AZB & Partners, E&Y Top League Tables for 2011
Corporate law firm AZB & Partners and the Ernst & Young have topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables for 2011. Ernst & Young – which advised a total of…
PE investments up 24% to over $10-B in 2011, but dip QoQ
Private Equity firms invested $10,117 million over 441 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2011, compared to $8,187 million across 362 deals during the previous year, according…
Deal Alert: Aditya Birla PE Invests Rs.95-Cr in telecom tech firm Alphion India
From the Press Release: Aditya Birla Capital Advisors (ABCAP), the private equity arm of the Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG), today announced an investment of Rs. 95 Crores from…
Data Highlight: Blackstone Lights Up Q3’11 Investing Over $500-M
US-headquartered Private Equity firm Blackstone stepped on the gas on its India investments, committing to invest over half a billion dollars in just the three months ended September 2011, according…
Deal Alert: Franklin Templeton PE invests Rs.45-Cr in Symbiotec Pharma
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: Franklin Templeton Private Equity Strategy, a private equity portfolio advised by Darby Asia Investors (India) Limited, has invested Rs 45 crore in Symbiotec Pharmalab…
LP Interview: Sunil Gottipati of Princeton University
Sunil Gottipati is a Principal with Princeton University Investment Company (Princo), the agency responsible for the management of Princeton University’s over $14 billion endowment. Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Gottipati…
LP Interview: Johanna Klein of ADB
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Johanna L. Klein, Investment Officer, Capital Markets and Financial Sectors Division of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), who is active in the multilateral development financial…
PE investments vault to $3.3-B in Q1’ 11
Amount invested more than doubles over previous quarter; Median Deal Size jumps to $14.5-M Private Equity firms invested about $3,296 million across 83 deals in India during the quarter ended…
Infrastructure Investing: Advantages and Pitfalls
At a time when India- and Asia-focused infrastructure funds are being announced at a rapid clip, Jay A. Yoder, Partner and Head of Real Assets at fund-of-funds firm Altius Associates,…
Ashish Dhawan to move on from ChrysCap in 2012
Leading India-focused Private Equity firm ChrysCapital – two time winners of the “Best Private Equity Firm of Year” award at the Venture Intelligence APEX Awards – has announced that its…