04 August 2008

PE, VC news

VCcircle.com

Baer Capital Launches India Long/Short Hedge Fund
IFC Supports Delhi’s Rockland Hospital With $14 Million
Tuscan Ventures Picks Up 12.5% In Mumbai-Based Logistics Firm
AMP Capital Invests $50 Million In Gayatri Infra Ventures
Gaja Capital Raises Funds From Electra, Goldman Sachs

ADAG Forms Entity To Raise $1 Billion Private Equity Fund; Ramesh Venkat To Head It
HDFC Property Ventures To Pick Up Stake In Banglore’s Nitesh Mall
A Delhi Security Company Makes $235-Million Acquisition In Australia
There Are Still Brave People In IPO Market
Ambani In Race To Acquire UK Football Team Newcastle
Dawnay Day Stake In Indian Arm May Find Way To New Silk Route: Report

Nomura Invests $16 Million In Chennai’s Real Images
Nokia Growth Partners Gets $150M From Nokia; Plans Office In India
Private Equity Deal Making May Not Necessarily See An Increase Post Credit Tightening
Value Pick: New York PE Firm Buys Into Welspun Gujarat
Red Fort Capital Acquires 49% In Godrej Properties’ Kolkata Project

Future Capital Holdings Income Grows 5-Fold; Logistcs Fund Raises $350 Million
Ajay Relan To Raise $500-750 Million Private Equity Fund
Religare Incorporates PE Arm; Real Estate Fund Also On Cards
Guggenheim Partners Aquires Thomas Weisel’s Fund of Funds In India
KKR To List In NYSE Later This Year; May Be Valued At $15 to $19 Billion

Google Plans Venture Capital Arm: WSJ
Vishal Gondal Turns Startup Saviour; Forms Investment Group
Sintex Acquires German Auto Component Maker For $50 Million
Times Group Acquires Failed Jobsite, Stake In Online Store
Government Plans Big Ticket Stake Sale In Axis Bank, PSU Banks

DFJ To Diversify Into Mid-to-Late Stage, Non-Tech Deals; Closes 17 Transactions In 2.5 Years
Deal Analysis: Mahindra Buys Out Kinetic’s Assets
UTV To Invest $75M In Gaming Business; To Acquire Two US-Based Cos
Ajay Relan To Raise $500-750 Million Private Equity Fund
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IndiaPe.com

Anil Ambani eyes UK’s Newcastle United
ADAG makes an entry into PE advisory biz
HDFC Property to buy into Nitesh Mall
Alchemist Gr looks to PE firms to fund restaurant expansion
India 2020 eyeing USD 50 mn investments in growth-stage firms

New Silk Route may acquire Dawnay Day's 50% stake in India Venture
M&A activity losing steam in India
Parsvnath to sell SEZ stake to PE Funds
Baring seeks to invest in Indian retail sector
Unitech to raise USD 1 bn from PE Funds

Nomura to acquire stake in Indian digital media
Videocon's Dhoots look to snap up IOL Netcom
TIL's investment in A1Books of USA
Genesis picks up 5% in Welspun Gujarat from secondary market
Unitech to dilute its 26 per cent stake in telecom business


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