India-based online cosmetic company Plum, is 100% vegan. Currently the brand is carried by Amazon, Flipkart, Nyka, Myntra and beauty chain Health and Glow. Shankar Prasad, the founder, is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He spent eight years at Hindustan Unilever Ltd and has an MBA...
Unilever Ventures Invests in India's Milkbasket
U.K.-based Unilever's venture capital arm, Unilever Ventures, invested $3 million in Gurgaon-based Aaidea Solutions, which runs the grocery delivery start-up Milkbasket. The firm delivers milk, bread, eggs and butter to customers' homes every day at 7 am and is looking to add further grocery lines to its service. Anant Goel,...