Private Equity
Finance
Flashback 2019: VCs snag record sum as PE firms toil hard to cross finish line
Global and domestic Limited Partners (LPs), or institutional investors and affluent individuals, pumped a record amount of money...
Infrastructure
Blackstone buys rest of Indiabulls Real Estate's office assets for $113 mn
Mumbai-based Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd has sold its remaining commercial projects to private equity firm Blackstone Group for...
Infrastructure
GIC to increase stake in Bengaluru developer Prestige Estates
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC Pte Ltd will increase its stake in Bengaluru developer Prestige Estates Projects Ltd for Rs...
Finance
Adams Street Partners raises $740 mn for new global fund
Adams Street Partners, a US-based private markets investment manager, has mobilised $740 million in capital commitments for its...
People
Flashback 2019: PE-VC firms feel the churn as honchos leave for pastures greener
The private equity and venture capital world, which craves the dealmaking skills of talented managers, couldn’t hang on...
Manufacturing
Lone Star to buy BASF construction chemicals biz in India, other countries
Private equity firm Lone Star has entered a deal to buy BASF's construction chemicals business for 3.17 billion euros ($3.5...
Finance
Hedge fund Abakkus picks up stake in Fairfax-backed securities broking firm
Hedge fund Abakkus Asset Manager LLP has bought a minority stake in a Mumbai-based securities broking and investment banking firm...
Finance
Altico backer Varde Partners exceeds target for new fund
Alternative investment firm Värde Partners, which counts non-bank lender Altico Capital India Ltd and Aditya Birla ARC Ltd...
TMT
Multiples PE bets on Quantiphi in first deep-tech investment
Multiples Alternate Asset Management Pvt. Ltd, the Renuka Ramnath-led private equity firm, has invested $20 million (Rs 142.12...
Consumer
WestBridge Capital raises stake in listed appliance maker
Public markets-focused private equity firm WestBridge Capital Partners has increased its shareholding in one of its consumer-facing...