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So/Facet: Capital Raising
Lab-grown diamond jewellery brand So/Facet raised Rs 10 crore in a seed round led by Sauce, with participation from Mokobara co-founders, the Chona family office, Kedar Lele and Devaiah Bopanna. Co-founded in 2026 by former Unilever leaders.
Source: ETtech (Economic Times)
- What happened
- Lab-grown diamond jewellery brand So/Facet raised Rs 10 crore in a seed round led by Sauce, with participation from Mokobara co-founders, the Chona family office, Kedar Lele and Devaiah Bopanna. Co-founded in 2026 by former Unilever leaders.
- Who
- So/Facet · India
- When
- 2026-10-19
- Source
- ETtech (Economic Times)
- So what
- So/Facet's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet.
The leadership read
So/Facet's raise resets the leadership agenda more than the balance sheet. Capital into the sector buys room to build senior operating and commercial bench strength ahead of scale. The near-term tilt favours operators who have scaled before; the appointments that follow say more than the announcement did across Asia.
Market context: Backdrop: a 122.7 (Hot) Talent Market Index (up 17.8 on the month) with Asia activity rising (+8.2pts).
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