National Investment and Infrastructure Fund
Finance
NIIF set to bring offshore LP on board for new $1 bn fund to back PE/VC firms
The Indian government-backed alternative investor National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) is set to tap an offshore limited partner (LP) ......
General
Grapevine: Binny Bansal ups Curefoods bet; ADIA may back Pocket FM
Binny Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart, is ramping up his investments in Curefoods, while concurrently doubling down on his investment activities ......
General
Grapevine: ITC eyes Prataap Snacks; GIC, KKR join race for Carlyle's stake in Airtel's data centre
ITC is reportedly considering acquisition of a 47% stake held by Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital) in Prataap Snacks, ......
General
Grapevine: RIL eyes stake in Tata Play; Warburg, Bain compete for Shriram Housing
Reliance Industries (RIL) is in talks to acquire a 29.8% stake in Tata Play from the Walt Disney Company, marking ......
General
Grapevine: TPG, others in race for pharma deal; NIIF's road portfolio on the block
Multiple private equity players including Apax Partners, TPG Capital, TA Associates and Kedaara Capital are in early talks to buy ......
Finance
How has NIIF's fund-of-funds LP portfolio shaped up?
The Indian government-backed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) has built a diversified portfolio of alternative investment funds as part of its ......
Infrastructure
Genus Power in talks with wealth funds, DFIs for big-ticket funding round
Genus Power & Infrastructures Ltd, a smart meter manufacturer, which recently bagged a letter of award (LoA) worth above Rs ......
People
India's quasi sovereign fund and top LP NIIF gets interim CEO
National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), a quasi-sovereign fund manager backed by the Indian government that makes direct investments as ......
Infrastructure
Azure Power backer OMERS looks to expand India clean energy portfolio
Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees' Retirement System, or Omers, has emerged frontrunner for an investment in yet another Indian ......
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 ......
