Motilal Oswal Private Equity
India's Quick Heal, Parag Milk Foods file for IPOs
Indian security software developer Quick Heal Technologies and dairy firm Parag Milk Foods have filed for IPOs, seeking INR2.5 billion ($38 million) and INR3.25 billion, respectively. Parag has also raised an additional INR600 million from existing backer...
Indian LPs: Commitment issues
Proposed reforms of investment guidelines for India’s pension system suggest that more domestic capital could flow into the asset class. But is the country’s wider LP community really warming up to PE?
Motilal Oswal PE set for part exit through Power Mech IPO
India's Motilal Oswal Private Equity is set to make a partial exit from Hyderabad-based power infrastructure service provider Power Mech Projects, which has filed for an IPO.
Au Financiers raises $21m from existing investors
Indian non-banking financial company (NBFC) Au Financiers has raised $21 million from existing shareholders, including the promoters, through a preferential allotment of shares.
India real estate: The long game
India's economic slowdown has created opportunities for real estate investors still convinced by the country's long-term fundamentals and with strategies that take capital where it is most needed
MOPE raises $155m India growth fund
Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOP) opted for more of the same when raising its second growth capital vehicle - India Business Excellence Fund (IBEF) II - remaining focused on domestic consumption, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and infrastructure...
Motilal Oswal PE taps overseas, domestic LPs for $155m fund
Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE) has closed its India Business Excellence Fund II (IBEF-II) at $155 million (INR10 billion).
Motilal Oswal hires Sharad Mittal to head real estate
Motilal Oswal Private Equity (MOPE) has appointed Sharad Mittal as head of its real estate business. The firm is expected to launch an INR6 billion ($104 million) India real estate fund later this year.
IFC to invest $17m in India's Parag Milk Foods
Indian dairy company Parag Milk Foods is set to receive $17 million from International Finance Corporation (IFC). The capital will be used to expand milk processing projects in the regions of Manchar and Palamner.
Motilal Oswal’s Ghosh moves on to start own fund
Somak Ghosh, co-chief executive with Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors (MOPE), has left the company to set up Contrarian Capital India Partners and establish a new early stage impact investment fund targeting $50 million.
IFC considers $25m commitment to Motilal Oswal PE fund
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is considering an equity investment of up to $25 million in Motilal Oswal’s India Business Excellence Fund IIA, which offers growth equity capital to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in India.
Motilal Oswal invests $6.5m in Magicrete
Motilal Oswal Private Equity has invested INR350 million ($6.5 million) in Magicrete Building Solutions, India's second largest manufacturer of Autoclave Aerated Concrete (AAC) Blocks.
ChrysCapital buys 10% stake in NBFC Au Financiers
ChrysCapital Partners has purchased a 10% stake in Indian non-banking financial company Au Financiers for INR1.2 billion ($22.2 million). The investment facilitates another partial exit for Motilal Oswal Private Equity, which sold a portion of its holding...
Motilal Oswal PE plans $59m impact investment fund
Motilal Oswal Private Equity plans to raise an impact investment fund with a corpus of INR2.5-3 billion ($47-59 million) that will target socially relevant businesses.
IDFC PE seals India’s largest dairy investment
India's dairy sector is rich in opportunity. Currently worth $70 billion, it is growing at 10% a year and is expected to reach $150 billion by 2020. The country is now the world’s largest producer of dairy goods and accounts for close to 20% of global...
IDFC PE invests $28.7m in Indian dairy firm
IDFC Private Equity has invested INR1.55 billion ($28.7 million) in Parag Milk Foods in what could be one of the largest PE transactions in the Indian dairy sector. The proceeds will facilitate a partial exit to Motilal Oswal Private Equity, which invested...
Motilal Oswal PE invests in Indian realty project
Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors has teamed up with two real estate firms - Supreme Universal and the Mirchandani Group – to invest INR600 million ($11 million) in an Indian realty project.
Motilal Oswal PE to set up real estate fund
Motilal Oswal Private Equity is planning to set up a real estate fund worth up to INR6 billion ($108 million). The fund will tap both institutional investors and high net worth individuals (HNWIs).
YES Bank's Ghosh to join Motilal Oswal PE as co-CEO - report
Somak Ghosh, Group President of Developing Banking at YES Bank, has reportedly left the company to join Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors, the private investment arm of Motilal Oswal Securities, as co-chief executive.
Motilal Oswal PE in $87m second close on new fund
Motilal Oswal Private Equity has reached a second close of INR4.86 billion ($87 million) on its India Business Excellence Fund II, with Squadron Capital reportedly among the investors. The fund is expected to achieve a final close by the end of the year.