Since stepping down from day-to-day responsibilities at the Tata Group, Ratan Tata has notched up 10 investments in startups. Like the conglomerate, Tata's personal investment portfolio is also spread across India's hottest dotcoms, affordable healthcare and clean energy. The investments are typically between Rs 1-5 crore and made through RNT Associates. Here is a look at his portfolio and how it scores.
Paytm
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| The Noida-based company has successfully transitioned from a value-added services player to an online wallet Paytm, which it says now has 80 million accounts. The company is now moving into etailing as it looks to compete with Flipkart and Snapdeal When: March 2015 |
Urban Ladder
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| The online furniture etailer was founded by IIM-Bangalore MBAs Ashish Goel and Rajiv Srivatsa in July 2012. The startup is now planning to move into home decor solutions, as it looks to corner a large pie of the market When: November 2014 |
Swasth India
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| The Mumbai-based affordable healthcare startup is focused on providing medical services to lowincome population. The company was founded by former consultants and IIT Bombay graduates Sundeep Kapila and Ankur Pegu When: Invested Rs 2 crore in December 2014 |
Snapdeal
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| Ratan Tata's investment in one of India's largest horizontal online retailers put his interest in the country's online startups in the spotlight. Snapdeal has been on an acquisition spree over the last two quarters and also counts another billionaire, Wipro's Azim Premji, as a shareholder When: August 2014. |
CarDekho
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| The Jaipur-based online auto classifi eds player was founded in 2007 by Amit and Anurag Jain, both IITDelhi alumni. The company also runs other portals like BikeDekho and PriceDekho, and last year acquired Gaadi from South African media giant Naspers to consolidate its presence in the Indian market When: Invested Rs 2 crore in December 2014 |
Kaaryah
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| Ratan Tata's latest investment is a women's non-casual wear, which has been founded by former Honeywell director of strategy Nidhi Agarwal Kashyap When: June 2015 |
Grameen Capital
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| The Mumbai-based investment advisory company focuses on the impact investments space, ranging from microfi nance companies to education and healthcare venture catering to the bottom-of-the-pyramid segment. Tata, along with mining tycoon Shrinivas Dempo and investment banker Vikram Gandhi, picked up equity in the NBFC which will lend to social enterprises. When: March 2015 |
Bluestone
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| The online jewellery retailer has been founded by IIT graduate Gaurav Singh Kushwaha and Vidya Nataraj, with seed funding from serial entrepreneur duo Meena and K. Ganesh's platform GrowthStory When: September 2014 |
Altaeros Energies
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| Boston-based Altaeros was founded in 2010 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to commercialise the world's first airborne wind turbine. Operating up to 2,000 feet (600 metres) above ground, the Altaeros BAT generates over twice the energy of similarly-sized towermounted wind turbines. When: Early 2014 |
Xiaomi
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| The Chinese smartphone maker launched in India last year, with its product becoming an instant hit in the market, with inventory running out in minutes. Founded by serial entrepreneur Lei Jun, Xiaomi is said to have recorded sales of $12 billion in 2014 When: April 2015 |
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