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Newbridge May Buy 49% In Shriram City Union For $150 Million
Idea To Pay Rs 2,200 Crore For Modi Stake; TM May Get 20% In Idea
SBI To Go Ahead With Rs 500 Crore SME-Focused PE Fund; It Will Hold 20%
Onida Owners Mirchandanis Settle Dispute; Gulu Buys Out Brother’s Stake
Mukesh Tells Anil To Offer RCOM First To Him, Not MTN

Aegis Media Acquires Majority Stake In Communicate2; More Deals In The Offing
India Hospitality Corp Hires Ravi Deol; To Raise $200 Million Fund
Acumen Fund Invests Rs 4.5 Crore In Kochi Ayurvedic Chain
Pfizer May Challenge Daiichi Sankyo’s Offer To Ranbaxy: Report
Genesis Colors Gets Rs 110 Crore Backing Of Sequoia, Mayfield, SVB

Mapping Company SatNav Gets $7 Million From Sequoia Capital India
Anil Ambani Hires Keshav Sanghi To Build Indian Version Of Goldman Sachs
Non-Promoter Shareholders At Ranbaxy Not To Gain Much From The Deal
3i Infrastructure Raises $223 Million; Upbeat About Alternative Energy
Vikram Pandit’s Old Lane Hedge Fund Is On The Verge Of Closure

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Spice may buy 39% stake in Sony TV
PE deals touch $6.39 bn in so far this year
Subhkam Ventures ups its stake in Shakti Pumps
Saraswat Bank seeks RBI approval for takeover

Telekom Malaysia buys 15% in Idea for $2b
SBI to create Rs 500 crore PE fund for SMEs
NYT to buy 5% stake in in Sieger Solutions
D E Shaw plans $200-mn education blitzkrieg

VenturEast invested in Itero Pharma
Merrill, Lehman among four firms in race for VMIL stake
BCCL buys stake in travel co
RIL eyes acquisitions in polyester biz

Sequoia Capital invests Rs 30 cr in SatNav Tech
IFGL acquires German major
Aegis to invest $100 mn, takes stake in search marketing firm


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Market Crash Forces Wockhardt, Emaar MGF To Slash IPO Prices
Exclusive: E*Trade To Sell Its Stake In IL&FS InvestSmart; Carlyle, TPG In Race
Tata Chemicals Buys US-Based General Chemical For $1 Billion
Kubera Partners Invests $10 Million In GSS America; To List In India Soon

NEA-IndoUS Ventures Invests $2.5 Million In VAS Company Bay Talkitec
FDI Changes: Commodity Exchanges Gets 49%; MRO, Flying Training 100%
250-Year Old Cox & Kings To Raise Rs 370 Crore From IPO

UTI AMC To Make Pre-IPO Placement To International Investors
CDC Commits Close To $1 Billion To Actis’ Emerging Markets Infra Fund
Mumbai Angels-Backed Reverse Auction Travel Site AtYourPrice.in Launches
OnMobile Global IPO Sold 21 Times Thanks To Institutions

HDFC To List Mutual Fund Arm By Year-End; Gets Rs 235 Cr From General Insurance Stake Sale
A Cautious RBI Keeps Rates Unchanged; Chidambaram Endorses View
Kotak Mahindra To Acquire 51% Stake In Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange
“We Need External Capital And Can Sell Upto 26%:” Intex’s Vaswani

“We Need External Capital And Can Sell Upto 26%:” Intex’s Vaswani
ICICI Venture Invests $24 Million In Mysore’s Vikram Hospital
PTC To Float $1 Billion Fund To Acquire Coal Assets Overseas
John Doerr Tops The Midas List; Ravi Adusumalli Debuts At 77

ICG Q Invests In Prime Securities; SMC-Millennium Deal Through
IIT Bombay To Organise Entrepreneurship Summit 2008
Elbee Gets Rs 25 Crore From Clearstone, Jhunjhunwala; Lines Up Rs 200 Cr Expansion
AV Birla Group Makes Its Debut PE Deal; Buys Stake in Core Projects

WPP Acquires Roshan Abbas’s Event Management Company Encompass
GVFL Invests $1M In IIM A Startup vMukta; $625K In Biotech Firm
Tata Capital To Invest In Quickjet Cargo; Many Others Plan Air Cargo Biz
BL Kashyap’s Real Estate Arm To Raise Rs 250 Crore Via PE Route

Abu Dhabi Plans To Become Cleantech/Solar Hub; Commits $15-Billion
US Asset Manager BlackRock Buys Merrill’s 40% Stake In India Fund Unit
Heineken To Own 37.5% Stake In UB Following S&N Sell-off
Why Patni Promoters Are Buying Back Shares; Is A PE Deal Coming?

