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29 December, 2023

Deals Digest: 2023 ends on a sombre note as funding activity slows in last week

Private equity and venture capital deal flow continued to drop with the year coming to an end, as deal value ......

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28 December, 2023

SoftBank, TPG, PremjiInvest, NewQuest to make partial exit in FirstCry IPO

Japanese tech investor SoftBank and several other private equity-style investors will sell part of their stakes in FirstCry as part ......

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20 December, 2023

Grapevine: Bain, KKR, CPPIB eye new deals; Advent moves ahead with twin exits

Bain Capital Private equity player Bain Capital, which recently raked in $448 million after offloading 1.1% stake in private lender Axis ......

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08 December, 2023

SoftBank wraps up $375 mn India exit with a profit

Japanese technology investment goliath SoftBank, which has been on a spree to harvest money from its India portfolio, has completed ......

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17 November, 2023

SoftBank logs another sub-par exit move in India

Japanese technology investment giant SoftBank, which has been on a harvest spree in India having divested shares of Paytm, FirstCry, ......

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29 August, 2023

Grapevine: FirstCry co-founder faces tax probe; Piramal to invest in PE, VC funds

The income tax department is investigating an alleged tax evasion by FirstCry co-founder Supam Maheshwari, a media report said.  The department has sent notices ......

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23 August, 2023

Softbank offloads minor stake in FirstCry ahead of IPO

Japan’s SoftBank, a big-ticket private equity investor in India, has sold shares of Brainbees Solutions Pvt. Ltd, which operates kids-focussed ......

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21 August, 2023

Grapevine: SoftBank sells stake in IPO-bound firm; Byju's fires more staff

Japan’s SoftBank Group has sold its stake in an IPO-bound e-commerce firm, a media report said. Three Indian family investment offices ......

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14 August, 2023

Grapevine: Blackstone in race for hospital chain; Ranjan Pai eyes e-commerce bet

Private equity major Blackstone, which is stitching a rare healthcare services deal in India, is in the fray to snap up another hospital chain, a media report said.  Blackstone is seeking ......

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21 June, 2023

Exclusive: ChrysCap eyes second consumer sector investment in less than a week

Less than a week after homegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital invested $100 million in direct-to-consumer (D2C) eyewear unicorn Lenskart in ......