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…
Profile of Pharma Retail chain Guardian Lifecare
From the profile in Economic Times: According to him,45,000 crore worth medicines are sold by largely fragmented small pharma shops controlled by about 7.5 lakh chemists across the country.I found…
Snapshots: APEX’11 Summit; Feb 10, Mumbai
India’s Premier Investor/Entrepreneur Interface Raj Kondur of Ascent Capital speaking as part of the Inaugural Panel: “Private Equity: The Road Ahead” Raj Kondur, Director, Ascent Capital, said that his firm…
Snapshots: APEX’11 Awards – Top Advisors
Among corporate law firms, AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor (for both Private Equity and M&A transactions) in 2010. Behram Vakil…
Snapshots: APEX’11 Awards – Top PE/VC Funds
Satish Mandhana of IDFC PE receiving the Best PE Investor – 2010 Award from Mr. Gurcharan Das The latest award represents the second time that IDFC PE is receiving the…
Snapshots: APEX’11 Awards – Feb. 9, Mumbai
Speech by Chief Guest Gurcharan Das Describing himself as a cheer leader of the PE industry, noted author and former-CEO of P&G India Gurcharan Das said he probably learnt more…
Deal Alert: StanChart PE invests Rs 46-Cr in Innoventive Industries Ltd
Edited Extracts from Press Release: Standard Chartered Private Equity (“SCPE”) has invested Rs. 460 million in Innoventive Industries Limited,(“Company”) a multi-product engineering company based in Pune, India. The investment includes…
“Private Equity-backed cos. outperform their peers”: Study
PE/VC-backed companies fare better in terms of growth in sales, profitability, wages, exports and R&D investments, a study by Venture Intelligence shows. According to a new study by Venture Intelligence,…
Crunching Food Court Numbers
From the article in Businessworld: The young and the restless view it as a “cool” place to hang out. Poovili Manan, a commerce graduate from Chennai, says it “allows us…
Food TV Channels: How will they fare?
From the Businessworld article: The first to launch was Zee Khana Khazana about six weeks ago on the company’s DTH platform Dish TV. In a launch interview, business head of…