Goldman Eyes Investments In TVS Logistics, Real Estate Firm Century Group
PE-Backed INX Media Loses Key Executive Vir Sanghvi
Singapore PE Firm Mercatus Capital Eyeing Indian Opportunities
Pyramid Samira Acquires UK Gaming Company Aurona Technologies

Mumbai Construction Subcontractor Futura Raises $10 Million From US Fund
Kotak PMS’ Gems Fund To Dedicate 30% Of Corpus For Private Placements
ICICI Venture To Start Raising $3 Billion Infrastructure Fund Soon
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Frontline Ventures invested $40 million in Futura Infraprojects
Goose Tech to raise $2mn VC funding
Bharti Airtel to dilute stake in tower biz

Kubera fund invests $10 mn in GSS America
Trikona Trinity plans disposal of Dynamix Balwas Hospitality
VC firms invest over $540 million in India during 2007

Unitech to sell up to 50% stake to telecom ally
Ranbaxy, DRL, Lupin in race for 53% stake in Romanian pharma co
UTI AMC to sell 10-12% for $200 mn

Private equity funding to touch $48 bn by 2010: Assocham
IOT picks up 81% in Awesha Comtech
JWT acquires majority stake in Encompass

Trikona Announces SEZ Approval for 76-Acre Mixed-Use Development
Foreign funds plns to invest Rs 56.9 cr in Prime Securities
IQMS to acquire 51 pc stake in Object Xperts of US



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Jacob Ballas Too Picks Up Rs 40 Cr Worth Shares In Mahindra Holidays
FIPB Clears Blackstone-Ushodaya Deal; But Will The Fund Sign The Check?
PE-Backed Shriram EPC IPO Gets ‘Average’ Rating From Crisil

Essar’s Kenyan Safari: Acquires Stakes In Refinery, Telco
Avesthagen IPO By Year-End; To Raise $200-300 Million Through Share Sale
Axis Bank’s Private Equity Arm To Close Its $500 Million Infra Fund Soon

ICICI Venture’s I-Ven Medicare To Rope In Strategic Partner; Plans IPO
ICICI Venture Invests Rs 65 Crore In Kolkata Hospital Chain Medica Synergie
Buzz & Hype: Reliance Power IPO Oversold 11 Times On Day One

UK’s Ashmore Invests $23 Million In Hyderabad Hospital Chain Quality Care
Goldman To Buy 39% In M Pallonji Enterprises; To Up Stake In MetLife Insurance
Grameen Foundation, IFMR Trust, Citicorp Launch MFI-Focused Investment Bank

State-owned Telco BSNL Plans India’s Largest IPO To Raise $10 Billion
Inox To Invest Rs 100 Crore In Indiareit In Return For “Preferred Tenancy”
Inox To Invest Rs 100 Crore In Indiareit In Return For “Preferred Tenancy”

DE Shaw Invests $15 Million In Soham Renewable Energy
More Media Companies Follow BCCL With Private Treaty Divisions
New Vernon To Invest Rs 55 Crore For 9.5% Stake In Prime Securities

Power Finance Corp Joins Hands With Clear Trade For $1 Billion Fund
Nasscom-ICICI Knowledge Park’s $25 Million-Early Stage Fund Kicks Off
Evolvence India Life Sciences Fund Invests $30 Million In Gland Pharma

Clearstone Venture To Invest Rs 16 Crore In Elbee Express; More Deals
A Host Of Government Backed IPOs On Cards
PE-Backed Tecpro Makes Pre-IPO Placement of 5% To Credit Suisse, Kotak

