Flashback 2019

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TMT

27 December, 2019

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 ......

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Finance

27 December, 2019

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 ......

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Finance

26 December, 2019

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 ......

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Finance

26 December, 2019

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 ......

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Finance

26 December, 2019

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 ......

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Infrastructure

26 December, 2019

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 ......

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Finance

24 December, 2019

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

24 December, 2019

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, ......

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Healthcare

24 December, 2019

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 ......

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Consumer

24 December, 2019

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 ......