India's Ather Energy raises $31m for electric motorcycles
Indian motorcycle giant Hero MotoCorp will invest about INR2 billion ($31 million) in domestic VC-backed electric vehicle (EV) start-up Ather Energy.
It follows a $12 million investment last year by Tiger Global Management. A $1 million seed round was supplied in 2014 by the founders of e-commerce company Flipkart and the CEO of medical diagnostics...
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