Infrastructure Investing: Advantages and Pitfalls
At a time when India- and Asia-focused infrastructure funds are being announced at a rapid clip, Jay A. Yoder, Partner and Head of Real Assets at fund-of-funds firm Altius Associates,…
Mushrooming of Mentors
Deepak Srinath of Viedea has an interesting post on the subject: …the trend that has left me partly amused and partly concerned is the rapidly growing breed of entrepreneurs who…
Deal Alert: SCIOinspire acquires US healthcare audit firm National Audit
SCIOinspire, a provider of healthcare payer cost containment solutions, has acquired Florida, USA-based National Audit. Technology Holdings was the exclusive advisor on the transaction. National Audit is a leading healthcare…
Deal Alert: StanChart PE invests Rs.85-Cr in Privi Organics
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: Standard Chartered Private Equity (SCPE) has invested Rs.850 million in Privi Organics, one of India’s leading aroma chemical manufacturer and exporter. Mumbai-based Privi exports…
Deal Alert: Inventus Capital invests in search marketing tech firm Sokrati
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: Sokrati, an US- and India-based Digital Marketing Technology Platform founded built by three ex-Amazon executives, has raised Series A funding from Inventus Capital Partners.…
The Mast Kalandhar Formula
From the Forbes India profile of VC-backed North Indian restaurant chain. Today, Mast Kalandar has 22 outlets and a clear plan to reach 100 before the end of next year.…
Vocational Training – Teamlease Style
Forbes India has an article on how staffing services firm Teamlease is transforming the vocational training firm IIJT that it acquired in March 2010. If the term “university” evokes images…
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…