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Bandhan's total loan book to hit Rs 5,000Cr this fiscal: Founder Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
Over the last two years, the microfinance industry had run in to rough weather, dragging the fast-growing social business activity. ......
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Motilal Oswal PE ropes in Yes Bank's Somak Ghosh as co-CEO, new funds on the cards
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors has roped in Yes Bank's Somak Ghosh as it looks to add a social venture ......
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Ronnie Screwvala's Unilazer Ventures to focus on early-stage firms
Unilazer Ventures, the family office set up by Walt Disney India chief Ronnie Screwvala, will focus more on early-stage investments ......
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Kaizen invests in Altus Learning; Closes debut fund
Kaizen Private Equity LLC, India’s first education-focused PE fund, has picked up an undisclosed stake by investing Rs 25 crore ......
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Microfinance institutions seek more time to comply with margin cap norms
Microfinance institutions have requested the Reserve Bank of India for more time to comply with directions mandated by the central ......
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Old generation banks catching PE investors' fancy
Banks are back on PE investors’ agenda. Since last year, nearly one-and-a-half dozen private equity funds have had exposure to ......
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Angel-backed ShopClues secured $4M in Series A early this year, eyes profits by Q4 2013
Gurgaon-based startup Clues Network Pvt Ltd, which runs the horizontal e-commerce marketplace ShopClues, has disclosed raising $4 million in Series A ......
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VC-backed e-learning solutions startup iProf eyes $20M in Series B by year-end
Two-year-old tablet education firm iProf Learning Solutions India Pvt Ltd is now looking to raise $20 million in Series B ......
Healthcare
Pfizer front runner to clinch Strides Arcolab's specialty biz for $1.7B
Global pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer is in advanced talks with Strides Arcolab to buy its specialty business housing injectable drug unit ......
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Peepul Capital to acquire majority stake in Unibic Biscuits
Private equity firm Peepul Capital is acquiring a majority stake in Bangalore-based biscuit-maker Unibic Biscuits India Pvt Ltd for up ......
