Ranjani Raghavan
Finance
Fund Scan: Steady does it as True North takes ambitions to the next level
Earlier this year, True North flew Michael Phelps to Mumbai to deliver a pep talk to its 50-odd portfolio companies. ......
TMT
GIC to pick up Bharti Airtel stake in third-biggest India investment
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte. Ltd will invest Rs 5,000 crore ($700 million) in Bharti Airtel Ltd, marking its ......
Finance
Spark Capital tweaks AIF strategy, rolls out second fund
Spark Capital Advisors (India) Pvt. Ltd has tweaked its strategy for investing in alternative assets, as the mid-market investment bank ......
Infrastructure
Everstone Capital JV, NIIF to invest in CDC's renewable energy platform
EverSource Capital and the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) have come together to back an India-focussed renewable energy platform ......
Consumer
Former Fairfax exec's new PE fund strikes debut deal in food sector
Convergent Finance, a private equity firm floated by former Fairfax India executive Harsha Raghavan, has inked an agreement to invest ......
Finance
How Blackstone is betting big on two investment themes for India play
Blackstone Group LP is focusing on two themes to identify the sectors for investing in India, a top executive said, ......
Consumer
CPPIB, Baring PE Asia-owned Nord Anglia buys Oakridge schools
Hong Kong-based school chain Nord Anglia Education Inc. has entered India by acquiring People Combine Education India Initiatives Ltd's schools ......
TMT
ICICI Venture's mid-market PE deal in digital cinema technology space falls through
Homegrown private equity firm ICICI Venture has scrapped a plan that involved the merger of two digital cinema technology distribution ......
Finance
ICICI Venture weighs adding another investment stream to PE business
ICICI Venture is evaluating the feasibility of starting a new investment vertical, as one of India’s biggest homegrown private equity ......
TMT
Bain Capital, co-investor pull high returns on latest India-linked partial exit
Private equity firm Bain Capital and its co-investor in an India-related transaction have pulled out another tranche of money from ......