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01 April, 2024

Grapevine: Morgan Stanley PE, Multiples eye RG Stone stake; EDF to sell India assets

RG Stone, a chain of urology and laparoscopy hospitals in India, has initiated discussions with several private equity (PE) firms ......

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27 March, 2024

Grapevine: Actis, Sembcorp eye Brookfield assets; GIC, Blackstone property deal falls

Private equity firm Actis' renewable energy platform BluPine Energy and Sembcorp Industries Ltd are among those considering the acquisition of ......

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20 February, 2024

Grapevine: Byju's gets $300 mn rights issue commitment; Sony, Zee resume merger talks

Edtech firm Think and Learn, operating under the Byju’s brand, has received commitments totaling $300 million (Rs 2,489 crore) for ......

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15 February, 2024

Grapevine: RIL eyes stake in Tata Play; Warburg, Bain compete for Shriram Housing

Reliance Industries (RIL) is in talks to acquire a 29.8% stake in Tata Play from the Walt Disney Company, marking ......

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09 February, 2024

Actis taps LP for India financial services portfolio firm

An Indian non-banking finance company, fully owned by the UK-based Actis, is raising capital from an offshore institutional investor that ......

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10 January, 2024

Actis makes over $200-mn monetisation move from biggest India bet

Private equity firm Actis, which had a rather quiet 2023 in India after a hectic 2022 when it struck deals ......

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21 December, 2023

Actis taps Asian investor for climate fund with India mandate

The UK-based private equity firm Actis, which launched a fund in February to invest in climate transition opportunities across Asia, ......

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12 December, 2023

Grapevine: Reliance, Disney finalising deal terms; Actis joins race for road assets

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Walt Disney Co. are in the final stages of crafting a non-binding term sheet to ......

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Infrastructure

03 October, 2023

BluPine CEO on consolidation and why ‘obsession' with low solar, wind tariffs must end

The UK-based private equity firm Actis is building its third renewable energy platform in India, BluPine Energy, after setting up and selling Ostro Energy ......

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19 September, 2023

How Actis' BluPine differs from its previous two India green energy platforms

The UK-based private equity firm Actis is moving away from plain vanilla wind and solar power generation projects and will focus ......