Motilal Oswal Venture Capital Invests Rs 25 Crore In Domestic Focused Effort BPO
UK Asset Management Firm Somerset Picks Up 9% In Core Projects Parent
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NIIT signs deal to buy 48% stake in Evolv
ICICI ropes in global healthcare investor
Essar seals deal to buy 50% stake in Kenyan refinery

Goldman Sachs arm eyes up to 39% stake in M Pallonji
Koutons Retail to buy 51% of Upper Class
India tops with 160 PE fund houses, China has 115

India tops 2007 Asian private equity league
Pearl Fashions to acquire 75% in Hong Kong-based Simple Approach
Clear Investments , PFC to float $1 bn PE fund

Essar arm buys 49% in Kenya-based Econet Wireless
Nasscom, ICICI arm join for Rs 100-cr VC fund
Evolvence invests Rs 120 crore in Gland Pharma expansion
Red Fort launches $250 million domestic Fund



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Red Fort Capital Launches $250 Million Domestic Real Estate Fund
StanChart PE, Credit Suisse, DBS May Invest $140M In InterGlobe Arm
Kotak Mahindra Capital Forms Infrastructure Group; Hires Sanjay Sethi of IL&FS

Exclusive: Sequoia To Invest Rs 120 Cr In Former Indiabulls Execs Founded Unicon
EADS To Pick Up 24% In Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s Indian Aero Ventures For Rs 131 Cr
DE Shaw Picks Up 14% Stake In Delhi’s Security and Intelligence Services

Ramky Infrastructure Plans Pre-IPO Placement Worth Rs 50 Crore
ICICI Bank May List Four Subsidiaries: K V Kamath
Carlyle Invests $27.7 Million In State-Owned Repco Home Finance

Rupert Murdoch Rumoured To Be Eyeing Monster
Goldman Sachs Eyeing Stake In Mahindra Group: TV Report
Aztecsoft In Sale Talks With Mindtree?

ICICI Bank Breaks Silence On Subsidiaries; Want To Unlock Value
Broking Firm PINC Set To Raise Private Equity
Komli And PubMatic Get $7 Million From Nexus India, DFJ, Helion

SBI, ICICI Bank Pick Up 3% In Jaiprakash Power For Rs 400 Crore
Afcons Makes Up For Deferred IPO; To Rope In Credit Suisse As Investor
State Bank Picks Up 2% For Rs 80 Crore In Mahindra Holidays Pre-IPO

ICICI Venture Invests Rs 140 Crore In Pune’s Sahyadri Hospitals
Ranbaxy Group’s Fortis Financial Changes Business To IT, IT-Enabled
Tata To Revive Stock Broking Business; Future Group Also Plans Broking

Blackstone To Scale Down Investment In Ushodaya
HSBC Private Equity Invests $7.5 Million In Newgen Software
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Nexus, DFJ and Helion invested in Komli
PE major DE Shaw buys 14% stake in SIS
EADS acquires 24% stake in Indian Aero for Rs 131 cr

India’s first private equity fair to be held in Mumbai
Tecpro Sys sells 5% stake at Rs 240/sh in pre-IPO placement
Carlyle invests $27.7 mln in Repco Home

Standard Chartered, Credit Suisse & DBS to buy stake in InterGlobe Technology
Koutons Retail eyes 51% stake in Touchwood International
Private equity players step up ‘green’ investments

SBI, ICICI buy 3% in Jaiprakash Power Ventures
SBI picks up 2% stake in Mahindra Holidays
Silverline acquires Omega Direct Response

Temasek may buy 10% stake in Fortis
Red Fort Cap to launch Rs1,000 crore domestic fund
Gitanjali buys Nakshatra for Rs 100 crore


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Exclusive: StudyPlaces Secures $3 Million Funding From KPCB, Sherpalo, Info Edge
Motorola Acquires Indian-Founded Digital Music Company Soundbuzz

ICICI Securities May Be Listed
The Blackstone-Ushodaya Deal Mired In Politics

Emaar MGF IPO Still Awaits SEBI Nod
DaimlerChrysler To Pick Up 26% Stake In Sutlej Motors

