AZB, Amarchand Mangaldas, E&Y top League Tables for First 9 months of 2012
Ernst & Young, which advised a total of 44 transactions, topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Transaction Advisor (for both Private Equity and M&A deals)…
The Letter and Spirit of FDI in E-Commerce
Businessworld has an investigative report on how Indian e-commerce firms are “working around” the restrictive laws on FDI in retail. The B2C company acts as a ‘front’ for the B2B…
When Everyone Turns Early Stage Investor…
While Pravin Jadhav, founder of social media startup Wishberg, did not mean this great post to be a critique of investors (and more as an “Do’s and Don’ts” list for…
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…