South Asia
IL&FS invests The Mobile Store
IL&FS Investment Managers has reportedly taken a 10% stake in Indian handset retail chain The Mobile Store, owned by the Essar Group, for some $22 million.
South Asia |
10 Mar 2010 | 
Symphony partially exits Strides Arcolab
Symphony Capital has sold shares in its long-term Indian medical investment Strides Arcolab, equivalent to just under $5 million.
Healthcare |
10 Mar 2010 |
TPG may back Shriram Properties
US buyout firm TPG Capital may be backing Bangalore-based real estate developer Shriram Properties in their acquisition of property assets, according to local media reports.
Real estate |
09 Mar 2010 |
Mayfield, SIDBI invest Indian infra with Fourcee
Mayfield India Fund and SIDBI Venture Capital have committed $11 million to Fourcee Infrastructure Equipment, a Mumbai-based provider of liquid cargo logistics equipment and solutions.
South Asia |
09 Mar 2010 |
Temasek, New Silk, New Vernon, Kotak steer 9X sale to Zee in partial INX exit
Temasek Holdings, New Silk Route, New Vernon Private Equity Fund and Kotak Private Equity may see a partial exit from their loss-making Indian media investee INX Media, with the sale of its 9X entertainment channel to the Subcontinent's largest media...
South Asia |
08 Mar 2010 |
Intel to buy Fidelity's India MCX stake
Intel Capital is reportedly going to acquire 2% of the stake in India's Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) held by Fidelity International.
South Asia |
08 Mar 2010 |
KKR India recruits Sen from Citi
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. has reportedly recruited Abhijit Sen, formerly CFO and CAO of Citi in India, as its new CFO for KKR India.
South Asia |
05 Mar 2010 |
Intel, Sequoia invest July Systems
Intel Capital has led a Series C funding round of $7 million, alongside previous investors Sequoia Capital and Footprint Ventures, in mobile media company July Systems, founded by Indian technopreneur Rajesh Reddy.
South Asia |
05 Mar 2010 |
Fresh Coffee Day funding reports continue
Indian media are continuing to report that VG Siddhartha-backed holding group Coffee Day Holdings is about to receive funding of around $75 million, purportedly from Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. (SCPEL), with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and...
South Asia |
05 Mar 2010 |
Warburg Pincus India head Khanna quits
Rajesh Khanna, Managing Director and head of Indian operations at Warburg Pincus, has reportedly left the firm, seeking to establish his own fund.
South Asia |
05 Mar 2010 |
Apollo sees off Reliance challenge for LyondellBasell
Apollo Management and other creditors have rejected a bid from India's Reliance Industries for bankrupt Dutch chemicals firm LyondellBassell Industries, which valued the target at $14.5 billion.
South Asia |
02 Mar 2010 |
Hathway Cable IPO disappoints for ChrysCapital, MS
ChrysCapital Management and Morgan Stanley investee Hathway Cable and Datacom Ltd. fell below its listing price by up to 9% on its debut on India's National Stock Exchange, though the result was still moderately positive for the backers.
South Asia |
25 Feb 2010 |
Desai quits E&Y to raise ENAM infra fund
Jayesh Desai, hitherto senior partner and National Director for Infrastructure, Real Estate and Government at Ernst & Young in India, is leaving E&Y to join brokerage and asset management group ENAM, where he will launch an infrastructure fund.
South Asia |
24 Feb 2010 |
Wipro chairman backs Manipal through PremjiInvest
PremjiInvest, the $1 billion private equity vehicle backed by Wipro Group chairman Azim Premji, will invest some $43.3 million for a significant minority stake in Manipal Universal Education, the corporate education arm of Manipal Education and Medical...
South Asia |
24 Feb 2010 |
Religare buys into Northgate
Religare Enterprises, the Indian financial services group, has announced an investment in US private equity fund-of-funds firm Northgate Capital, for a reported 60% controlling stake in the firm's management company.
South Asia |
23 Feb 2010 |
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