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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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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
Latest Jobs On DealJobs.net

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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Citigroup Venture Capital Invests Rs 130 Crore In BGR Energy Systems Pre-IPO
IDG Ventures Puts In $2.5 Million In Network Security Startup iViZ
Istithmar, Sindicatum To Raise $600 Million Cleantech Fund; To Invest In India Too

Biyani Meets Chandra: Indivision Invests Rs 250 Crore For 4.9% In Dish TV
ICICI Venture, ICICI Bank To Raise $8 Billion For Private Equity Investments
Kanwal Rekhi’s Inventus Capital Partners Ready To Kick Off

Japan’s Mizuho Corporate Bank Eyes Indian Leveraged Buyout Market
Life Sciences VC MPM Capital To Start Making Investments In Six Months
Citigroup Venture Capital Invests $25 Million In Shiv-Vani Oil & Gas

Exclusive: Blackstone To Invest $50 Million In Pipavav Shipyard
Jobs: Product Manager, Four Interactive, Bangalore

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Axon Infotech acquires 51% stake of Quasar Innovations
Ybrant buys Israeli firm for $13 mn
Jacob Cap, JM Fin eye 10% in Sayaji Hotels
Global PE investors to increase exposure to Indian market

Intelenet buys two companies from Blackstone for USD 75 mn
Indiareit to raise Rs 4,500 cr
BGR raises Rs 190cr from Citi VC, Reliance MF
Rapaport Buys 50% Stake in Indian Magazine




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IPO-Bound Ybrant Gets $20M From Sansar Capital; Acquires Israel’s Oridian For $13M
India Hospitality Corp. Gets Fresh $75 Million From Navis, Hayground Cove
Sterlite Energy To Raise $1 Billion From Funds In A Pre-IPO Transaction
Reliance Technology Ventures Leads Series B Round In US-based E-Band

Indivision Acquires 70% In Indian-Owned Canadian Cosmetics Firm Faces
Apnaloan.com In Talks To Raise $15 Million Funding
Indivision To Invest Rs 100 Crore For 13% Stake in Interarch Building Products
France’s Ipsos Acquires 75% In Indian Market Research Firm Indica Research

IFC May Buy Stake In IFCI; Will That Add Spice To Strategic Stake Sale?
Airworks Gets Funding From Global Technology Investment, Punj Lloyd
Kuwait’s Global Raises $500 Million Buyout Fund; To Buy Companies In India Too

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Intelenet buys two companies from Blackstone for USD 75 mn
Indiareit to raise Rs 4,500 cr
BGR raises Rs 190cr from Citi VC, Reliance MF
Rapaport Buys 50% Stake in Indian Magazine

Network 18 arm closes 4 deals, eyes growth firms
Future picks up 70% stake in canada’s faces
Phoenix swaps stake, pays Rs 80 cr for 60% in Big Apple
Future PE arm buys into Interarch

PE firms in clinical research race
Apnaloan in talks to raise $15 mn VC funds
3i Infotech acquires Linear Financial
Private Equity, public returns

ICICI Venture to set up healthcare holding co
Venture Capital Investment in India reached $777 Million in 2007



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Sandalwood Capital To Focus On Growth Stage, Swell Funds To $500M
Real Estate Roundup: Rutley Capital, Red Fort Capital, Tanmiyat Group, Accor
Sequoia Capital Invests $25 Million In GVK Biosciences
Orient Global Invests $76.7 Million In India Infoline’s Consumer Finance Biz

E-Governance Company Comat Raises Rs 25 Cr In Series B From Avigo
Exclusive: Blue River, Goldman To Invest $100 Million In India Infoline Arm
UTI AMC Stake Sale To Gather Momentum
Balaji Motion Pictures In Capital Raising Mode

IFC Buys 18% In Angel Broking For Rs 152 Cr; Goldman, Macquarie In Deal With PFS


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PE player Sequoia invests Rs 100cr in GVK Bio
Deloitte survey says private equity short-term outlook cools
Orient Global buys 22.5% stake in India Infoline`s arm
Reliance Entertainment acquires Anirights Infomedia

Balaji may offload 15% in motion pictures arm
India Info to sell 26% stake in arm for $100 mn
Lehman, IL&FS look to buy 10pc in Ramky arm
25 foreign investors line up for UTI AMC stake

Allahabad Bank eyes stake in African bank
Reliance Seeks to Sell Further Stake in Towers Subsidiary



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