She sold her Cartier watch to fund their startup: Salad venture founder-CEO shares emotional post on his wife’s sacrifice for successGeorges Bandar, founder of Beirut-based salad chain Salata, revealed in a viral LinkedIn post that his wife, Yara, sold her Cartier watch f...
India is and will remain the biggest geography for us in Asia: Jean Salata, Chairperson EQT AsiaEQT Partners, a Swedish private equity firm, has invested significantly in India, deploying $6 billion in 18 months and realizing $2.4 bill...
Why have 39 US states witnessed COVID-19 surge? Know about reasons, new variants, common symptoms and moreThere is a summertime spike in COVID-19 cases in 39 states in the United States. Reduced immunity, low vaccination rates, new COVID-19 vari...
EQT raises $1.6 bn mid-market growth fund; India to be one of the focus marketsSwedish investment group EQT has raised $1.6 billion for its latest fund - BPEA EQT Mid-Market Growth Partnership (MMG Fund), focusing on h...
Our India deal pipeline for 2024 is $5 bn, volumes have ramped up unprecedently: Jean Salata, EQT ChairmanForeign investors are getting more confidence in both public market and private market investments in the country. The biggest deployer of ...
We still have enough dry powder to deploy in India: Baring EQT CEO Jean SalataBaring Private Equity Asia-EQT (BPEA-EQT) announced two headline transactions in as many months. In June, it teamed up with Chrys Capital t...
Baring EQT, ChrysCap buy HDFC’s Credila for Rs 10,350 crET first reported on May 29 that BPEA EQT was set to acquire the education loans business from HDFC group. ET reported that the buyout fund...
Baring EQT could deploy $4-5 b in India over 3 years: Jean Salata, Chairman, EQT AsiaWe're excited about government investment in digital infrastructure and the India stack, how that's interoperable and how costs have come d...
The quaint medieval town of Zemen in western Bulgaria takes you on a time travelA quick tour of the town would be enough to acquaint one with myriad charms.
Internet giants need to re-invest profits in India to generate jobs: Ravi Shankar PrasadThe govt asked IT giants to re-invest revenues and profits in India for generating digital infrastructure. India provides one of the bigges...
We prefer control deals...it’s a way to achieve consistency of outcomes: Jean Eric Salata, CEO of Baring Asia"The market is growing and we are becoming increasingly active as our programme has evolved and the size of our business has grown."
US military developing 'super SEALs' with enhanced brainpowerThe US Navy is now actively testing devices, that look like headphones, that stimulate the brain using electricity to enhance soldiers' cog...
Lafarge India to buy back 14% stake from Barings AsiaThis comes about nine months after Lafarge and its Swiss peer Holcim announced their intention to merge their global assets, including thos...
Baring to buy controlling stake in Hexaware for upto Rs 1,687 crBaring Private Equity Asia will buy a controlling stake in Indian outsourcing firm Hexaware Technologies for up to Rs 1,687 crore.
- Private equity investments in India double to $7.9 bn in 2010
Private equity investments in India doubled to $7.9 billion in 2010, from $4.1 billion a year earlier, according to data from Venture Intel...
- Baring mops up $1.51 bn in Asia Equity Fund IV
Baring Private Equity Asia has mopped $1.51 billion in Baring Asia Private Equity Fund IV, the largest regional growth equity fund ever rai...
- Baring Private Equity sets up $490m Asian fund
Baring Private Equity Asia Group has raised $490m for a new Asian private equity fund.