Cannabis Research Startup Boheco Backed by Ratan Tata and Rajan Anandan Raises Rs. 3 Crore Worth New Capital
The Mumbai-based firm has gained Rs 3 crore from Hong Kong-based textile company Ginni International Limited and also its existing investor, Mukhtar Tejani of Gits Food.
Cannabis has been a subject of fascination for the millennials but rare it is to find a project researching on the same, backed up by strong investors. Bombay Hemp Company (Boheco) which has Ratan Tata, Chairman of Tata Sons and Gooogle India's슬롯 머신 사이트 추천managing director,슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Rajan Anandan as its major investors, has raised슬롯 머신 사이트 추천a fresh funding worth Rs. 3 crores. Boheco is the first startup in the country which is studying the medicinal use of cannabis partnering with슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
The Mumbai-based firm has gained슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Rs 3 crore from Hong Kong-based textile company Ginni International Limited and also its existing investor, Mukhtar Tejani of Gits Food. This startup is growing cannabis to슬롯 머신 사이트 추천study its medicinal properties슬롯 머신 사이트 추천for further use in the treatment of epilepsy and breast cancer, as well as for palliative care. Boheco also sells products from clothing to nutritional seeds. After exploring the market initially they are now peeking into both business and retail consumers. The company works in tandem with슬롯 머신 사이트 추천textile businesses, fabric suppliers, and designers who source hemp fabric. Their niche슬롯 머신 사이트 추천product boutiques are spread across different parts of the country which includes Jaipur, Goa and Rishikesh.
"The funds would aid in the education of hemp and cannabis. People have been seeing it in a wrong light all this while and we aim to maximise the education around the crop using our products as the main tool," said Yash Kotak, the co-founder of Boheco. In December슬롯 머신 사이트 추천last year, it raised a capital investment of Rs. 6.25 crore from Tata and슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Anandan alone.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천The startup has seen active interest from the state governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh among other states for cannabis cultivation permit. The startup슬롯 머신 사이트 추천is seeing active interest from the state governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh among other states for슬롯 머신 사이트 추천the permit of cannabis cultivation.
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