VC Fund Manager Interview: Murli Ravi of Jafco Asia
Venture Intelligence spoke to Murli Ravi, Head – South Asia, Jafco Asia, about some of the firm’s portfolio companies that have been in the news recently as well as other…
PE Fund Manager Interview: Srinath Srinivasan of OIJIF
In a recent interview to Venture Intelligence, Srinath Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer of Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), discusses the first two investments announced by the JV fund of…
Deal Alert: Centrum Capital Ltd. successfully raises private equity capital for Olive Bar & Kitchen Pvt. Ltd.
From the Press Release: Centrum Capital Ltd. today announced that it has successfully raised close to 10 million dollars for Olive Bar and Kitchen Pvt. Ltd. The fund raised will…
Deal Alert: Oravel Stays raises seed funding from VentureNursery’s Angels
From the Press Release: VentureNursery, India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator has announced a seed investment by its angel investors in Oravel Stays, based in Gurgaon. Oravel is focused on the…
Social VC investments down 47.5% in first 9 months
Social Ventures attract 11 investments worth $45-M in Q3’12 Social Venture Investors (also called Impact Investors) participated in investments worth $45 million across 11 transactions in India during the three…
VCs make 52 investments worth $200-M in Q3’12; 9 month value down 22%
Volume of investments in first 9 months keeps pace with 2011; Value down by 22% Venture Capital firms invested $200 million over 52 deals in India during the three months…
Genpact deal props up Quarterly PE investment; ; First 9 month investments dip 27%
Private Equity firms invested about $2,521 million across 97 deals during the quarter ended September 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence. Thanks to the $1 billion investment by…
BMO advises OIL in joint stake acquisition (with IOC) in Carrizo’s US shale gas assets
Oil India Limited (OIL) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have jointly acquired a 30% stake in Nasdaq-listed Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc’s (Carrizo) liquid rich shale assets in the…
Public Markets Watch: Jul-Sep 2012
From the latest Venture Intelligence quarterly PE Roundup report: The leading Indian stock market indices – the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty – closed Q3 2012 up almost 8%, bettered…
Deal Alert: Fulcrum Venture India ‘exits Casa Grande with 10x net multiple’
From the Press Release: Fulcrum Venture India, a highly successful early stage venture capital investor started in 2000 by Krishna Ramanathan as a proprietary fund, today announced its exit from…