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PRIVATE EQUITY
IFC in talks to invest up to $100M in Coastal Projects
May 13, 2013 | Bruhadeeswaran R
The Hyderabad-based company is backed by global private equity investors including Baring, Sequoia Capital, Fidelity and Deutsche Bank.
Goldman Sachs invests $20M in BPL Medical Technologies
May 13, 2013 | TEAM VCC
Goldman Sachs’ second deal in India in as many weeks; PE firm has earlier backed Nova Medical and Max India in the healthcare sector.
Warburg Pincus raises $11.2B global mega fund
May 10, 2013 | TEAM VCC
Over the last 15 months, the PE major has seen several profitable exits in India including Alliance Tire, Kotak Mahindra, Max India and WNS Global.
3i to cease India infra investments, suspends new fundraising
May 10, 2013 | TEAM VCC
3i India Infrastructure Fund, which raised a corpus of $1.2 billion in 2008, completed its investment period in November 2012.
ChrysCapital emerges front-runner to invest in CavinKare
May 09, 2013 | Madhav A Chanchani
ChrysCapital, which is now the only player in the fray to buy stake in the personal care products maker, is currently conducting a due diligence.
IFC to invest up to $25M in Global Hospitals
May 09, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
PE deals in the healthcare space hit an all-time high in CY2012, bucking the overall trend in the Indian private equity funding landscape.
Why single specialty hospital chains are getting red hot for PE investors
May 08, 2013 | Lohit Jagwani
PE/VC deal volume in single specialty hospitals has shot up from about a quarter of all investments in healthcare services during 2010-12 to half of them in the first 4 months of 2013.
Former Red Fort Capital director Kuldip Chawla sets up ASK Strategies
May 08, 2013 | Pooja Sarkar
Two years ago, Nipun Sahni, former head of real estate private equity at Merrill Lynch, started the real estate advisory called RE-Zone Investment Advisors.
Chennai-based realtor VGN to raise around $41M from Deutsche Bank
May 07, 2013 | Pooja Sarkar
The money will be used for completing the purchase of land that it acquired recently in Guindy.
How WestBridge is betting big on India’s construction & ancillary business with public market portfolio
May 07, 2013 | Madhav A Chanchani
Till date, the PE firm has deployed more than half the corpus of the $500 million WestBridge Crossover Fund.
Goldman Sachs to invest $110M in DEN Networks
May 06, 2013 | TEAM VCC
The transaction will be the largest private equity deal in India's cable & satellite space.
How CX Partners is quietly building a pan-India budget hotel chain
May 03, 2013 | Diksha Dutta
The PE firm has partnered with the Akoi family, promoters of Delhi’s Imperial Hotel, to build a new budget hotel chain from the scratch.
CLSA PE to acquire 19.6% stake in Camson Bio Technologies for $10M
May 03, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
The stake purchase includes equity convertible warrants at a substantial premium to the market price.
Qatar Foundation Endowment to buy 5% in Bharti Airtel for $1.26B
May 03, 2013 | TEAM VCC
Bharti Airtel also counts Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek as a shareholder.
Tata Opportunities Fund makes final close at $600M
May 02, 2013 | TEAM VCC
The fund will be looking to leverage its LP base for co-investments, which will enable it to write bigger cheques.
NSL Renewable Power raises $30M from Asian Development Bank
May 02, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
This is ADB’s second investment in India this year.
Saban Capital eyeing investments in India’s media & communications sector
May 01, 2013 | Madhav A Chanchani
The private investment firm, founded by media mogul Haim Saban, will look at deals across segments like broadcasting, DTH, content creation, internet/new media, intellectual properties and telecom.
Healthcare fund TVM Capital MENA chasing control deals in India
May 01, 2013 | Lohit Jagwani
The fund is looking to sew a few deals in the country from its new emerging markets fund, which is expected to complete fundraising by the end of 2013.
Nitesh Estates to buy back 10.1% stake in residential projects arm from HDFC AMC for $8.3M
April 30, 2013 | Bhawna Gupta
HDFC AMC to get IRR of around 26% in a deal where it invested Rs 80 crore in 2009 through debentures and equity purchase.
IL&FS PE invests $143M in FY13, down by 60%
April 30, 2013 | TEAM VCC
With assets of around $3.2 billion under management, it has made more than 160 investments and managed over 78 exits since the time of inception.
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