EveningUpdates: 1. Blume Ventures seeks $300 mn for fifth VC fund; IFC - International Finance Corporation may come in as LP

2. BlueStone expands ESOP pool, COO Sudeep Nagar receives $11 Mn worth grant: reports Entrackr

3. India's Hindalco Industries Limited to but US-based AluChem, Inc. for $125 million

4. Walko Food Company acquires Meemee’s Ice Creams

5. Meet The 10 Indian Startups Selected For World Economic Forum’s Tech Pioneers - AgniKul Cosmos, CynLr, Dezy, Digantara, Equal, Exponent Energy, Freight Tiger, GalaxEye, SolarSquare Energy, The ePlane Company

6. D2C brand Indian Snack House raises pre-seed funding round led by Titan Capital

7. Business-payments platform Pazy raises pre-seed funding round

8. Govt set to create 15,000 jobs with Rs 417 crore electronics manufacturing cluster in UP

9. Amazon employees criticise CEO Andy Jassy after admitting AI will replace jobs in future


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