Ankit Agarwal
Finance
Monthly Deals Wrap: Private equity dealmaking slumps over 60% in May
May saw the addition of two more unicorns – Zeta and Moglix – to the growing pool of India-born startups ......
Finance
Weekly Deals Wrap: Total value plunges from peak but Tata arrests the fall
Dealmaking during the last week of May plunged more than half in value from the dizzying heights of the previous ......
TMT
In Charts: Education sector deals driven by the 'missing middle'
Investor backed unicorns and other well-funded education startups have fuelled over three dozen mergers and acquisition deals since January 2020, ......
General
Grapevine: Tatas in talks to buy Cult.fit; InVideo, Locus to raise funding
The Tata group is in discussions to acquire fitness startup Cult.fit, people told The Economic Times. The startup’s co-founder Mukesh Bansal ......
Finance
In Charts: How the Alternative Investment Funds regime has shape-shifted this year
The ministry of finance and the capital markets regulator Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have both proposed multiple changes ......
Finance
Late-stage funding bounces back from 2020 flop to soar past pre-pandemic point
Late-stage dealmaking volumes and value have spiked this year after falling in 2020 when the pandemic started, shows a VCCircle ......
General
Grapevine: Keppel eyes Warburg stake in CleanMax; Ninjacart raises funds from backer
Singaporean conglomerate Keppel Corp is among suitors for Warburg Pincus’s majority stake in rooftop solar power producer CleanMax Enviro Energy ......
Finance
Weekly Deals Wrap: Adani catapults total value way past April's dizzying heights
Dealmaking gave birth to a unicorn and surged to new heights this week as $4.28 billion changed hands across venture ......
Markets
Private equity-backed firms won't stop partying in IPO markets anytime soon
Firms backed by private equity played a meaty role in the huge IPO rush seen this year and there’s no ......
Finance
Virus hits mid-stage funding volumes even as investors boast bigger cheques
Mid-stage dealmaking volumes fell in virus-hit years even as investors sent out bigger cheques for Series B and C rounds, ......