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BanyanTree closes $100 million maiden fund

Mumbai-based fund manager BanyanTree Capital Advisors has closed its BanyanTree Growth Capital fund, reportedly the company’s maiden vehicle, at $100 million, according to some reports.

  • South Asia
  • 26 July 2010
India’s Varkeys seeks PE deal

Varkeys Retail Ventures Pvt. Ltd., the banner group of Indian chains Varkeys Bakery and Supermarket and V-Mart, is looking to raise funds to both decrease debt and finance future expansion, and may reportedly offload a 25% stake in the company to private...

  • Consumer
  • 23 July 2010
Evolvence launches second India f-o-f

Evolvence Capital, the Dubai-headquartered MENA and India investment group, is launching its second fund of funds and third India fund, the Evolvence India Fund II, targeting $400 million.

  • Mezzanine
  • 22 July 2010
CVCI offloads 14.3% stake in India's JBF Industries

Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) has sold a 14.3% stake in India’s JBF Industries for INR120 crore ($25.4 million) on the Bombay Stock Exchange, with Reliance Capital Trustee Co. in turn picking up 2.55 million shares for a 4.1% stake...

  • South Asia
  • 22 July 2010
French hotel group Accor to set up investment fund for India

Accor, a leading French hotel group, is setting up a investment fund with local partner InterGlobe Enterprises to grow the hotel business in India, aiming between the upper middle class and upscale level.

  • Fundraising
  • 22 July 2010
Tano, Halcyon may exit Sports Stadium to investors

Indian athletic- and lifestyle-wear retailer Sports Station, backed by private equity firms Tano Capital and Halcyon, is considering offering majority equity to a corporate investor or similar player in an effort to raise capital, according to local reports.

  • Investments
  • 22 July 2010
Actis to buy Halonix's general lighting unit

Emerging markets-focused PE firm Actis Capital is to fully acquire the loss-making general lighting business of Indian halogen bulb and lamp manufacturer Halonix, a company in which it currently holds a 66% controlling stake.

  • Buyouts
  • 22 July 2010
TPG encounters hurdle in Vishal acquisition

Months after news surfaced that TPG Capital was set to link with distressed Indian superstore chain owner Vishal Retail, domestic retail brand Future Group, headed by prominent entrepreneur Kishore Biyani, has reportedly made an offer for the brand which...

  • Buyouts
  • 21 July 2010
Rabo Equity invests $11 million for 20% stake in Vacmet India

Rabo Equity Advisors has taken a 20% stake in Vacmet India Ltd., a manufacturer of packaging films, for $11 million through funding from its $120 million India Agri Business Fund.

  • Investments
  • 21 July 2010
India's Cinemax seeks PE

Movie theater chain Cinemax India Ltd. is hunting for a private equity partner to help it raise INR150 crore ($32.1 million) to expand its business, according to local reports.

  • Investments
  • 21 July 2010
HSBC India's PE head resigns - reports

HSBC India’s Head of Principal Investments and Private Equity Gul Mukhey has departed his role after two and a half years at the bank, a move that comes as HSBC is considering spinning out of its private equity units - including HSBC Private Equity...

  • People
  • 21 July 2010
Chindia, more Chindia

With the volume of China hype across the region, it’s good to receive a timely reminder of the other great growth market in the region: India.

  • Greater China
  • 21 July 2010
New SEBI proposals could hit Indian buyouts

The takeover panel of SEBI, India's securities regulator, has proposed raising the mandatory open offer level in Indian takeovers to 100% of all of a target's shares, above a threshold of 25%, making buyouts in the country potentially far more expensive.

  • South Asia
  • 20 July 2010
Baring India investee PharmaARC could seek fresh funds

PharmaARC Analytics Solutions, a healthcare BPO company invested by Baring Private Equity India, may be seeking further investment - a move that contradicts Baring, which has stated that it has neither plans to exit its 10% stake nor commitment to inject...

  • South Asia
  • 20 July 2010
TA recruits SPCEL's Poddar for India

Boston-headquartered $16 billion private equity firm TA Associates has snared Standard Chartered Private Equity Ltd.'s director Dhiraj Poddar for the same role in its Mumbai office, according to Indian reports.

  • People
  • 19 July 2010
Vikram Sood of the Centre for International Relations, Observer Research Foundation

Vikram Sood, Vice President at the Centre for International Relations, Observer Research Foundation, highlights the domestic and international hurdles India faces as it looks to achieve further economic growth, and explains why the question, “Will India...

  • People
  • 16 July 2010
Tata Capital targets $1 billion in new PE capital

Tata Capital, the Tata Group’s financial services arm, has announced plans to raise approximately $1 billion from local and international sources next year for four sector-focused private equity funds.

  • Fundraising
  • 16 July 2010
Peepul Capital invests $11.8 million in Aqua Designs

Peepul Capital Fund II has invested INR55 crore ($11.8 million) in Indian water treatment company Aqua Designs India, funding intended to finance development projects, expansion and future acquisitions.

  • Investments
  • 16 July 2010
Anubha Shrivastava of CDC

Anubha Shrivastava, Managing Director, Asia of the UK-based development investment firm CDC, talks to AVCJ about the opportunities investors have in India as the PE market expands into non-traditional sectors, and why the number of funds in the country...

  • South Asia
  • 16 July 2010
Helion Venture leads $6 million Komli Media India deal

Helion Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson India have infused an additional $6 million into digital ad network Komli Media India Pvt. Ltd.

  • Investments
  • 15 July 2010
Norwest leads $7.2 million fundraising round for Perfint Healthcare

Norwest Venture Partners has led a $7.2 million Series B fundraising round for Indian medical equipment developer Perfint Healthcare Pvt Ltd. with Perfint’s existing investors Accel Partners and IDG Ventures also participating in the financing.

  • Investments
  • 15 July 2010
Kleiner Perkins and Sherpalo continue InMobi investments

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sherpalo Ventures have infused $8 million in mobile ad network InMobi as part of a Series B fundraising round.

  • Investments
  • 14 July 2010
ICICI Venture's Entertainment World to launch $96 million IPO - reports

ICICI Venture-backed real estate firm Entertainment World Developers Ltd (EWDL) reportedly looks to raise INR4.5 billion rupees ($96 million) in an IPO.

  • Exits
  • 14 July 2010
Money Matters to raise up to $160.5 million for infrastructure fund

Money Matters Financial Services, a Mumbai-based advisory and investment banking firm, reportedly aims to raise as much as INR750 crore ($160.5 million) for an infrastructure fund, for which it has already pledged INR20 crore ($4.3 million).

  • Infrastructure
  • 14 July 2010
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