Ananya Birla
Finance
Advent, Multiples PE invest $230 mn in microlender Svatantra
Private equity firms Advent International and Multiples PE will invest $230 million (Rs 1,930 crore) in the country’s second largest ......
Finance
Svatantra Microfin to buy Sachin Bansal's Chaitanya for $180 mn
In one of the biggest deals in India's microfinance industry, Ananya Birla-led Svatantra Microfin Pvt Ltd has agreed to acquire Chaitanya India Fin Credit ......
Finance
Proparco makes $15 mn debt investment in Indian microlender
French public entity Agence Française de Développement Group’s private sector financing arm, Proparco, which had earlier backed a host of ......
Finance
How much would VCs gain if Ananya Birla's Svatantra Microfin buys Micro Housing?
Mumbai-headquartered Svatantra Microfin Pvt. Ltd is in talks to acquire fellow microfinance institution Micro Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (MHFC) as ......
General
Dalmia Bharat top bidder for Binani Cement; Lok Capital eyes $50 mn debt fund
A joint bid by Dalmia Bharat Cement Ltd and Bain Piramal Resurgence Fund for debt-laden Binani Cement Ltd has been ......
General
It will be difficult for payment banks to grow profitably in the first few years, say panelists at Techcircle Payments Forum
The yet-to-launch payment banks need to monetise the data on customers at the bottom of the pyramid, said panelists at ......