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08 November, 2024

Deals Digest: Funding value subdued after festival break, but volume remains strong

Investments by private equity and venture capital firms were muted for the week after Diwali. This week’s funding values have been compared ......

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17 September, 2024

Grapevine: Nomura joins race for Avendus; Adani Wilmar owners to pare stake

Nomura, Japan's largest investment bank, has entered the race to acquire Indian investment bank Avendus, shifting from its role as an ......

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13 August, 2024

Grapevine: PE-backed firms eye Sharp Sight; Bain Capital enters race for HealthCare Global

The founders of Sharp Sight Eye Hospitals are in talks to sell a controlling stake in a move that would allow private ......

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25 April, 2024

Grapevine: Temasek may top up Lenskart bet; Macquarie drops Vibrant Energy sale plan

Singapore's Temasek and US-based Fidelity are nearing a $200-million investment in Lenskart through a secondary share sale, valuing the eyewear company at about $5 billion, a ......

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09 April, 2024

Grapevine: Avendus raising new PE fund; Veritas picks bankers for IPO

Mumbai-based investment bank Avendus is seeking to raise about $300 million for its third private equity fund, a media report ......

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Manufacturing

18 March, 2024

Advent International looks to stitch secondaries deal to exit packaging firm

Global private equity firm Advent International, which is reportedly increasing its share of corpus to deploy in India for striking ......

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07 March, 2024

Grapevine: Samara struggles to sell More Retail stake; Morgan Stanley PE mulls an exit

Private equity firm Samara Capital has received a tepid response so far for a 20% stake sale in More Retail with potential ......

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26 February, 2024

Avendus' Prateek Jhawar on dealmaking trends, family offices' interest in real assets and more

Mumbai-based Avendus Capital was among the top investment banks in India during 2023 for both private equity and merger and ......

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23 February, 2024

Grapevine: KKR to deploy bulk of infra fund in India, Hero Future eyes pre-IPO funding

Global investment giant KKR is directing a significant portion of its newly-raised $6.4 billion pan-Asian infrastructure fund towards India, a ......

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08 February, 2024

Why Avendus is expanding its investment focus on manufacturing sector

Avendus Future Leaders Fund, the late-stage investment arm of financial services firm Avendus, is expanding the list of sectors it ......