Best printers for Home

Best Mixer Grinder

Best wired Earphones

Best 43 Inch TV in India

Best Wi Fi Routers

Best Home Theatre in India

Smart Watch under 5000

Best Laptops for Education

Best Laptop for Students

<ul><li>The Access to Seeds Index 2021 <a href="https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/access-to-seeds-index/wca/rankings/">ranks</a> <keyword id="201617" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="advanta" source="Orion">Advanta</keyword> as 4th in Africa and 2nd in South and <keyword id="53564" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="southeast-asia" source="Orion">Southeast Asia</keyword>. </li><li>Advanta focuses on sustainable <keyword id="6355165" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="agriculture" source="Orion">agriculture</keyword>, providing <keyword id="45092" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="farmers" source="Orion">farmers</keyword> with locally adapted quality hybrid seeds. </li><li>Upon completion of the transaction, Advanta will operate as a standalone platform. </li></ul>Private equity firm <keyword id="6354544" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="kkr" source="Orion">KKR</keyword> will invest $300 million for a 13.33% stake in Advanta Enterprises, a subsidiary of UPL – a global agriculture solutions provider, the companies said on Friday. Upon completion of the transaction, seed company Advanta will operate as a standalone platform; and aims to become a global sustainability leader in seeds. “We are pleased to invest in Advanta, a global leader in sustainable agriculture, at a time when food security has grown in importance amidst geopolitical tensions and climate change. Advanta has built a diversified platform with differentiated products and an excellent track record,” <keyword id="8569616" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="gaurav-trehan" source="Orion">Gaurav Trehan</keyword>, Partner and CEO of KKR India, said. The investment comes at a time when food production is facing structural challenges due to geopolitical disruption, rising population, reduction of arable land, declining productivity and climate change. Advanta focuses on sustainable agriculture, providing farmers with locally adapted quality hybrid seeds. It has presence in 84 countries across <keyword id="21718" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="asia" source="Orion">Asia</keyword>, Australia, <keyword id="28249" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="europe" source="Orion">Europe</keyword>, United States and Latin America, and Africa. “Today, Advanta is a leading player in sustainable agriculture solutions, benefitting the livelihoods of farmers globally. As sustainable <keyword id="6386447" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="farming" source="Orion">farming</keyword> practices increase in priority around the world, Advanta is well poised for its next leg of robust growth,” Jai Shroff, group CEO of UPL, said. The Access to Seeds Index <a href="https://www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org/publication/access-to-seeds-index/wca/rankings/">2021</a>, which measures the efforts of seed companies to boost productivity of smallholder farmers, ranks Advanta as 4th in Africa and 2nd in South and Southeast Asia. KKR will make its investment from its global Impact strategy, which invests in businesses delivering solutions to address critical global challenges, and contributing towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. As of December 31, 2021, KKR has committed over $25 billion in equity globally to climate and environmental sustainability investments, the statement said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/rishi-sunak-may-get-a-second-chance-to-run-for-uks-premiership-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-him/slidelist/95010029.cms">Rishi Sunak may get a second chance to run for UK’s premiership: Here’s all you need to know about him</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/if-you-are-looking-to-add-sparkle-to-your-portfolio-this-diwali-here-are-ten-stocks-for-samvat-2079/articleshow/95007121.cms">If you are looking to add sparkle to your portfolio this Diwali, here are ten stocks for Samvat 2079</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/defense-expo-2022-a-big-step-towards-self-reliance-in-defense-with-a-new-tank-gun-system-and-more/articleshow/95006121.cms">Defense Expo 2022: A big step towards self-reliance in defense with a new tank, gun system, and more</a>

