Maple Press has received a strategic investment from Penguin Random House India

Mumbai – CFI is pleased to announce that it acted as exclusive financial advisor to Maple Press in its acquisition of a strategic investment from Penguin Random House India.

Maple Press is one of country’s fastest-growing children’s publishing houses, founded with a vision to make high-quality, affordable books accessible to young readers across India. Led by Poonam Mittal, Saurabh Mittal and Pragya Mittal, the company has built a catalogue of over 2,000 titles, including classics, storybooks, biographies and early learning books in English, Hindi and several regional languages. With a distribution network of 300+ partners across India and overseas, Maple Press sells over 10 million books annually and collaborates with NGOs and foundations to support literacy and promote reading across the nation.

Penguin Random House India is the country’s leading trade publisher, publishing over 450 new titles every year and managing a diverse backlist of more than 3,500 books. Their publishing spans literary and commercial fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books — from politics, history, memoir, and business to health, self-help, cookery, and culture.

This transaction closed on 2 September 2025.