EQT closing in on Aavas Financiers, Rs 7,000 cr deal up for grabsBain, CVC Capital also in fray; 51% stake in play in 2nd largest Housing Finance company as current promoters Kedaara & Partners Group seek...
29 Jul, 2024, 06.00 AM IST
Meesho’s early backers eye new secondaries at $3-3.5 billion valuationNorwest Venture Partners, WestBridge Capital are among entities said to be in talks to pick up stake in ecommerce firm Meesho. The developm...
02 Jan, 2024, 01.15 PM IST
2023 Year in Review: Secondary rounds may headline deal flow at startups next year tooRisk investors ET spoke with said secondary share sales are likely to continue in 2024, as the focus would be on the limited number of good...
27 Dec, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
PEs, sovereign funds pick up reins of late-stage tech funding as Tiger, SoftBank go slowTill last year, when the funding boom reached dizzying heights, these late-stage rounds were led by the likes of Tiger Global, SoftBank, Na...
02 Sep, 2022, 01.01 PM IST
Ketki Paranjpe joins Sixth Sense Ventures as partnerIn her new role, Ketki Paranjpe will focus on driving investments in disruptive consumer companies in high potential categories.
09 Sep, 2021, 08.25 PM IST
PE, VC funds boost investment teams with flurry of hiringsThis number is significant as there are hardly 1,500 professionals working in the PE and VC space currently in India. Avataar Ventures, Iro...
13 Aug, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
Non-VC investors rush in to script a new funding storyNEW FACES: A diverse set of investors, ranging from PE cos to family offices, enter the game.
13 Sep, 2019, 09.07 AM IST
Hero FinCorp may buy Reliance General InsuranceThis is part of Reliance Capital’s efforts to reduce its Rs 18,000 crore debt.
30 May, 2019, 07.01 AM IST
A91 Partners closes maiden fund worth $350 millionThis is the largest domestic funds raised by Indian general partners so far. Last week, A91 informed its LPs in the fund that it had racked...
14 May, 2019, 10.40 PM IST
Nalanda Capital to raise $620 million fund, take total corpus to $1.5 billionNalanda will raise over $600 million for the new fund, which will take the corpus raised by the only public marketfocused investor to about...
23 May, 2016, 08.10 AM IST
WestBridge raises $575million to hit $2 billion, fastest among peersTop-tier investment fund WestBridge Capital has raised another $575 million, or Rs 3,735 crore, to back Indian companies.
19 Oct, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Rise of 'zombies' as private equity biggies get meatier pieBig Indian private equity fund managers are getting bigger at a time when the number of zombie funds, which have failed to raise follow-on ...
14 Sep, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
What investors look for when buying into a startupIs this the right time to venture for capital; do you have the right biz model; the right people? Read on to find out what investors look f...
28 Dec, 2014, 12.48 PM IST
Motilal Oswal raises Rs 1,000 crore from foreign and domestic investorsMotilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors has closed $155 million (Rs 1,000 crore) for its growth capital fund India Business Excelence Fund-II.
04 Sep, 2013, 06.05 PM IST
- ChrysCapital in talks to raise $500 million
ChrysCapital, one of India's largest private equity firms, is in advanced talks to raise about $500 million from a slew of overseas investo...
01 Feb, 2012, 02.44 AM IST
- 120 PE funds out of India seeking to raise around $134 bn in 2011
PE market, increasingly testy investors and a lack of viable investment opportunities may hobble dozens of new funds being set up in India.
26 Oct, 2011, 01.39 AM IST
- PEs include carrot & stick in investments
In order to keep a tight leash on their investments, private equity players are resorting to the carrot and stick approach.
13 Feb, 2007, 03.20 AM IST