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12 January, 2024

Heavyweight investors' bets go underwater as Byju's valuation slumps to $1 bn

Some of the world’s biggest private equity firms, asset managers, pension funds and sovereign wealth funds are now sitting on ......

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23 November, 2023

Lightspeed, Silver Lake exit IIT alumni's AI startup via strategic buyout

Venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners and private equity firm Silver Lake have exited an India- and US-based company that ......

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05 June, 2023

Byju's plans to take Aakash public next year

Edtech decacorn Byju’s is planning to take its wholly-owned test prep unit Aakash Educational Services Ltd public by mid-next year. Byju’s, ......

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24 March, 2023

How banking turmoil is taking leverage out of private equity buyouts

Private equity firms that acquired companies since the banking crisis started on March 8 have funded the deals mostly with ......

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16 September, 2022

Lightspeed-backed Rephrase.ai raises $10.6 mn

Rephrase.ai, an AI-focused (artificial intelligence) startup has raised $10.6 million (around 82.6 crore) as a part of its Series A ......

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25 October, 2021

Private equity firm Silver Lake leads $1 bn investment in Thrasio

Thrasio Holdings Inc, which acquires third-party sellers on Amazon.com Inc, said on Monday it had raised $1 billion in a ......

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14 January, 2021

Silver Lake raises $20 bn for buyout fund

Silver Lake said on Wednesday it had raised about $20 billion for its buyout fund, Silver Lake Partners VI, as ......

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31 December, 2020

Flashback 2020: Wealth funds, newcomers jostle with old-timers in top PEs list

West Asian sovereign wealth funds and a couple of new American buyout firms stormed into the club of top private ......

Finance

30 September, 2020

Mubadala buys stake in Silver Lake, to invest $2 bn in 25-year strategy plan

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Co is investing $2 billion in a 25-year strategy plan led by U.S. ......

Consumer

23 September, 2020

KKR to invest $755 mn in Reliance Retail Ventures

Private equity giant KKR & Co. Inc, which recently struck its biggest Asia deal by investing in Reliance Industries Ltd’s ......