Japan's M&S Partners invests unrevealed sum in women social network Healofy

Prior to this, the Bengaluru start-up raised $9.5 mn from Omidyar Network India, Chinese unicorn BabyTree Group and BAce Capital, a fund backed by Alibaba's Ant Financial

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Prior to this, the Bengaluru-based start-up raised $9.5 million from Omidyar Network India, BabyTree Group, China's largest parenting platform, BAce Capital, a fund backed by Alibaba's Ant Financial Services Group, and angel investors.

Ranju Sarkar New Delhi
Hiro Mashita-led Japanese investment firm M&S Partners has invested an undisclosed sum in Healofy, which the company claims is India's largest and fastest-growing women social network. Healofy connects millions of women across different stages of life - from getting married, to becoming a mother, and beyond.

Having started as a pregnancy and parenting community in 2016, Healofy seeks to empower women by enabling them to consume relatable information, create content, and showcase their skills sets. This peer-to-peer platform also enables women to connect and influence other like-minded women based on similar language, location, life-stage, as well as interests such as fashion, food, fitness, lifestyle, learning different skill sets and earning from home.

Prior to this, the Bengaluru-based start-up raised $9.5 million from

First Published: Oct 22 2019 | 7:48 PM IST

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