KKR invests $300 million in UPL subsidiary Advanta for a 13.33% stake

<ul><li>As per an <keyword id="4695749" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="anarock" source="Orion">Anarock</keyword> report, as many as 2.73 lakh units have already been sold in 2022 between January and September. </li><li>“Inflation and interest rate hike couldn’t dent the buoyant homeownership sentiment across the nation,” said <keyword id="15322058" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="rahul-purohit" source="Orion">Rahul Purohit</keyword> of <keyword id="2902678" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="square-yards" source="Orion">Square Yards</keyword>. </li><li><keyword id="6361772" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="mumbai-metropolitan-region" source="Orion">Mumbai Metropolitan Region</keyword> (MMR), Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and <keyword id="53426" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ncr" source="Orion">NCR</keyword> have remained the most active residential markets in 2022 so far, both in terms of new launches and housing sales. </li></ul>The real estate sector is banking on the demand momentum it has seen in the last nine months to continue despite higher interest rates and biting inflation.The demand for residential property has seen a gradual recovery after successive lockdowns during the pandemic, with buyers looking for bigger homes. Non resident Indians too have been active since the pandemic started. Hopes are pegged on demand sustaining even during the festive season. “With real estate prices pegged to inch up in the coming months due to increase in input costs, the demand for properties have accelerated in the months prior to the festive season as homebuyers want to cash in on the opportunity now. With better-than-expected monsoon sales this year, a bumper festive season and record sales is on the cards,” Rahul <keyword id="6371276" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="purohit" source="Orion">Purohit</keyword>, national sales head, Square Yards told Business Insider India. As per an Anarock report, as many as 2.73 lakh units have already been sold in 2022 from January till September. This is a whopping 87% increase as against the corresponding period in 2021. “Inflation and interest rate hike couldn’t dent the buoyant homeownership sentiment across the nation as people are more confident today about real estate investment than earlier,” Purohit added. With work-from-home culture still prevalent, customers are preferring spacious homes in 2BHK and 3BHK configurations as they want more space for recreational purposes. Homebuyers are scouting for ready-to-move-in properties in the mid and premium segment in gated communities that come with huge open spaces, health and wellness amenities and open floor plans. “This demand for housing properties is further expected to breach the pre-Covid levels during this festive season,” Purohit said. Rising income and employment levels, increase in spending power, need for financial and emotional security, the penchant for bigger homes with upgraded amenities and the auspicious reason of buying a home during the festive season, have led to a surge in demand for properties this year. Festive quarter is also said to be the best performing season in the real estate sector. “If we consider trends from 2018 onwards, we can broadly say that the festive quarter (Oct-Dec) has been the best-performing quarter in respective years except in 2019,” said <keyword id="6420759" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="anuj-puri" source="Orion">Anuj Puri</keyword>, chairman at Anarock Group. Banks too have been launching festive offers like As a part of its festive bonanza, SBI is offering concessions of up to 0.25% on home loans, 0.15% on top-up loans, and 0.3% on loan against property. It has further sweetened the deal by waiving off the processing fees on home loans upto Jan 31, 2023. Demand for mid- and premium-segment houses to remain strong According to Puri, the mid- and premium-segment homes priced between ₹40 lakh to ₹1.5 crore will continue to be active in the upcoming quarters. “There is genuine housing demand in the market and the end-users are driving this demand,” Puri said. Premium and luxury segments are also doing better than pre-Covid times due to increase in standard of living among homebuyers and the need for bigger homes. Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Bengaluru, Pune, Hyderabad and NCR have remained the most active residential markets in 2022 so far, both in terms of new launches and housing sales. In terms of new launches, there has been a 63% increase in the first nine months of 2022 against the same period last year, as per the Anarock report. Last year, in the first 9 months, as many as 1.63 lakh units were launched, while this year 2.65 lakh units were launched across the top 7 cities. This clearly shows the strong momentum in the housing sector. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/kkr-invests-300-million-in-upl-subsidiary-advanta-for-a-13-33-stake/articleshow/95013297.cms">KKR invests $300 million in UPL subsidiary Advanta for a 13.33% stake</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/corporates/news/huls-q2-net-profit-grows-20-to-2616-cr-says-its-cautiously-optimistic-in-the-near-term/articleshow/95014467.cms">HUL’s Q2 net profit grows 20% to ₹2,616 cr; says it’s cautiously optimistic in the near-term</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/sensex-logs-sixth-consecutive-day-of-gains-amid-uptick-in-banking-stocks/articleshow/95012115.cms">Sensex logs sixth consecutive day of gains amid uptick in banking stocks</a>

Despite inflation and hiked interest rates, demand for real estate properties to grow this festive season