Citigroup Venture, Reliance MF Make Big Gains From BGR Energy Listing
Jaiprakash Power To Raise PE Money Ahead Of $1 Billion IPO

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Dish TV sells 4.9% stake for Rs 2.5 bn
FIs pick up 10% in Piramal arm Peninsula Land

VC funding set to be billion dollar baby in 2008
VC funds to globalise further

Citigroup PE marks $1.8 bn for India investment in 2008
Advanta India acquires Unicorn Seeds

PE firm JC Flowers buys 36% in Sicom
Dish TV sells 4.9% stake to Indivision

ICICI venture firm acquires Alved Pharma
Essar Power may sell 10% to PE co General Atlantic

VC/PE funding doubles in 2007, touches $14 bn
BCCL picks up stake in Airex Logistics & Express



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Reliance Power IPO Mandate Makes JP Morgan Top Book Runner
Blackstone’s Gokaldas Open Offer Cleared By SEBI; To Open On Jan 9
Cyprus Fund Lakecrest To Invest $100M In Indian Hospitality, Tourism Sector

Gateway Rail Freight To Raise Rs 250-300 Crore; Kotak Is The Banker
TutorVista Plans To Raise $15 Million More To Bankroll India Expansion
ICICI Venture’s RFCL Acquires Godrej Diagnostics Arm And Alved Pharma

Tata Motors Declared Preferred Bidder For Jaguar, Land Rover Units
Contact Book Service Plaxo Up For Sale; Why Microsoft Should Buy It
NBC Universal Reportedly Buys 30% In NDTV’s UK Subsidiary

Chawla’s ‘94 Stake Buy In Catholic Syrian Bank Cleared; He Needs To Pare Holdings
PE-Backed Ramky Infrastructure Files For IPO
News Roundup: Alembic Buys Unit, Khandwala’s Retail Foray, Parsvanath’s Hotel Bet

Nirma Buys US Soda Ash Maker Searles Valley From Private Equity Owner
Lazard Plans $300 Million India Focused Private Equity Fund
Religare To Sell Stake In NBFC Arm To Private Equity Funds

Reliance Power To Price IPO At Rs 405-450; Largest Ever Issue To Open Jan 15-18
Kotak Mahindra Appoints Uday Bhansali As Investment Banking Head
Future Capital Fixes IPO Price Band At Rs 700-765; MCX Clarifies On IPO

Amit Burman’s Lite Bites, Jiggs Kalra In Foods JV
Anil Ambani Floats Tech Reliance For IT Foray; May Invest $2 Billion
Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Acquire 40% In PTC Financial For Rs 156 Crore

Indiabulls Swaps Hotel Property For 10% Stake In Gaming Company
Kotak PE To Invest $10 Million In Chandrababu Naidu’s Heritage Foods
M&A Roundup: HDFC Sells Stake In Life JV; Neolite Gets Austrian Partner

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Lazard to launch $300 mn private equity fund
Goldman, Macquaire to buy 20% each in PTC Financial
Kotak Venture buys into Heritage Foods



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NDTV Promoters Buy Back 7.73% From General Atlantic
Happy New Year! And A Thank You Note
Gateway Rail Freight To Raise Funds From Private Equity

Aksh Optifibre Plans To Raise $50 Million; Temptation Foods $200 Million
Coal Ventures International Seeks Global I-Bankers For M&A
Multicommodity Exchange of India Plans IPO
FDI In Retail In 3 Phases: Consumer Electronics, Sports Goods May Be First

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VCs gear up for more investments in 2008
3i India invests 101 mn dollar in Hyderabad based firm
PE funds set to play bigger role in `08

M&A wave likely to continue in ’08
Expect PE deals to have a blast this year
Experts forecast $20 bn investment in 2008 : ET

Austrian co to pick up 26% stake in Neolite
VC funds log out of IT firms



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Bharti Infratel Raises $1 Billion From Temasek, Goldman & Others
Analytics Firm eClerx To List On Monday; Expected Price Above Rs 400
UBS Calls Off Standard Chartered AMC Deal It Struck A Year Ago

