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…
Diligencing Investors – The Manish Sabharwal way
Manish Sabharwal, founder of education and staffing services firm Teamlease (who earlier founded and sold India Life) articulates in an article in Mint, how he went about choosing his latest…
ET Now’s ‘Super Angels’ Grand Finale witnesses a Funding Bonanza for Start ups
ET NOW’s Super Angels, a special series on the ‘Starting Up’ show which provides a platform for start-ups to make pitches to Angel Investors, concluded its grand finale on the…
“Can PE become PSPD?”
The Venture Intelligence APEX Awards event is a unique gathering of top executives in the Indian Deal ecosystem including from Limited Partners, PE/VC firms, Investment Banks, Consultants, Corporate Law firms,…
Deal Alert: Jacob Ballas fund invests in DBM Geotechnics and Constructions
From the Press Release: Mumbai-based DBM Geotechnics and Constructions Pvt. Ltd. (“DBM”) today announced that it has received Rs.100 crores as an equity investment from NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund…
Warburg Pincus, Gaja Capital, Inventus Capital win APEX PE/VC Fund Awards
Warburg Pincus, Gaja Capital and Inventus Capital were adjudged the leading Private Equity, Growth Capital and Early Stage investors in India for 2011 at the latest Venture Intelligence APEX Awards.…
Inbound M&A deal volumes surge by 30% in 2011
The pace of outbound deals however was muted, reveals a Venture Intelligence study Foreign companies acquired majority stakes in 131 Indian companies during 2011, registering a 30% rise in such…