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Before Sony entered the video game business with its PlayStation line of consoles, the company had a partnership with Nintendo to produce a collaborative device.</li><li>That partnership fell apart, but not before protoypes of the joint console were created.</li><li>Though the prototypes were scrapped and the partnership dissolved, at least one prototype console managed to survive - and <a href="https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play-station-super-nes-cd-rom-prototype-sony-and-nintendo-c-1992/a/7224-93060.s">it's now available in an auction</a> if you've got a few hundred thousand dollars to spare. It's the only known version of the game console in existence.</li><li>At least one millionaire with a vested interest in video games is leading the auction: Palmer Luckey, who co-founded Oculus VR, created the Oculus Rift, and subsequently sold his company to Facebook for $2 billion.</li><li>But even Luckey's struggling to win the auction. "I am currently the highest bidder on this," <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/palmerluckey/status/1228115750381948928">he tweeted on Thursday</a>. "Who are the other nutters who keep bidding against me?"</li><li><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.</a></li></ul>Over 20 years ago, Nintendo and Sony weren't rivals in the video game console business - they were partners.Sony had yet to introduce its now-famous "PlayStation" line of game consoles. Nintendo was looking to expand its wildly popular, but flagging, Super Nintendo console with a CD-ROM drive.At the time - the late 1980s and early 1990s - Nintendo was facing increasingly serious competition from the likes of Sega and its "Genesis" console. Worse: it was rumored that Sega had a CD-ROM add-on planned for the Genesis. Sony, meanwhile, was looking to get more serious about the video game business, having developed a piece of the Super Nintendo's internals and seen a strong return on investment.And thus, the "Nintendo PlayStation" was born.In the end, around 200 prototype units of the Super Nintendo / PlayStation were created and subsequently destroyed.Sadly, the device has never shown up on eBay (or Antiques Roadshow) ... until 2015, when Reddit user Dan Diebold found what you see above in his father Terry's attic. Sounds too good to be true, right? Ridiculous, even.That it is, but the explanation is shockingly pedestrian.Diebold's father, Terry Diebold, reportedly worked at Advanta Corporation - a now defunct banking company - in the early 2000s, under the leadership of president Olaf Olafsson. That last name is important: Olafsson was the former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the group that became Sony's PlayStation arm. Olafsson had brokered the deal with Nintendo back in the late '80s, as well as the deal with Sega in the early '90s.Olafsson is exactly the kind of guy who might have an extra prototype of the "Nintendo PlayStation" hybrid console.When Advanta went out of business in 2009, Terry Diebold was tasked with disposing of a variety of company resources. In one box, Terry Diebold supposedly found the prototype seen in the pictures here, subsequently posted to Reddit by his son, Dan Diebold.And now, five years later, the extremely rare Nintendo PlayStation prototype is up for auction.As of Friday morning, the highest bid stands at $360,000 - and the auction continues for another 21 days. But who in the world has just shy of half a million dollars (or more!) to spend on a video game console prototype? "I am currently the highest bidder on this," Oculus VR co-founder and Oculus Rift creator Palmer Luckey <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/palmerluckey/status/1228115750381948928">tweeted on Thursday evening</a>. "Who are the other nutters who keep bidding against me?"Luckey is in the unique position of being a video game collector who has millions of dollars to spend as he wishes. That's because he founded a company in Oculus VR that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-to-buy-oculus-rift-for-2-billion-2014-3">Facebook purchased back in 2014 for $2 billion</a>. Luckey, as co-founder, instantly became a millionaire in the sale. But even Luckey is facing stiff competition in the bidding, apparently."The Nintendo PlayStation is very, very cool," <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1228116574390718464">he tweeted</a>, "but I can only think of a handful of other people who think it is $300k worth of cool."It is, of course, entirely possible that the auction price is being artificially inflated by people bidding the price up with no intention of paying.It's also possible that some other wealthy people who care deeply about video games and technology are bidding against Luckey. Perhaps the creator of "Minecraft," Markus "Notch" Persson, who became a millionaire instantly <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-buys-minecraft-2014-9">when he sold his creation to Microsoft back in 2014</a>? Or maybe the head of "Fortnite" studio Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, who is a billionaire? Or maybe Elon Musk, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-favorite-video-games-2017-6">who loves video games</a>?That's not clear. What is clear, however, is that the price is sure to go up over <a href="https://comics.ha.com/itm/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-play-station-super-nes-cd-rom-prototype-sony-and-nintendo-c-1992/a/7224-93060.s">the next 21 days of the auction</a>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/intelligence/brand-investment-esports?IR=T&amp;itm_source=businessinsider&amp;itm_medium=ctgr_bii&amp;itm_term=ctgr_leadgen&amp;itm_content=videogames&amp;itm_campaign=brand-investment-esports"></a>

A millionaire who got rich selling his company to Facebook is bidding hundreds of thousands of dollars on an incredibly rare Nintendo prototype game console

<keyword id="541988" type="COMPANY" weightage="100" keywordseo="SnapDeal">Snapdeal</keyword>, the Indian <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Snapdeal-doubles-the-number-of-sellers-in-one-year/articleshow/51629270.cms">e-commerce giant</a>, has appointed former <keyword id="6368965" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="ZoomCar">Zoomcar</keyword> senior VP <keyword id="298418" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Mayank-Jain">Mayank Jain</keyword> as the Head of Growth. 
 
Jain, who has over a decade of experience, has also worked at Mu Sigma Business solutions, Advanta Corp and Capital One before his stint with Zoomcar, where he led the products and analytics, and digital marketing functions. 
 
Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Buy-houses-on-Snapdeal-without-any-brokerage-fees/articleshow/51511681.cms">Buy houses on Snapdeal without any brokerage fees</a> 
 
"At Snapdeal, Mayank will be leading user growth strategy and focus on harnessing the value of analytics to build a high-performing growth strategy," said a release from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/snapdeal-ties-up-with-Uber/articleshow/51454572.cms">Snapdeal</a>. 
 
