Teabox raises fresh funding; hires Amit Sharma as CTO

Bangalore- and Singapore-based AsianTeaxpress Pte Ltd, which runs the speciality tea e-tailer Teabox.com, has raised an undisclosed amount in fresh funding from Cameron Jones, a Singapore-based angel investor and a tea connoisseur. The company has also raised venture debt from DBS Bank Limited, it s...

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Ratan Tata invests in tea e-tailer Teabox

Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus Ratan Tata has invested an undisclosed amount in speciality tea e-tailer Teabox.com, the startup’s CEO Kaushal Dugar told Techcircle.in. This is the fifth investment in 2016 for Tata, one of India’s most active angel investors last year. Recently, he put money...