Can ThyroCare Outdo Dr. LalPath Labs’ IPO?
“Dr. Lal PathLabs IPO subscribed 33.41 times” “Dr Lal PathLabs zooms 50% on debut” Will the latest Private Equity-backed diagnostic chain to go public – Thyrocare Technologies – also enjoy…
How Mohandas Pai & Ratan Tata are shaking up the Angel Investments Landscape
While Venture Capital investments* have been steadily falling from the peak registered in Aug-2015, investments by Angel Networks and Super Angels have continued to tick up driven by increasing activity…
What explains microfinance firm Equitas’ 23% gain on Listing Day?
Chennai-based Equitas Holdings, which is focused on providing microfinance and other financial services to bottom-of-the pyramid customers, closed its first day as a public company at INR 135.25, a gain…
Are Indian Unicorns Taking the Media for a Ride?
Mint has listed (on its front page) various fancy “GMV” goals totted out by CEOs of Indian E-Commerce Unicorns – at various points to various media outlets – but have…
Did Culture Clash Send Punit Soni B2SV (Back to Silicon Valley)?
Even as the question of whether Flipkart can provide profitable exits to its investors remains a multi billion dollar one, the firm has started to see high profile exits of…
Kishore Biyani’s “It’s Not Very Important to be Online” – Practical Wisdom or Famous Last Words?
The founder of the retailing focused Future Group has declared e-commerce as an optional area in an interview to Mint: “I have been a very good student of e-commerce business,”…
How Much Should You Diss Competition?
From the CB Insights newsletter of April 13, 2016: From the CB Insights newsletter of April 15, 2016: While we can’t help but smile at CB’s pugnacity, at Venture Intelligence,…
Private Equity investments tick up 24% to $3.6 Billion in Q1’16
Quarter sees 12 Mega Deals ($100-M or more) across E-Comm; Financial Services; Healthcare & Infra Private Equity firms invested about $3,620 million across 144 deals during the quarter ended March…
Equitas IPO: Payback Time for Impact Investors
Business Standard has an article on returns made by PE/VC investors in Equitas Holdings’ IPO using data from the Venture Intelligence Private Equity Deals Database. Incidentally, Aavishkaar Goodwell made INR…
PE Investors offload shares worth $2.5 B in Q1’16 – Up 129% YoY
Private Equity exits in India for Q1 2016 amounted to $2.5 billion (including value of stock swap transactions) an increase of 129% compared to $1.94 billion in the Q1 2015,…