Edited extracts from the 3i press release: UK-headquartered 3i has invested US$80 million for a 6.6% stake in Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren Ltd (“Welspun”) through a purchase of secondary shares…
Edited extracts from the Warburg Pincus press release: Electrical and power distribution equipment company Havells India has announced that Warburg Pincus is investing $110 million in the company. Havells will…
Bangalore-based Tejas Networks, a provider of optical technology based telecom equipment, had announced that it has attracted $24 million in new equity financing from Goldman Sachs. The company will use…
Business Today has an profile of Fabindia, a retailer of ethnic ware, which recently raised a round of Private Equity funding. Fabindia is recasting its supply chain, setting up dozens…
A Businessworld article discusses how real estate companies like DLF and Unitech are raising money via REIT listings overseas and raises questions on whether such issues are fair to their…
Here is the full text of my article for the Economic Times-Corporate Dossier (issued dated October 19, 2007) Despite the liquidity crunch in the US and Europe, Indian companies are…
I wrote the following article for Economic Times-Corporate Dossier (issue dated September 7, 2007). The financial crisis triggered off the by the US sub-prime mortgage meltdown, is already impacting Private…
Edited extracts from the press release: Moser Baer to raise $100 million in its wholly owned photovoltaic subsidiary • $100 million to be raised from a consortium led by IDFC…
N. Sriram interviewed Bob Kondamoori, Founding Managing Director of Sandalwood Partners for the US-IVCA/Venture Intelligence quarterly report. Some extracts: What differentiates Sandalwood Partners from other VCs?We are focusing on early…
There has recently been a lot of discussion whether it is worth bothering to build products offshore in India – especially products targeted at US consumers and especially out of…