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Growth capital firm focusing on the Indian subcontinent and Asia.
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- Amonix
Participated · Series B · Apr 2010
Amonix is a Seal Beach, California–based designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems. Its core product is CPV solar power systems. The company will use the $129.4M Series B proceeds to accelerate deployments of its CPV systems and expand manufacturing capacity. Amonix previously raised $25M in Series A funding from Goldman Sachs Group and MissionPoint Capital and received $15.6M in grant funding through the Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative. In 2010 it also received $9.5M in stimulus funding via the Recovery Act’s Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit, which is tied to the creation of 269 manufacturing jobs in Nevada and 167 in Arizona.
- Coffee Day
Led · Equity · Apr 2010
Coffee Day Resorts is led by chairman VG Siddhartha and encompasses the Café Coffee Day business as well as luxury resorts and infrastructure activities. The company cites Café Coffee Day as its flagship, described in the article as one of the fastest growing café chains in India and the largest in Asia. The group is positioned to deploy capital across current and future businesses including the café chain, luxury resorts and infrastructure. The article does not disclose operating metrics such as revenue or user numbers. Management plans referenced in the article focus on growth and expansion supported by new external capital. Parag Saxena of New Silk Route will join the board, providing strategic input from his prior investment experience. Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd, branded as CoffeeDay, is an Indian coffee company and the subject of a reported investment. The company is described in the article as a mature, large coffee business. Its core product and operations center on coffee trading and the CoffeeDay brand. The report cites a $20 million investment into the company by Sequoia Capital. No operating metrics, revenues, user counts, or specific future plans are mentioned in the article. The investment was reported by blogger Sahad PV at VC Circle.