British International Investment

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Finance

01 April, 2024

Why Dutch PE firm XSML Capital is limiting equity exposure in African deals

XSML Capital, an Africa-focused Dutch private equity firm, that backs small- and mid-sized businesses across Central and Eastern Africa, is ......

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Consumer

11 January, 2024

Akshayakalpa Organic taps new growth-stage investor as early backer exits

Akshayakalpa Farms and Foods Pvt. Ltd is adding a growth-stage investment firm to its cap table as part of a ......

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TMT

26 December, 2023

How to read the warning signs of governance risks in a startup

Three years ago, Inflection Point Ventures (IPV), an angel investing platform that now runs a VC fund, intended to back ......

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TMT

19 December, 2023

PE, VC funds set to invest in Cipla-backed GoApptiv

Digital healthcare startup GoApptiv Pvt. Ltd, which counts Cipla and HealthQuad as its existing investors, is all set to raise ......

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Consumer

22 November, 2023

Singapore agri firm Valency set to get over $100 mn tag in equity round

Valency International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered farm commodity and agricultural inputs company that focuses on Africa and India as its ......

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Infrastructure

08 November, 2023

UK's BII part-exits Indian logistics firm as Exor fund ups exposure

British International Investment (BII) has made a partial exit from an Indian logistics company in a deal that allows a ......

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Finance

08 September, 2023

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 ......

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Finance

04 September, 2023

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, ......

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Finance

01 August, 2023

BII's LP bets in India slowed last year but one deal pushed direct investments higher

British International Investment (BII) slowed the pace of its limited partner-style bets on India-focused venture capital and private equity funds ......

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Infrastructure

21 July, 2023

Bottomline: NIIF-backed Ayana Renewable swings to profit as capacity, revenue climb

Ayana Renewable Power Pvt. Ltd, the green energy company majority owned by the government-backed National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), ......