Traditionally, the HeroMotoCorp is known for one thing—two-wheelers. Since Brijmohan Lall Munjal founded the company in 1984, it has grown into the overwhelming market leader in the Indian motorcycle space, becoming an iconic national brand in the process. Its
turnover
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for the year ended March 2020—Rs 28,836 crore ($3.8 billion)—can largely be attributed to sticking to its knitting.
In 2016, though, Ujjwal Munjal, the grandson of Brijmohan Munjal, broke with tradition.
Into the unknown
Hero Group takes a leap of faith with its deep tech ambitions
India’s largest two wheeler manufacturer is looking at an uncanny diversification into high end technology companies. Its intentions may be good but deep tech has been a hard business to scale in India
Hero Electronix is betting on two major areas—connected devices and semiconductor engineering
With an intent to invest $200 million, it acquired three companies that gave it different deep tech capabilities
It also built a consumer IoT venture called Qubo from scratch; it plans to become a platform for connected devices
It doesn’t want to subsume these businesses into one large company; instead it wants to promote synergies between them
