KATHMANDU, June 2: Sagoon (www.sagoon.com), a social commerce start-up (based in Washington DC, New Delhi and Kathmandu) has announced the launch of a new round of investment opportunity to a massive pool of potential investors around the world.

BHATTEDANDA, LALITPUR, Feb 17: Anil Syangten, a farmer of Bhattedanda village in Lalitpur district, borrowed Rs 100,000 at 24 percent interest from a local moneylender three years ago and invested in shares of Khanikhola Hydropower Co Ltd (KKHC). He was one of the hundreds of investors who believed that investment in initial public offering (IPO) of a hydropower project was like buying gold.