WestBridge Capital

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09 June, 2020

With virus set to stretch exit period, a look at PE firms with oldest portfolios

The coronavirus pandemic has not only made private equity investors more cautious in deploying fresh capital but has also raised ......

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27 May, 2020

WestBridge sells bulk of its stake in tableware maker, escapes haircut

Mid-market private equity firm WestBridge Capital narrowly escaped taking a haircut on its six-year-old investment in a tableware maker after ......

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18 May, 2020

WestBridge partially exits PIPE portfolio firm with benchmark returns

WestBridge Capital, a mid-market private equity and public markets-focused investment firm, has sold a fourth of its stake in a ......

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30 March, 2020

PE firms' recent PIPE deals in a rabbit hole as coronavirus pandemic jolts valuations

In November 2007, two months before the Indian market peaked out with the weight of the subprime loans crisis in ......

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17 March, 2020

How the rupee's slide after the virus outbreak may hurt PE, VC firms

Ever since the coronavirus outbreak became a global pandemic, world markets have been in turmoil. The pandemic, which has already ......

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06 March, 2020

Yes Bank: Sweet bet for several PE firms before WestBridge's contrarian play went bust

‘Never catch a falling knife’ is a colloquial term widely and frequently used in the investment world when the price ......

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03 February, 2020

WestBridge scores benchmark returns by exiting consumer firm

Homegrown private equity firm WestBridge Capital has generated benchmark returns by selling a stake in one of its consumer-facing portfolio ......

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29 January, 2020

WestBridge makes top-up investment in rare $100 mn-plus bet on a single firm

WestBridge Capital, a mid-market private equity firm that has a large public markets portfolio, has reinvested in a listed company ......

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16 January, 2020

Advent completes second PIPE deal in India with $130 mn bet

US-based private equity firm Advent International has completed its second transaction in a publicly listed company in India with an ......

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10 January, 2020

PE/VC exit returns in 2019 a tad below par but match top-performing mutual funds

A handful of private equity and venture capital firms in India may have struck gold by fully exiting their investments ......