FirstCry
General
Deals Digest: 2023 ends on a sombre note as funding activity slows in last week
Private equity and venture capital deal flow continued to drop with the year coming to an end, as deal value ......
General
Grapevine: Bain, KKR, CPPIB eye new deals; Advent moves ahead with twin exits
Bain Capital Private equity player Bain Capital, which recently raked in $448 million after offloading 1.1% stake in private lender Axis ......
TMT
SoftBank wraps up $375 mn India exit with a profit
Japanese technology investment goliath SoftBank, which has been on a spree to harvest money from its India portfolio, has completed ......
Infrastructure
SoftBank logs another sub-par exit move in India
Japanese technology investment giant SoftBank, which has been on a harvest spree in India having divested shares of Paytm, FirstCry, ......
General
Grapevine: FirstCry co-founder faces tax probe; Piramal to invest in PE, VC funds
The income tax department is investigating an alleged tax evasion by FirstCry co-founder Supam Maheshwari, a media report said. The department has sent notices ......
General
Grapevine: SoftBank sells stake in IPO-bound firm; Byju's fires more staff
Japan’s SoftBank Group has sold its stake in an IPO-bound e-commerce firm, a media report said. Three Indian family investment offices ......
General
Grapevine: Blackstone in race for hospital chain; Ranjan Pai eyes e-commerce bet
Private equity major Blackstone, which is stitching a rare healthcare services deal in India, is in the fray to snap up another hospital chain, a media report said. Blackstone is seeking ......
Consumer
Exclusive: ChrysCap eyes second consumer sector investment in less than a week
Less than a week after homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital invested $100 million in direct-to-consumer (D2C) eyewear unicorn Lenskart in ......
TMT
‘Chiratae Ventures to bet on startups with potential to grow globally'
Chiratae Ventures India, an early backer of Lenskart, Myntra and FirstCry, aims to focus on deeptech startups and which have ......
Finance
Deals Digest: Companies raise $670 mn this week, Tiger Global leads funding in 3 firms
Companies raised $670 million in venture capital (VC) and private equity (PE) funding this week primarily helped by three technology ......
