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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11 November, 2024

Goldman Sachs-backed InsuranceDekho makes three top-level appointments

Insurtech platform InsuranceDekho, which is backed by the likes of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and TVS Capital Funds, Monday announced ......

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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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06 November, 2024

Spotlight: Can Lendingkart turn around with Temasek's Fullerton at the helm?

In March this year, Fullerton Financial Holdings sold its remaining stake in an Indian non-bank lender that it previously fully ......

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05 November, 2024

How Xponentia, two offshore VCs gain as Easy Home Finance gets new backers

Indian mid-market private equity firm Xponentia Capital Partners and two international venture capital firms are sitting on a neat upside ......

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04 November, 2024

True North to score spectacular returns from financial services bet

Homegrown private equity firm True North has managed to strike the right notes with a financial services company that it ......

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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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30 October, 2024

Andhra's Kanakadurga Finance eyeing up to $15 mn in fresh funding

Andhra-based Kanakadurga Finance is in talks with private equity investors to raise Rs 100-125 crore (around $11.9-14.9 million) in equity ......