇮🇳 Thrasio-styled GlobalBees breaks into unicorn club with $111.5m raise
GlobalBees, an India-based roll-up ecommerce company, has raised US$111.5 million in a series B f... |
| 05.11.2021 | The dawn of a founder-led startup ecosystem in India | Over the years, a wide array of factors have accounted for the growth of India’s startup ecosystem. Some of them include the mobile ubiquitousness that comes with affordable mobile access, positive macroeconomic metrics, the creation of dig... |
| 03.11.2021 | GlobalBees Announces Investments in Yellow Chimes and Absorbia | New Delhi, Delhi, India
GlobalBees has announced two more investments today as new-age brands, Yellow Chimes, a leading fashion jewellery brand and Absorbia, an innovative home care brand, join its portfolio. The founders along with a 29 me... |
| 29.09.2021 | Exclusive | SoftBank in talks to back GlobalBees at $500m valuation | Reuters
SoftBank, the world’s most influential technology investor, is in talks to double down on its bet on e-commerce roll-up firm GlobalBees. The Japanese tech investor is leading a $100 million round in GlobalBees via a convertible note... |
| 19.07.2021 | Thrasio-like startup GlobalBees raises $150 mn to create a house of brands | India's largest Thrasio-style investment venture, GlobalBees has raised $150 million in a mix of equity and debt in a Series A led by e-commerce firm FirstCry and some of its investors with additional participation from Lightspeed Venture P... |
| 19.07.2021 | GlobalBees raises record $150 Mn in Series A led by FirstCry | Thrasio, Perch and Branded have gained prominence in the US in the past two years as they closed mega financing rounds on the promise of scaling up many direct to consumer brands on popular marketplaces like Amazon. Their model appears to h... |
| 19.07.2021 | GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style startup launched by FirstCry and Edelweiss execs, raises $150 million in few months of launch | The Series A round was led by FirstCry and a few of its existing investors, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
GlobalBees will bring more native brands from Amazon, Flipkart and other e-commerce platforms into its portfolio.
Last month, rival... |
| 19.07.2021 | GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style investment platform, raises $150 million | iStockThe Thrasio model of D2C e-commerce is proving popular in India’s startup ecosystem as about half a dozen such ventures are already underway.
Mumbai: GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style investment platform backed by Firstcry, has raised $150 ... |
| 19.07.2021 | GlobalBees Raises $150 Mn In Series A Round | July 19, 2021 3 min read
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| 19.07.2021 | FirstCry backed GlobalBees raises $150 mn to build Thrasio-style house of brands | Debjyoti Roy 19 Jul, 2021
Online first baby products retailer’s GlobalBees, India’s largest Thrasio-style house of brands venture for direct to consumer (D2C) brands and online sellers, has raised $150 million (Rs 1,124 crore) in a mix of e... |
| 19.07.2021 | India’s GlobalBees raises $150 million to build Thrasio-like house of brands | The universe of Indian firms attempting to replicate Thrasio’s success in the world’s second largest internet market just got bigger. Three-month-old GlobalBees said on Monday it has raised $150 million in a Series A financing round led by ... |
| 19.07.2021 | Thrasio-style GlobalBees raises $150m Series A round from SoftBank, Lightspeed, others | Representative Image
GlobalBees, which wants to build a house of online brands, said on July 19 that it has raised a $150 million Series A round led by FirstCry, its investors and new investor Lightspeed India.
FirstCry’s investors- SoftBan... |
| - | FirstCry’s Thrasio-Style GlobalBees Bags $150 Mn Series A Funding; Eyes 30-40 D2C Brand Investments | FirstCry’s GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style venture which will look to invest and acquire online D2C businesses, has raised $150 Mn in a mix of equity and debt in a Series A led by the parent company FirstCry and some of the ecommerce unicorn’s ... |
| - | FirstCry’s GlobalBees Acquires Sustainable Home Care Brand The Better Home | FirstCry’s GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style venture, has acquired sustainable home care products company The Better Home. This is the company’s first acquisition.
Prior to this acquisition, the company had raised $150 Mn in a mix of equity and d... |
| - | [Funding alert] GlobalBees raises $150M in Series A to build a Thrasio-like house of brands | New Delhi-based investment venture GlobalBees on Monday said it raised $150 million in a mix of equity and debt in a Series A funding led by FirstCry and some of its investors, with additional participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners.... |
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| - | FirstCry’s Thrasio-Style GlobalBees Bags $150 Mn Series A Funding; Eyes 30-40 D2C Brand Investments | FirstCry’s GlobalBees, a Thrasio-style venture which will look to invest and acquire online D2C businesses, has raised $150 Mn in a mix of equity and debt in a Series A led by the parent company FirstCry and some of the ecommerce unicorn’s ... |
| - | Exclusive: GlobalBees Enters Unicorn Club With $111 Mn Funding Led By SoftBank, FirstCry | Thrasio-style startup GlobalBees is the new entrant to the coveted unicorn club. GlobalBees has raised close to $111.5 Mn in a mix of equity and debt in a Series B round of investment led by FirstCry in participation with SoftBank, Premji I... |
