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Updated On : 12 Jun 2018 | 6:50 PM IST

Paragon Partners invests Rs 75 cr in eShakti

Paragon Partners today said it has invested Rs 75 crore in eShakti, a women's fashion brand based in Chennai. This the sixth investment transaction by Paragon Partners Growth Fund-I, which focuses on five key sectors -- consumer discretionary, financial services, infrastructure services (asset light), industrials and healthcare services. The fund has a corpus of USD 120 million and invests USD 10-20 million. Paragon Partners co-founder and Senior Partner Siddharth Parekh said eShakti is one of the early movers in addressing an under-served need for make-to-order apparel for women in the western markets. "With its disruptive operating model combined with superior quality of design, fabrics and speed of execution, eShakti has been able to build a strong and growing community of loyal customers in the US," he added. Founded by B G Krishnan, eShakti has a design office in New York. It also has a presence in Australia and Canada. In the past, the company has raised capital from investors ..

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Updated On : 12 Jun 2018 | 6:45 PM IST

Rupee reverses gains ahead of key macro data, down 7 paise

The rupee washed out its initial gains to close down by 7 paise at 67.49 against the US currency due to fag-end dollar demand from banks and importers. A rally in domestic equities and a subdued dollar overseas failed to lift the forex sentiment. The release of latest consumer price index-based inflation data for May and the IIP data for April largely kept the forex market sentiment volatile. Also, some caution ahead of the highly-anticipated two-day US Federal Reserve meet amid expectations of interest rate hike weighed on the trading front. "Markets are awaiting the outcome of the monetary policy meeting from the three central banks (FOMC, ECB and BoJ). Fed is expected to raise its interest rates tomorrow while ECB likely to debate to decide the timeline of its current QE (quantitative easing)programme," Anand James, Chief Market Strategist at Geojit Financial Services said. There was importer dollar demand, mainly from state run oil marketing companies (OMCs) and surpassed mild ..

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