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14 August, 2023

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 ......

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14 August, 2023

Kuwait investment firm Asiya Capital wraps up over $100 mn India hotel deal

Asiya Capital Investments, a specialist investment firm based out of Kuwait that chases deals across private equity and real estate asset classes ......

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11 August, 2023

Nykaa's Q1 net profit growth slows year-on-year; EBITDA, topline rise

Online beauty and personal care (BPC) retailer Nykaa’s profit for the first quarter of FY23 slowed to 8% against 45.5% ......

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10 August, 2023

SoftBank-backed Ola Electric's FY22 loss spirals 4x

Cab aggregation unicorn Ola’s electric mobility arm, Ola Electric reported a four-fold rise in its net loss for the financial ......

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09 August, 2023

Exclusive: Springwel eyes majority stake in VC-backed D2C mattress startup

Mattress maker Springwel Mattresses Pvt. Ltd is evaluating acquisition of majority stake in a new-age startup in the category, which ......

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09 August, 2023

Battle of the brewers: How VC-funded and bootstrapped beer startups stack up

If you happened to find yourself in a bar in Delhi before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, you would have come ......

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09 August, 2023

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 ......

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08 August, 2023

PE firm Lighthouse scripting $150 mn portfolio exit

Growth equity investor Lighthouse Funds, the backer of companies such as Fabindia and Medikabazaar, has harvested almost its entire investment ......

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08 August, 2023

Pepperfry co-founder Ambareesh Murty dies at 51

Pepperfry co-founder and chief executive officer Ambareesh Murty died of a cardiac arrest in Leh, Ladakh on the night of ......

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08 August, 2023

WestBridge-backed Lead School doubles FY23 revenue, lays out takeover strategy

Edtech unicorn Lead School, which counts private equity firm WestBridge Capital and venture capital firm GSV Ventures among its investors, doubled its revenue in the financial year ended March 31, 2023 and continued ......