Startup Investments by Ratan Tata in 2015 (New List)
HolaChef
September 2015
Counted as Tata’s 14th investment, was an undisclosed amount in this food tech startup. Later, in an interview Tata told, “What I look at while investing in startups is the quality and intelligence of the entrepreneurs.” Holachef is an online platform for budding cooks to get potential customers.
Abra
October 2015
The first investment of Tata in the global digital platform, this was a $14million fund raise along American Express, First Round Capital and Jungle Ventures for the U.S. based startup Abra. Abra starts its journey from U.S. and Philippines as a multi-country teller network for money transfer through mobile apps. The company is also associated with online, digital cash-based merchant payments.
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