DLF To List At Least Five Subsidiaries To Raise $5 Billion
ICICI Venture-Funded Metroplis Health To Buy Labs In India, Overseas
Future Capital IPO Cleared; Reliance Power Issue Getting Closer To Clearance

IDG Ventures, Erasmic Invest $3.5M In Medical Electronics Firm Perfint
PE-backed Time Technoplast Acquires Bahrain’s Gulf Powerbeat
Jobs: Financial Associate; TresVista Financial Services; Mumbai

Advani Hotels Sells Flight Catering Business To Switzerland’s Gate Gourmet
Spice Communications To Sell 875 Towers To Quipo
Blackstone’s Ushodaya Deal Yet To Be Cleared By Government

Nazara Set To Receive Second Round Funding Of $7 Million

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International investors to invest 1bln usd in Bharti Infratel
IDG, Erasmic invest $3.5mn in Perfint
DLF plans to raise $400 mn via PE route

VSNL sells 10% in Lankan arm
PE investors may acquire 15% in Nahar Retail for Rs 120 cr


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Warburg Pincus Buying Up Shares In Amtek India; UTI Ventures Sells In Moschip
Delhi’s IT Peripheral And Electronics Firm Intex Plans IPO Or Private Equity Placement
US-Based Venus Capital Plans India-Focused PE, Real Estate Products

GBN Gets Government Nod To Induct 26% FDI Worth Rs 500 Crore
Government Set To Simplify M&As; To Bypass High Courts For Merger Approval
State Bank of Mauritius Interested In A Stake In Centrum Capital

M&A Roundup: Wipro-Capgemini; LT Overseas Buys US Rice Firm; Guj NRE Coke Buys Aussie Mine
Info Edge To Raise Upto Rs 500 Crore; Raises FII Limit To 40%
Orient Global Invests $241 Million In India Infoline And Insurance Subsidiary

“Hotels Offer Higher Margins, While Airline Is Commoditised”
Retail M&A: Bharti Eyeing Big Apple; Pantaloon Buys Stake In MyDollarStore
Citigroup Venture Capital Plans To Flip Some Stake In Sharekhan

QVC Realty To Invest $200M In New, Existing Real Estate Projects
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Foreign funds acquire 7.5% in India Cements for Rs 592 cr
IDFC IDFC PE invested Rs. 260 Cr in Goodearth Maritime
Arab funds vie for India investment

Nashik Co-operative Bank acquired by Saraswat Bank
Japan's ITOH acquires 5% in Jayant Ago
Temasek leads 'PE'cking order

State Bank of Mauritius eyes stake in Centrum Capital
Funds to pick upto 15% stake in Dunlop
Orient Global to pick up 6.48% in India Infolline

Domestic M&A on the decline: Study
Future Capital picks up 28% in Sankalp Stores
Reliance Entertainment to sell 5%, eyes movie business

Reliance Capital's subsidiary invests in US firm Stoke Inc
Merrill May Buy Stake in India's Sharekhan
PE firms line up to buy teams in Indian Premier League



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Reliance Technology Ventures, Sequoia And Others Invest In Stoke
DQ Entertainment Raises $56M From AIM; M-Cap On Listing $97M
Nexus India Capital Buys Out eVenture’s Remaining Portfolio At Cost Price

Naukri Board Meets Today To Discuss Capital Raising; Puts In $500K In Education Portal
SBI, Coface Shortlisted For 52.5% Stake In Global Trade Finance
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IFCI Plans To Sell Stake In 100 Companies; Invites Merchant Bankers
IDFC Private Equity Invests $65 Million In Goodearth Maritime
Germany’s Hypo May Be Investing In Shriram Properties’ Projects

Kingfisher-Deccan Combine To Raise $250 Million; Post-Merger, Investor Interest To Go Up
Reliance Brands To Offer Private Equity To Apparel, Footwear, Lifestyle Companies
Tata Tea Eyeing $300-Million Buy In Europe

Ambit, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking To Partner For Cross-Border M&A
Kerala’s Manappuram Group Raises Rs 70 Crore From Sequoia, India Equity Partners
Share Transfer Agents Too Hot; SharePro In Talks With Australia’s Link Market

