Ajay Ramanathan

Ajay writes on the banking, financial services, and insurance segment. He is keen on analysing the multi-fold impact of any news development, and putting it across in the long-form.

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Pahal Financial eyes return to profitability in FY27; may raise funds soon

Finance

28 May, 2026

Pahal Financial eyes return to profitability in FY27; may raise funds soon

Pahal Financial, backed by a clutch of impact investors such as GAWA Capital and Proparco, is focusing on returning to ......

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Finance

25 May, 2026

Former Tube Investments M&A head, Goldman exec float I-banking firm

Harsh Tenneti, who previously served as the head of mergers and acquisitions at Tube Investments of India, has launched ......

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TMT

19 May, 2026

General Catalyst-backed Xflow Payments eyes new licenses, product expansion

Xflow Payments India, a payments-processor backed by General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners, is focussing on ......

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Finance

11 May, 2026

Blackstone-controlled Aadhar Housing snags funding from offshore investor

Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd, the Indian mortgage lender majority owned by private equity giant Blackstone, has tapped an ......

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TMT

07 May, 2026

Amazon-backed ToneTag logs third straight profitable year, ramps up global push

ToneTag, backed by Amazon and Qualcomm Ventures, among others, reported a net profit for the third consecutive year in ......

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Finance

05 May, 2026

Kotak Alts makes first bet from new private credit fund, eyes final close

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd has started deploying capital from its second offering in the private credit strategy......

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Finance

27 April, 2026

Bottomline: VC-backed Shivalik Bank grapples with NPAs, margin pressure

Shivalik Small Finance Bank, which is backed by investors such as SMBC Asia Rising Fund and Accel, witnessed a ......

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Finance

24 April, 2026

Growtheum Capital taps offshore LP for new PE fund with India mandate

Private equity firm Growtheum Capital Partners, which invests across Southeast Asia and India, has tapped an offshore ......

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TMT

22 April, 2026

Y Combinator-backed Cashfree explores stake sale, hires banker

Cashfree Payments, backed by Y Combinator and Apis Partners, is exploring a stake sale and is likely to bring in ......

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Finance

20 April, 2026

EAAA India Alts marks first close of new PE fund

EAAA India Alternatives, the alternative asset management arm of Edelweiss Group, said Monday it has marked the first ......