Ankit Agarwal
Finance
How PE and M&A dealmaking turned out in healthcare sector in Jan-March
India’s healthcare sector recorded fewer private equity transactions as well as mergers and acquisitions in the first quarter of 2020 ......
General
Grapevine: TVS eyes British motorcycle brand facing liquidation
Homegrown two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Co. Ltd is one of the contenders to buy the assets and liabilities of the ......
General
Grapevine: BigBasket raises $60 mn in bridge round; My Game Mate bags seed funding
Online grocer BigBasket has raised up to $60 million in a bridge round of funding led by Alibaba along with ......
Consumer
As coronavirus dampens demand, which companies have the biggest inventories?
The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world’s second-most populous country to a virtual standstill, infecting more than 4,500 and killing ......
General
Grapevine: TPG, KKR front runners for Piramal pharma stake; IndusInd in funding talks
US-based private equity giants TPG Capital and KKR & Co. Inc. are running ahead in the race to acquire a ......
Markets
How coronavirus shrunk India's billion-dollar valuation club
The club of Indian companies with a market capitalisation of at least $1 billion lost the most members in at ......
TMT
Startup Scan: Urban Ladder is speeding past Pepperfry—or is it?
Furniture retailers Pepperfry and Urban Ladder have similar starting lines. Pepperfry, a marketplace that sells other parties’ goods, was founded ......
General
Grapevine: IndusInd in fundraising talks with Blackstone, Apax, TPG, Carlyle, others
Hinduja family-backed IndusInd Bank is looking to raise up to $750 million (Rs 5,705 crore at current exchange rate) in ......
General
Coronavirus disruption pulls down M&A volumes to eight-year low in Jan-March
The volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) for Indian corporates declined to the lowest level in eight years in the ......
Finance
PE deals sink to decade-low in Jan-March on coronavirus caution
Private equity dealmaking in India plunged during the January-March quarter to hit the lowest level in at least a decade ......