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TMT
SoftBank-backed Eruditus taps PE firms, sovereign funds for fresh capital
Higher education startup Eruditus has reached out to top private equity firms and sovereign wealth funds (SWF) to raise $100-150 ......
TMT
GlobalLogic acquiring Sidero to ramp up European business
GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group company, said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ireland-based software company Sidero Ltd. The acquisition will help GlobalLogic to ......
Infrastructure
How will PE investments in India's real estate sector play out in the near term?
The pace of investments by new foreign private equity firms in India’s real estate sector will likely remain tepid in ......
Infrastructure
How have InvITs fared in India as PE firms to PSUs join the bandwagon?
When IRB InvIT Fund, the country’s first infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), listed on the stock markets in May 2017, few Indians would have ever ......
Finance
Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers' names new Asia-Pacific head
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) said Tuesday it has appointed Bruce Crane as executive managing director and head of ......
Infrastructure
PE investors smell fresh opportunity in India's mired power sector
The Indian power sector has been beleaguered on both upstream and downstream sides for the last several years now, mainly ......
Finance
How was CPPIB's second partial exit from Kotak Mahindra Bank?
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has sold part of its stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank for the second time, as ......
TMT
Byju's plans to take Aakash public next year
Edtech decacorn Byju’s is planning to take its wholly-owned test prep unit Aakash Educational Services Ltd public by mid-next year. Byju’s, ......
Finance
CPPIB's India exposure tops C$20 bn, doubles in three years
Canada Pension Investment Plan Board (CPPIB) increased its net assets in India by 11% in the fiscal year through March 2023, ......
TMT
Eruditus' Damera on scrapping $350 mn funding, breaking even and more
The past few months have seen edtech companies shift focus towards profitability, rationalization of spending, slowing growth projections, and a ......