PE,VC news

Yes Bank's Billion Dollar PE Plans Unveiled
Sahara Arm Exits NBFC Business; To Shift To Real Estate Activities
ICICI Venture, Providence In Joint Bid For Firstsource: Report
Reliance ADAG Acquires Stake In Forex Company Wall Street Finance
TPG To Invest $120M In Shriram Group's Consumer Finance Arm

NHPC To Hit The Public Markets Around Diwali
QAI India Buys Out Parent Company In USA
SAP Ventures Invests In Software Product Co Newgen Software
Fortis Launches $565M Clean Energy Fund; India On Radar
Dewan Housing To Raise $250 Million Realty Fund

Anil Ambani's Deal With Spielberg Stuck Over Debt Financing
Battery Ventures Makes Ramneek Gupta Partner; To Open India Office
Hedge Fund Platinum Capital Management May Open A Shop In India
CLSA Launches Long Only Clean Water Asia Fund
GVFL-backed 20 Micron Files DRHP For Public Offering

Norway's Telenor Close To Getting Stake in Unitech Wireless: Report
S Kumars Close To Acquiring Italian Shirt Co For Euro 75 Million
Rural Financial Inclusion Firm A. Little. World. Raises $6.5 Million
IFCI Venture Capital Invests $4.6M In Marck Biosciences
Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round From NEA IndoUS, Others

Ojas Venture Partners Invests In Mobile Tech Firm Mango
SAP Ventures Invests In Software Product Co Newgen Software
Fortis Launches $565M Clean Energy Fund; India On Radar
Dewan Housing To Raise $250 Million Realty Fund
Texas Pacific Raises New $30 Billion Fund; $4 Billion For Asia Fund

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Brushman India to acquire stake in Snowcem Paint
PE players develop a liking for healthcare providers
Providence, ICICI arm in joint bid for Firstsource
TPG to invest Rs 530 cr in Shriram's finance arm
Anil Ambani sets his sights on buying Everton

QAI India buys out US parent
Roots to offload 20% equity to private equity funds
Raj Television eyes print, plans stake sale to PE
INX to mop up Rs 600 cr by selling stake
Dewan Housing arm lines up $250 million real estate fund

SAP Ventures buys minority stake in Newgen Tech for Rs 10cr
Bharti Airtel launches $44 mn venture fund
PE funds: real estate developers find performance pays
Capital crunch, valuations may hit PE funding in infrastructure
Etisalat close to buying 51% stake in Swan Tele



Source:Vccircle.com, IndiaPE.com

PE,VC updates

Advertorial: ISB's Private Equity Conference Today
Nimbus Communications Will Sell 26% Stake To Strategic Investors
News Roundup: Israel's Fishman and Dubai Ports Group eye Indian realty
Bobby Bedi To Tap AIM Or PE Funds For Kaleidoscope

IFCI Venture Capital Invests $4.6M In Marck Biosciences
Seventymm Raises $12 Million In Third Round From NEA Indo US Ventures
Ojas Venture Partners Invests In Mobile Tech Firm Mango
Matrix Partners Invests $7 Million In Mumbai Play School Tree House

Tata Power Picks Up 10% Stake In Australian Geothermal Co For $37.8M
News Roundup: Japan's Uniqlo eyes brands acqusitions in India & others
Coke Offers To Buy Chinese Juice Maker For $2.4B, Is India Next?
Aditya Birla's Open Offer For Apollo Sindhoori Shareholders At Rs 64

Hedge Fund Platinum Capital Management May Open A Shop In India
CLSA Launches Long Only Clean Water Asia Fund
GVFL-backed 20 Micron Files DRHP For Public Offering
Global Investment House Launches India Focused Long/Short Hedge Fund

SEBI Wants M&A Valuation To Be Disclosed To Shareholders
Bhave Wants To Up Single Shareholding Cap In Bourses To 15%
Manappuram Group Raises Second Round Of Funding From PE Investors
Warburg Pincus To Pick Up 30% Stake For $35M In Gangavaram Port
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Adlabs may buy Fame India ?
Sebi suggests 15% stake for strategic investors in SEs
BCCL picks up stake in Manhattan Communications
ARTHANOMICS 2008,Investment Banking and Private Equity Summit,6th and 7th of September 2008
PCCPL acquired stake in Parul Chemicals

BAE Systems awaits govt nod to pick 49% stake in Mahindras
Jai Corp raised Rs 5,686 cr through two VC funds
India-focused PE funds set to raise $5 bn by Dec
Pressmart Gets $6 Million VC Infusion for Expansion

Warburg Pincus buys 30% stake in new port in Andhra Pradesh
PE Funds infuse Rs 108 crore in Manappuram Group
Tata Power to buy 11% in Aussie company
PE Funds to acquire BT's stake in Tech Mahindra

Premji buys 10% Subhiksha stake
Global Investors invested Rs 411 crore in Moser Baer's solar photo voltaic business


Source:IndiaPE.com, VCCircle.com

PE, VC news

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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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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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