Flashback 2019
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Flashback 2019: B2B startups, second-time founders and IT deals hog tech limelight
Business-to-business (B2B) technology companies focused on small and medium enterprises got the most attention from private investors this year while ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: How venture capital dealmaking across stages fared in India
Venture investments beat the pangs of an economic slowdown this year, led by a welcome uptick in early-stage transactions, but ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: PE firms scoop up assets of distressed firms in pre-bankruptcy stage
Blackstone Group Inc., Warburg Pincus and several other private equity firms in India sniffed investment opportunities this year across debt-laden ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: Bank mergers, NBFC woes, PE deals keep financial sector in spotlight
India’s banking, financial services and insurance sector went through a roller coaster ride in 2019, as the government launched a ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: VCs snag record sum as PE firms toil hard to cross finish line
Global and domestic Limited Partners (LPs), or institutional investors and affluent individuals, pumped a record amount of money into India-focused ......
Infrastructure
Flashback 2019: Big PE deals mark otherwise rough year for infrastructure sector
After a lacklustre 2018, the Indian infrastructure sector would have hoped for a turnaround in its fortunes this year. But ......
Finance
Flashback 2019: Stressed assets remain in focus on rising bankruptcies, new challenges
When everything else fails, pray. At least that’s what State Bank of India chairman Rajnish Kumar seems to believe. “Every morning ......
Markets
Disruptive decade: Ten things the teen years brought world markets
The 21st century's teen years, bookended by a financial crisis at the start and the fintech revolution at the end, ......
Healthcare
Flashback 2019: Single-specialty, regional hospitals steal the thunder in healthcare
A strong revival of investor interest in eye-care clinics, big-ticket deals in the dialysis, fertility and oncology segments and a ......
Consumer
Flashback 2019: Consumer sentiment slumps but foreign investors make bold bets
Indian consumer-focussed companies braced for a deep slowdown as rising inflation, high unemployment and falling economic growth damped people’s sentiment ......