Sreeja Biswas
General
Grapevine: Three firms make cut for Avendus; suitors line up for HUL ice-cream unit
Carlyle, Premji Invest, and Japan's Mizuho Financial Group are vying to acquire a controlling stake in Avendus Capital, currently owned by KKR, a media report ......
Healthcare
Bottomline: Will Sahyadri Hospitals get revenue boost from expansion?
Maharashtra’s largest hospital chain Sahyadri Hospitals, which is backed by Canada’s Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, posted a single-digit revenue ......
General
Grapevine: PhysicsWallah eyes fresh funding; Zepto, HDB Financial plan IPOs
PhysicsWallah is close to finalising a $150 million (nearly Rs 1,260 crore) funding round, led by Asian hedge fund Hornbill Orchid, ......
Healthcare
Did InvAscent beat the benchmark in exit from four-year-old pharma bet?
Healthcare-focussed private equity firm InvAscent, which is raising its fourth fund and has struck three new deals from the vehicle ......
General
Grapevine: Swiggy to focus on Instamart; US pension fund delegation in India
Swiggy will direct a large portion of the proceeds from its upcoming $1.25 billion (Rs 10,490 crore) initial public offering (IPO) ......
Healthcare
Kotak Alternate Asset raising third life sciences-focused PE fund
Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd, the alternative asset management arm of Kotak Mahindra Group, is raising capital for its third ......
Healthcare
What are 360 One-backed Hearzap's plans after recent acquisition?
Hearing care provider Hearzap, backed by 360 One Asset Management Ltd, the private equity and venture capital arm of 360 ......
General
Grapevine: KKR reworking BookMyShow deal; Race for Ayana Renewable in final lap
Private equity firm KKR is renegotiating its planned deal to invest in Reliance Industries-backed BookMyShow, India’s largest online ticketing platform, a ......
Healthcare
ChrysCap-backed Centre For Sight strikes another acquisition in bid to expand
Centre For Sight, an ophthalmology chain-backed by domestic private equity firm Chrys Capital, has acquired a majority stake in an ......
General
Grapevine: Blackstone JV plans IPO; Pernod Ricard may sell whisky brand
Ventive Hospitality, a joint venture between Blackstone Group and Panchshil Realty, plans to file a draft prospectus for an initial public offering ......