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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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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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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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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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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 ......
Manufacturing
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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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 ......
Finance
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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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 ......
Finance
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 ......