Ajay Ramanathan

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19 November, 2024

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 ......

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18 November, 2024

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. ......

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14 November, 2024

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 ......

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08 November, 2024

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 ......

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04 November, 2024

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 ......

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28 October, 2024

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 ......

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17 October, 2024

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 ......

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17 October, 2024

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 ......

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10 October, 2024

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 ......

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Consumer

08 October, 2024

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 ......