South Asia
India's Tech Mahindra sees Providence, Apax private equity interest in BT stake
Leading private equity firms seem to be lining up for one of India’s larger assets, telecoms and IT outsourcing and services provider Tech Mahindra, in a deal that could be worth up to INR37 billion ($830 million).
Inside India’s infra riddle
Will the needed upgrades come?
Standard Chartered Private Equity plans IPO exit with India’s Endurance Techologies
Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd. (SCPEL) is looking at a partial exit from Indian investee Endurance Technologies Ltd. via an IPO, as the auto parts manufacturer targets a domestic listing.
Intel Capital to invest in India's Allied Digital
Intel Capital is to commit some INR32 crore ($7.3 million) to BSE-listed Indian IT company Allied Digital Services Ltd., to pick up warrants convertible into around a 3% stake in the IT services and solutions business.
India's Pipavav Shipyard sees private equity exit
After a successful listing on India's Bombay Stock Exchange last year, Indian shipbuilder Pipavav Shipyard Ltd. has said that private equity investors, including Indus Capital, New York Life Insurance, Standard Chartered Private Equity and Trikona Capital,...
Goldman Sachs exits 22% stake in Cremica Foods to Motilal Oswal Private Equity
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors has bought Goldman Sachs’ 22% stake in Indian investee Cremica Foods for $15 million – the same amount that Goldman spent for the investment in 2006, according to local reports citing figures close to the deal.
Oak Investment Partners sets up shop in Mumbai
US-based VC firm Oak Investment Partners has opened an office in Mumbai - its first outside the US - intended to manage India-specific growth-capital investments out of its 13th fund, worth $770 million.
“Big boys” battle it out in India
The mid-cap space is what makes Indian PE tick - even for larger firms
Aureos, IFC among investors in Auro Mira Energy
Baring-backed Indian renewable energy firm Auro Mira Energy Company has received an extra $21 million from a consortium of investors made up of Aureos Capital, the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) and ePlanet Ventures.
Aureos exits 34% stake in Indian pharma research firm Accutest
Aureos Capital has fully exited its 34% stake in Indian clinical research group Accutest Research Laboratories to investment firm Greater Pacific Capital Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.
IndoUS Venture Partners invests $5.4 million in video and imaging services firm
IndoUS Venture Partners has invested INR25 crore ($5.4 million) in Monarch Innovative Technologies, which develops services and products for the broadcast and photography industries.
ICICI Investment Management makes first close for Emerging India Fund at $50 million
ICICI Investment Management has raised $50 million for the first close of its Emerging India Fund, its mid-market, growth capital-focused vehicle with a $100 million corpus.
ICICI, PE-backed Arch Pharmalabs gets $14.3 million from Mitsui
Japanese trading firm Mitsui has taken a 5% stake in PE-backed Indian pharmaceutical producer Arch Pharmalabs for some INR65 crore ($14.3 million), coming ahead of Arch’s planned IPO early next year.
Achuthan forms Achuthan & Co. for India, Southeast Asia investment
Hari Achuthan, previously a director with the private equity group at Credit Suisse Asset Management, is forming a private equity firm, Achuthan & Co., to invest in India and Southeast Asia.
TutorVista taps ICICI, NEA, Temasek, others in $50 million round
Indian educational platform TutorVista Global has attracted interest from firms including Baring Private Equity Asia, ICICI Venture, New Enterprise Associates and Singapore's GIC and Temasek Holdings, as well as existing investors such as Lightspeed Ventures...
KKR, Bain, others vie for mid-cap investment in aero-focused Quest Global
Bain Capital, ChrysCapital, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., and Warburg Pincus are said to be competing to make an up-to $75 million investment in aeroengineering and manufacturing consultancy Quest Global - a unique scenario, as such global funds have...
ChrysCap follows SCPEL in partial exit from Mahindra & Mahindra
Days after Standard Chartered Private Equity was said to be in the process of partially exiting its stake in Indian rural-focused, auto finance firm Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, news has surfaced that ChrysCap has also partially exited the...
Metmin plans exit as Tecpro goes IPO
Indian private equity investor Metmin Investments is planning a partial exit on a five-year investment in Tecpro Systems Ltd., the Indian bulk solids handling company also invested by Avigo Capital, Credit Suisse, Kotak Mahindra Capital and the Macquarie...
ICICI hospitality asset Delta Corp. raises $62.6 million
ICICI Ventures-backed hotel and casino owner Delta Corp. is looking to raise INR285.5 crore ($62.6 million) via the sale of convertible warrants to a group of unidentified buyers.
VC Hunt to take 27% stake in Indian hotel chain
Acumen Capital division VC Hunt is set to inject INR32 crore ($7 million) for a 27% stake in an unnamed hotel chain with operations in the coastal territories of Kerala and Goa.
Helix backs Hi-Rel Electronics MBO in India
Helix Investments is injecting $11 million into India's Hi-Rel Electronics Pvt. Ltd. to back a management buyout of the Ahmedabad-based industrial automation, power supply and power control company.
3i India exits 6.6% stake in steel pipe maker Welspun Corp.
UK private equity firm 3i Group has exited its 6.6% stake in Indian steel pipe producer Welspun Corp. Ltd. for an undisclosed amount, coming three years after it first invested INR350 crore ($76.8 million) in the company.
India's Highstreet nearing first close on India Infra Fund
Highstreet Capital, a new Indian private equity firm, is nearing a $50-70 million first close on its first fund, the India Infrastructure Fund, with sponsors and anchor investors the Bhartia family, promoters of Jubilant Organosys and Life Insurance Corp.
Sandstone, Sequoia, Madison take minority stake in Micromax
Subcontinent specialist Sandstone Capital and Silicon Valley VC icon Sequoia Capital, as well as media and communications-focused firm Madison India Capital, have taken a small position – collectively estimated at less than 10% - in Indian handset producer...