Swiss Firm EFG International Enters India With A 75% Stake In Stratcap Securities
Kingfisher, Deccan To Merge To Form The Largest Domestic Carrier
“Jasubhai Acquisition Was Self-funded; More Buys On The Anvil”

IFCI Shelves Strategic Sale; Consortium Wanted Management Control

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Kingfisher merger to create domestic giant
IDFC invests Rs 260 cr in Goodearth Maritime
Online portal Travelguru buys Desiya.com for $25 mn

California Software to acquire 49% of Inatech Infosolutions
Citi, GIC buy into Indian realty venture
Merrill Lynch picks up 12.74% in Resurgere Mines

CVCI Buys Stake in JBF Global Pte Ltd for USD125 Million
3D Solid Compression gets venture funding
Private equity firms invest $17 bn in India

Sequoia Capital IEP to invest in Manappuram
Australian co may buy controlling stake in Sharepro
EFG to acquire 75% of Stratcap Securities

UK’s 3i to invest $100 m in Soma Enterprise
Welspun India buys 76 pc stake in Portuguese bath rug major



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Lightspeed To Look At Non-Tech Businesses Too In India
Indiareit Fund Advisors Picks Up A 75% Stake In Hyderabad’s Amsri Group Project
IDG Ventures Invests In 3D Tech Company Incubated At Stanford, IISc
ICICI Venture, CVCI May Reportedly Pull Out Of Dr Reddy’s Perlecan Pharma

IFCI Venture Capital Plans €50 million Fund For Carbon Credit Sector; Needs Partner
Tech VC Firm Techfarm Ventures Buys Out Hyderabad’s IChip Technologies
CVCI’s “Pipeline”: Invests Additional $125 Million In JBF Industries
Boutique I-Banks No More Boutique; Avendus To Enter NBFC Biz

ACK Media Acquires Bangalore’s Quite Men Studios; To Acquire Career, Community Portals
Wadhawan Food Retail Plans IPO In 12 To 18 Months
Shapoorji Pallonji Sells 15% In Real Estate SPV To GIC, CVCI For $290M: Report
Media Focused Fund ComVentures Merges With Velocity Investment Group

Burrill Raising India Focused Life Sciences Fund Of $150-200M By Q1 ‘08
Pramath Sinha’s 9.9 Mediaworx Acquires Jasubhai Digital Media
Jai Balaji Industries Raises Rs 273 Crore From CVCI, India Equity Partners
Yash Birla Group Mulls IPO For Auto Component Businesses

Merrill Lynch International Buys 12.74% Stake In Resurgere Mines
FXLabs Acquires Sashi Chimala’s Online Gaming Company Knibble.com For $3M
Kubera Invests $17 Million In Ocimum Biosolutions; To Fund Gene Logic Buy
GBN Buys New Vernon’s 10% Stake In Jagran TV For Rs 20 Crore

M&A Round Up: Phoenix Lamps; Aegis BPO; India Glycols
B Seenaiah Raises $38.5M From L&T, IDFC, Lehman, Amansa Capital
Trichy’s Cethar Vessels To Raise $100M From PE Firms
Ford May Choose Tatas As Preferred Bidder For Jaguar, Land Rover

Yatra Capital’s Mid-Sized Property Safari; Latest Is €20M In Batanagar IT Project
ICICI Venture Exits Miditech In Favour Of Turner International
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India Glycols acquires Shakumbari Sugar
PE funds ready to bite into Monginis Foods
L&T, IDFC, Lehman buy 7% in B Seenaiah
End in sight for private equity's unfettered freedom


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Xilinx’s Corporate Venture Arm Looking For Investments In India
Tata Tele Plans To Sell 49% In Its Tower Biz
SIDBI Plans Asset Reconstruction Firm In Partnership With Banks
UTI Ventures-Funded Excelsoft To Raise Growth Capital

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GE sells 4% Genpact shares for $100 mn
PE majors queue up for slice of domestic brokerages
Jindal Drilling founders sell 10.5 pc to Citigroup
UTV buys controlling stake in Indiagames

ICICI, IL&FS, Kotak pick up 9.55% stake in MCX
Red Fort Capital to float domestic realty fund
Investment in PIPE deals crossed $1.7 billion till October
ISB unveils advanced PE course for execs

