Micromax plans to raise Rs 510-680 cr in next 12 to 18 months

The handset maker had set up a corpus of Rs 2,700 cr in 2014 and has since invested in 10 firms

Indian handset maker Micromax Informatics has said it is planning to raise and invest an amount of Rs 510-680 crore ($75-100 million) in the next 12 to 18 months. 

While the firm is primarily into procuring and marketing mobile handsets and consumer durables, it had invested in a few companies earlier on its own, unlike the proposed initiative where it will raise funds and lead the project.

According to Rahul Sharma, co-founder, Micromax, some of its past investments have provided huge returns (where the internal rate of return had been in “triple digits”) and thus it is willing to expand