Ajay Ramanathan
Finance
Kinara Capital gasps for breath as GNPA nears COVID level, AUM shrinks on firefighting
MSME-focused Kinara Capital has tightened its purse strings as the Gaja Capital-backed lender’s gross non-performing asset (GNPA) ratio neared the ......
Finance
Genuine stress in market, no signs of improvement yet: Indifi's Alok Mittal
ICICI Venture-backed Indifi currently does not see the need to raise funds. However, the reasons for this are not particularly positive. ......
Finance
Nuveen-backed FlexiLoans plans pre-IPO round, aims for $1 bn AUM
MSME-focused lender FlexiLoans, which earlier this year raised Rs 290 crore or $34.5 million in a series C round, plans to hit ......
Finance
BOBCaps' Sanjiv Saraff on IPO market, M&A activity in BFSI space, and more
BOB Capital Markets Ltd (BOBCaps), the investment banking arm of state-run Bank of Baroda, has benefited from the fundraising boom ......
Finance
PE-backed Ugro's founder on growth prospects, M&A opportunities and more
Ugro Capital, which counts Danish impact investor IFU and private equity firms ADV Partners, TPG NewQuest and Samena Capital as ......
Finance
Avenue Capital-backed Arcil's Mohapatra on growth drivers, consolidation and more
Avenue Capital-backed Asset Reconstruction Company (India) Ltd, or Arcil, has a plan in place to grow its business despite bad ......
Finance
Gaja Capital, Lok Capital back former HDFC exec's firm to buy mortgage lender
Private equity firm Gaja Capital and impact investor Lok Capital are backing a company set up by a former senior ......
Finance
Shubham Housing gears up for fresh PE fundraise to boost capitalisation
PremjiInvest-backed mortgage lender Shubham Housing Development Finance is in the process of raising fresh equity capital, in a move that ......
Finance
Spotlight: Can Warburg-backed insurer IndiaFirst pick up pace after deferring IPO plan?
IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd, which let regulatory approval to float an initial public offering lapse earlier this year, recorded ......
Consumer
HCL's Nadar inks deal to acquire education firm, values target at over 10x revenue
Billionaire Shiv Nadar, founder of IT services company HCL Technologies Ltd, has signed a deal to acquire an education services ......