Sequoia, Singapore fund may invest in Excelsoft
Yatra picks up 50% in Batanagar IT project


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Three investors line up for equity stake in GoAir
Red Fort plans Rs 800 cr fund
Sage Capital plans private equity fund through joint venture
Ramky to unlock value of its entities that attracted investments from PE firms
IL&FS arm raises $578 mn for realty fund

Banks, FIIs buy 9% in GMR Infrastructure for $1 bn
L&T acquires 26% equity in Feedback Ventures
Italian co to acquire 60% in Nicco unit
Eton Park buys 5pct in India Reliance Capital unit
PEs eye stake in Bengal Faith Health Care

Bollywood finds PE as a new source of cash
IDG Ventures India invests $2.5 million in iViZ
Standard Chartered to invest $50 m in UTI Securities
TV18 acquires strategic control in Infomedia India

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TV18 Buys 40% Stake In Infomedia India For Rs 178 Crore; ICICI Venture Gets 4X
Eton Park Invests Rs 501 Crore In Reliance Capital Asset Management
IL&FS Investment Managers Announces First Closure Of Realty Fund At $578M
Mentor Partners Plans Its Own Fund Of $30-50 Million
GMR Infrastructure Raises $1 Billion Via QIP Issue From SBI, Canara Bank, Others

Oman PE Firm Al Anwar Holdings Buys 14.99% Stake In Almondz Securities
InLogistics Gets Funding From Sage Capital; The Fund Plans JV, Focus On SMEs
Jobs: Associate, TVS Shriram Growth Fund; Location: Chennai
Global Assets Holding Corporation’s Stake Sale To PE Funds Hits Security Hurdle
Citigroup Appoints Vikram Pandit As CEO; Win Bischoff Is Chairman

Goldman’s $24-Million Deal In Tejas Reportedly Valued The Firm At $625 Million
Lauris Capital Partners Forms $50 Million Micro Buyout Fund
Jobs: CIO - Private Equity; An Infrastructure Fund; Mumbai



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Romesh Wadhwani’s Symphony Technology Group Gets $1 Billion Capital Infusion
Kotak Mahindra Realty Fund To Invest $75 Million For 20% In IVR Prime
UAE’s Rakeen, Chennai’s Trimex In Hotel JV With UK’s Lotus Fund; Plans Real Estate Ventures Too

IFC To Repeat This Year’s $1B Investment In ‘08; But Cautiously Optimistic
IDFC PE To Raise Its Third Fund Of $600-700 Million By March ‘08
Springer’s Indian BPO Arm May Go To Buyout Funds

Rush To Tier II Cities: Yatra Capital Invests In An Agra Mall; Indore Hotel Seeks Funding
Essar Power To Raise $700M From PE Funds; Mandates SSKI: Report
Pahwa KBS Backs India-Focused Human Powered Search Engine Antya.com
Enam Ventures Into Carbon Credits; Ties Up With Sindicatum Carbon Capital

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IDFC PE to raise $600 million in third fund by March 2008
Private equity deals likely to rise sharply
Essar eyes 50% stake in Kenyan refinery
Volvo invests $350 mln in India truck tie-up

Indiabulls buys Piramyd Retail
CBDT reopens 400 PE, M&A deals
PE players eye township projects
Infosys makes $80 mn pitch for Aviva's BPO units

Tayals likely to cut BoR stake to 25%
3i picks up stake in Hyderabad firm for $101m
Goldman, Macquarie to pick up 20% each in PTC arm
Hindustan Unilever to sell Modern Foods to Switz Group

Yatra Capital invests euro 8.79 mn in two firms
Essar Power to divest 10% to PEs for $700 m
Reliance Technology Ventures invested into E-Band Communications


Indivision Capital bought the 4.9% stake in Dish TV more »
Al Anwar Holdings SAOG to pick stake in Almondz Global more »
India's House of Pearl Fashions buys 50 pct stake in UK's FX Imports more »
Kamat Hotels buys 60% stake in Concept Hospitality more »
IFC Considers Buying Up to 10% Stake in India's IFCI more »




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