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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority investing $500 million in Indian eyewear brand Lenskart

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority investing $500 million in Indian eyewear brand Lenskart

Thu, Mar 16, 2023

New Delhi-based eyewear brand Lenskart was founded in 2008 by Bansal, Amit Chaudhary, Neha Bansal, and Sumeet Kapahi. The company has more than 2,000 stores, of which 1,500 are in India and the rest in Southeast Asia and the Middle East.  

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Lenskart plans to invest $5 million in 3 years

Lenskart plans to invest $5 million in 3 years

Sun, Mar 11, 2018

Lenskart will invest $5 million over the next three years and aims to manufacture 3 lakh frames a month

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Merchandise sellers, startups gear up to tap love in the air

Merchandise sellers, startups gear up to tap love in the air

Tue, Feb 13, 2018

Keeping in mind the need of growing population of look-conscious men, retailers are targeting this segment in a big way

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This app may help you check power of your lenses

This app may help you check power of your lenses

Fri, Dec 08, 2017

6over6`s technology acts as an auto refractor and lensometer to retrieve the prescription of eyes and current spectacles using the smartphone.  

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Lenskart to launch IPO in 3 yrs, eyes Rs 600 crore biz in 2017-18

Lenskart to launch IPO in 3 yrs, eyes Rs 600 crore biz in 2017-18

Sun, Jul 09, 2017

Lenskart expects to register 100 per cent revenue growth at around Rs 600 crore by the end of current fiscal.

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Will e-commerce companies' brick and mortar bet pay off?

Will e-commerce companies' brick and mortar bet pay off?

Fri, Mar 24, 2017

E-commerce companies are now looking to go offline with GST coming in soon to get the price advantage.

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Mergers and acquisitions take centre-stage as funding for start-ups dries up

Mergers and acquisitions take centre-stage as funding for start-ups dries up

Wed, Oct 12, 2016

Funding (disclosed) to start-ups in September has declined by 127% on a month-on-month basis and 82% on  an year-on-year  basis in September alone.

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Online eyewear retailer Lenskart raises funds from Premji Invest

Online eyewear retailer Lenskart raises funds from Premji Invest

Tue, Sep 06, 2016

Three months after its Rs 400-crore funding, Lenskart has raised an undisclosed amount from Premji Invest, the investment office of Wipro chief Azim Premji.

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Ratan Tata invests in Lenskart

Ratan Tata invests in Lenskart

Wed, May 04, 2016

Lenskart has previously raised a total of Rs 317 crore from investors including IDG Ventures.

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