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Finance
BII aiming to back more specialist funds, make equity bets: India head Manav Bansal
British International Investment (BII), formerly CDC Group Plc, is looking to make more equity bets and increase focus on specialist funds as a limited partner (LP), its top India executive told ......
Finance
UK's BII to spur lending game in India with early bets after slow 2022
The UK government-backed development finance institution British International Investment (erstwhile CDC Group) is aiming to tap into India’s credit market, ......
Consumer
Lenskart looking to double overseas revenue, gearing up for acquisitions: CEO
Omnichannel eyewear unicorn Lenskart intends to double its international revenue and make several acquisitions after ending the fiscal year through ......
Manufacturing
Everstone scripts over $160-mn India portfolio exit
Everstone Capital, which has been on the road to raise its fourth sector agnostic private equity fund for over two years and ......
People
Lightbox partners going separate ways amid portfolio strategy spat
Three senior executives at homegrown venture capital firm Lightbox Ventures, which has backed several Indian companies like Truecaller, Rebel Foods, ......
Consumer
Veranda Learning kicks off fundraising talks, appoints bankers
Education-focused Veranda Learning Solutions Ltd has appointed two merchant bankers to initiate a fundraising process as it plans for mergers ......
Consumer
Exclusive: Sovereign fund, other investors may bankroll Narayana Group's PE exit plan
A sovereign wealth fund and a couple of other investors will likely fund education-focused Narayana Group’s plan to provide an ......
Manufacturing
Reshamandi in a soup over debt repayments amid fresh funding plans
Natural fibre supply chain startup Reshamandi is understood to be grappling with fundraising amid delayed debt repayments, in what may ......
Consumer
BanyanTree exit plan back on track as portfolio firm revives IPO
Mid-market-focused private equity firm BanyanTree Capital is looking to exit its seven-year-old investment in an automobile retailer as the company plans to refile documents for an initial public offering (IPO), three people aware of the development ......
Finance
Svatantra Microfin to buy Sachin Bansal's Chaitanya for $180 mn
In one of the biggest deals in India's microfinance industry, Ananya Birla-led Svatantra Microfin Pvt Ltd has agreed to acquire Chaitanya India Fin Credit ......