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Essel Finance's realty fund head quits to join NBFC
A top executive at Essel Finance has quit the firm to join non-banking financial company DMI Finance Pvt. Ltd, a ......
Finance
IFC to invest more in WestBridge-backed Aptus Value Housing
International Finance Corporation plans to invest $15 million (Rs 100 crore) in Aptus Value Housing Finance India Ltd, doubling its ......
Finance
Sovereign wealth funds flock to tech startups in India, other emerging economies
Sovereign investors are helping fuel billion-dollar funding rounds for emerging-market tech startups, where companies and their backers are fighting for ......
Infrastructure
GR Infraprojects refiles for IPO as PE backer seeks to sell bulk of stake
Delhi-based road builder GR Infraprojects Ltd has refiled for an initial public offering (IPO) that will let its private equity ......
TMT
Did WestBridge make any money from its $40 mn bet on Videocon d2h?
Public markets-focussed private equity firm WestBridge Capital Partners fully exited Videocon d2h Ltd ahead of the direct-to-home television services provider’s ......
People
Former Providence PE director joins Zodius Capital as MD
Indian wealth manager and financial advisor Avendus Capital, backed by global private-equity firm KKR & Co. LP, appointed former director ......
Healthcare
PE firm locked in legal tussle with Axiss Dental co-founder
The co-founder of dental clinics chain Axiss Dental Pvt. Ltd has taken one of the firm’s private equity investors to ......
Finance
Everstone, Indostar co-investors to yield good returns from partial exit via IPO
India- and Southeast Asia-focused private equity firm Everstone Capital and its co-investors in IndoStar Capital Finance Ltd will clock benchmark ......
Finance
PE exit of the month: BanyanTree beats benchmark with City Union Bank deal
In the most profitable private equity exit of the month, BanyanTree sold its entire stake in City Union Bank almost ......
Healthcare
PE deal of the month: ChrysCap backs Mankind in biggest-ever India healthcare bet
In an otherwise lean month of deal-making, domestic private equity major ChrysCapital’s decision to reinvest in Mankind Pharma, barely three ......