Ashish Dhawan

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23 October, 2024

Grapevine: Acko General Insurance, Udaan, NLC India, Jio Financial in news

Some investors in Acko General Insurance may monetise their stake through a secondary round, while Udaan is in discussions for ......

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18 August, 2022

Ashish Dhawan joins Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on its board of trustees

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Thursday announced that it has appointed Ashish Dhawan, founder and chief executive officer of ......

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02 October, 2021

Ajay Relan, doyen of Indian Private Equity, is no more

Ajay Relan, one of the pioneers of private equity investing in India, died late Friday night.  An alumni of IIM-Ahmedabad, 67-year-old ......

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20 September, 2018

Blackstone makes cash offer for PNB unit; Tatas, India Power bid for Odisha discom

Out of 20 suitors, private equity giant Blackstone has emerged as the only entity to make an all-cash offer to ......

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28 August, 2018

Lightspeed India, PE veteran invest in fintech startup

Venture capital firm Lightspeed India Partners and a private equity veteran who co-founded a domestic fund have invested in a ......

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28 December, 2015

Ashish Dhawan on future of ed-tech, Khan Academy partnership

Open access online educator Khan Academy in partnership with Ashish Dhawan's education-focused venture philanthropy fund and policy think-tank Central Square ......

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09 April, 2014

Ashoka University seeks to raise around $67M

Ashoka University, an independent non-profit private university, established by a group of high profile new age entrepreneurs and corporate executives ......

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24 December, 2013

Ashish Dhawan's advice to LPs: Don't time your market in India, stay invested

Ashish Dhawan is not a private equity investor anymore. The co-founder of ChrysCapital, an Indian private equity firm with over ......

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12 August, 2013

Four Soft sells core IT business to UK-based Kewill Group for $43.4M

Hyderabad-headquartered Four Soft Ltd, a software solutions provider for transportation and logistics industry, has entered into an agreement to sell ......

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31 October, 2012

ChrysCapital's Gulpreet Kohli says it's business as usual post Ashish Dhawan

ChrysCapital, arguably India's most successful private equity firm, has been synonymous with Ashish Dhawan, a Harvard graduate who co-founded the ......