CX Partners hits the road again to raise second sector-agnostic fund
Home-grown private equity firm CX Partners has relaunched fundraising for its second sector-agnostic fund, a process which was halted for over a year following a change in senior leadership, a top company executive told VCCircle.The firm, under the leadership of co-founder and managing director Ajay Relan, had last year decided to ......
Goldman Sachs-backed NewDoor valued at $40 mn as HDFC bets on student housing co
Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has agreed to pick up 25% stake in Good Host Spaces Pvt. Ltd, which offers student...
CIIE's Bharat Inclusion Initiative strikes maiden deal in fin-tech startup Kaleidofin
Bharat Inclusion Initiative, the seed fund set up by IIM Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship...
Barbeque Nation gears up for IPO next year
Barbeque Nation Hospitality Ltd, which operates an eponymous chain of casual-dining restaurants, has charted out a new growth plan as it prepares to float an initial public offering (IPO) next year, people familiar with the matter told VCCircle.The company has set the ball rolling by agreeing to buy the Indian ......
Exclusive: Investment portal Wealthy gets angel funding
Bangalore-based Buildwealth Technologies Pvt. Ltd., which runs investment management portal Wealthy, has raised $250,000 (Rs 1.5 crore) in angel funding from a group of investors including Toppr.com co-founder Zishaan Hayath.Tracxn Labs founder Abhishek Goyal, Investopad founders Arjun and Rohan Malhotra, CoCubes co-founder Harpreet Singh Grover and Gagan Dugal of Matrix ......
ChrysCap, other PE funds in talks to invest in eye-care firm Dr Agarwal’s
A half-dozen investment firms, including sovereign wealth funds and a development financial institution, are in the race to pick...
Bharti Infratel to explore buying stake in Indus Towers
Telecom tower operator Bharti Infratel Ltd said on Monday it has decided to explore acquiring some or all the stake it doesn’t already own in Indus Towers Ltd.The company could buy the stake in Indus in one or more tranches, it said in a stock-exchange filing.Indus Towers is currently a ......
Former Sequoia execs Bharadwaj, Mago to float mid-stage VC fund
Two former senior executives at multi-stage investment firm Sequoia Capital, VT Bharadwaj and Gautam Mago, have joined ......
PE firm TA Associates eyes quick partial exit from ’W’ womenswear maker’s IPO
Woman’s apparel maker TCNS Clothing Co Ltd, which counts US-based private equity investor TA Associates as its backer, has filed its draft proposal with the Securities and Exchange Board of India to float an IPO.Onkar Singh Pasricha-led TCNS Clothing, which owns the ‘W’ brand of clothing for women, won the ......
InCred, Warburg in race for CSB stake; Vodafone-Idea deal gets SEBI nod with riders
Private equity major Warburg Pincus, special situations fund AION Capital Partners and non-banking financial company InCred Finance are vying for a controlling stake in Kerala-based Catholic Syrian Bank (CSB), says a report in The Economic Times citing people aware of the matter.The investors are expected to make formal offers by ......















