Deal Alert: ChrysCapital invests Rs.300-Cr in Intas Pharma
From the Press Release: Ahmedabad-based Intas Pharma, one of India’s leading private pharmaceutical companies, today announced that it is raising Rs. 300 crores from ChrysCapital in a pre-IPO round. The…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures invests in vocational training firm TalentSprint
From the Press Release: TalentSprint, a pioneer in creating high performance professionals for the IT and BFSI industry, has raised INR 20 Crores in Series A equity funding from Nexus…
A “Bansal Mafia” in E-Commerce?
From a TiE Mumbai SmashUp e-poster: We’ve heard of “McKinsey Mafia”, “IIM-A Mafia”, etc. being used to refer to the sheer number of alum of these hallowed institutions that go…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures invests $3-M in US-based Social Media Benchmarking firm Unmetric
From the Press Release: Unmetric, a Chicago, USA-headquartered firm with offices in Chennai & Coimbatore in India, has raised $3.2 million in Series A financing led by Nexus Venture Partners.…
Deal Alert: Pragati India Fund invests US$5-M in Jash Engineering
From the Press Release: Pragati India Fund today announced its maiden investment in Indore-based Jash Engineering Limited, a leader in the manufacture of customized engineering goods for water and waste…
Partner Event: World’s best finance minds converging at IVCA CONCLAVE 2012 on April 19
Partner Event Press Release: – IVCA celebrates 10 years of Private Equity and Venture Capital in India– Upbeat promoters to discuss the contribution of Private Equity and Venture Capital business…
Deal Alert: TA Associates investments in online payment firm BillDesk
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: TA Associates, a leading global growth private equity firm, today announced it has acquired a minority stake in BillDesk,India’s largest online payment services company.…
Drying up of mega deals drives PE investments to below $2-B in Q1’12
Secondary transactions rise as global PE firms buy out stakes of earlier investors Private Equity firms invested about $1,886 million across 90 deals during the quarter ended March 2012, according…
Private Equity Forum – April 26 &27, 2012, Mumbai
PARTNER EVENT:“In Investment, understanding is more important than information”. Private Equity Forum to be held on 26th and 27th April, 2012, in Four Seasons Hotel, Mumbai (Please Save the Date)…
Unisex salons to keep growing
Business Today has an article on the trend. A recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, or PwC, and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry pegged the size of the…