It added that Jain will be don an important part in building a road map for their vision to achieve 20 million daily transacting users in coming five years. 
 
 
"Mayank brings on board a rich understanding of using analytics for growth. As we are working towards our vision of 20 million daily transacting users, I am sure he will add tremendous value and further fuel our growth," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Buy-anything-on-Snapdeal-and-you-may-get-it-within-four-hours/articleshow/51775022.cms">Snapdeal</a> co-founder Rohit Bansal said. 
 
"Analytics will play a key role in shaping this ecosystem and I look forward to making a significant contribution towards this goal," Jain was quoted saying. 
 
Earlier this week, Snapdeal had appointed former Hindustan Unilever Brand Director <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Snapdeal-gets-former-HUL-senior-executive-Kanika-Kalra-on-board/articleshow/52000299.cms">Kanika Kalra</a> as VP marketing, another addition to its ever-growing upper management. 
 
<a href="http://assets.zoomcar.com/assets/team/mayank-8a747abcdcc1b0289e875a5a2b98161e.jpg">Image source</a>

Mayank Jain, former Zoomcar honcho, will now head Snapdeal’s growth

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right click-to-enlarge"><div><div class="image on-image"><a title_source="Electronic Gaming Monthly" title_caption="An old article from video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly." class="zoomin" href="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/559a7f8a2acae711008b5b8c-960/screen%20shot%202015-07-06%20at%209.13.23%20am.png"></div></div></div>Er, maybe that would be the end of that story had the deal between Sony and Nintendo not fallen apart.In the end, around 200 prototype units of the Super Nintendo / PlayStation were created and subsequently destroyed. Sadly, the device has never shown up on eBay (or Antiques Roadshow)...&#xa0;Until this past weekend! Behold, the "Nintendo PlayStation":<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Reddit user Dan Diebold found this in his father's attic. Sounds too good to be true, right? Ridiculous, even.&#xa0;That it is, but the explanation is shockingly pedestrian.Diebold's father, Terry Diebold, reportedly worked&#xa0;at Advanta Corporation - a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanta">now defunct banking company</a>&#xa0;- in the early 2000s, under the leadership of <a href="http://articles.philly.com/1998-03-06/business/25745828_1_advanta-corp-olaf-olafsson-sony-corp">president Olaf Olafsson</a>. That last name is important: Olafsson was the former president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, the group that became Sony's PlayStation arm. Olafsson had brokered the deal with Nintendo back in the late '80s, as well as the deal with Sega in the early '90s.&#xa0;<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Olafsson is exactly the kind of guy who might have an extra prototype of the "Nintendo PlayStation" hybrid console.&#xa0;When Advanta went out of business in 2009, Terry Diebold was tasked with disposing of a variety of company resources. In one box, Terry Diebold&#xa0;supposedly found the prototype seen in the pictures here, subsequently <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/3bwyj0/it_took_forever_but_i_finally_got_some_pics_of_my/">posted to Reddit</a> by his son, Dan Diebold.Dan even made this video of himself over the weekend, showing off the device and its Super Nintendo-like controller:<div></div>Diebold's prototype doesn't have a power cable, and he's wary of plugging anything into the console&#xa0;for fear of accidentally destroying it. It did have a game cartridge in the box, as well as a CD-ROM, though he says he's&#xa0;not tested either just yet.&#xa0;The cartridge shown in pictures is a "Super Famicom" cartridge; Super Famicom is the name for the Super Nintendo in Japan ("Famicom" is a portmanteau of "family" and "computer"). The cartridge has a date on it - either June 10 or October 6, 1992.&#xa0;<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>Diebold told gaming website <a href="http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/3/8889237/Nintendo-Play-Station">Polygon</a> that he's going to test the system when he brings it back to his current home city: Denver, Colorado. For now, we've got the best ever look at the fruition of Nintendo and Sony's failed hardware collaboration - one that's been hiding in an attic for over 15 years. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/fake-nintendo-nx-video-leak-2015-7">Here's why that leaked video of Nintendo's next video game system is totally fake</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="A1MWp5dTruXLw6OgtiCtdCaqRi1-498Y" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

You Searched For "advanta" and got 5 results

KKR invests $300 million in UPL subsidiary Advanta for a 13.33% stake

Eetika Kapoor

Despite inflation and hiked interest rates, demand for real estate properties to grow this festive season

Vaamanaa Sethi

A millionaire who got rich selling his company to Facebook is bidding hundreds of thousands of dollars on an incredibly rare Nintendo prototype game console

Ben Gilbert

Mayank Jain, former Zoomcar honcho, will now head Snapdeal’s growth

BI India Bureau

Nintendo and Sony made a hybrid game console 2 decades ago no one has ever seen - until now

Ben Gilbert

Popular Keywords

Buying Guides