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TMT

21 June, 2019

Impact investor Ankur Capital bets on virtual assistance firm

Impact investment firm Ankur Capital has backed a business-to-business (B2B) startup that offers technology to power virtual assistants, a person ......

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TMT

20 June, 2019

Will Aavishkaar make any money from exiting e-commerce firm Jaypore?

Impact investment firm Aavishkaar Venture Management Services Ltd is set to strike an exit from its extensive portfolio after inking ......

Finance

19 June, 2019

IFC proposes to invest $30 mn in Indian School Finance Company

International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, has proposed to invest up to $30 million ......

Finance

03 June, 2019

Temasek floats PE fund for impact investments

Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Singaporean state investor Temasek Holdings, has set up an Asia-focussed private equity fund called ......

Finance

03 June, 2019

Acumen, Patni scions-backed Grameen Impact offer credit to skill development firms

Grameen Impact Investments India and Acumen India have launched a Rs 10 crore ($1.4 million) bond which will provide credit ......

Finance

06 May, 2019

Blackstone sets up impact investment platform, hires Goldman banker

Blackstone Group LP has formed an impact investing platform and recruited Goldman Sachs banker Tanya Barnes to head the new ......

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Finance

29 April, 2019

How Unitus Ventures' portfolio firms fared in 2018

Impact investment firm Unitus Ventures' portfolio firms continued to register healthy growth last year with contribution from across the sectors ......

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People

15 March, 2019

TPG Growth, Rise Fund chief resigns but also gets fired – and why it matters

A day after asking Bill McGlashan, founder and managing partner of TPG Growth and the co-founder and chief executive of ......

Finance

22 February, 2019

Former Abraaj exec Vettivetpillai quitting LGT's impact fund after short stint

Liechtenstein’s LGT Group, owned by the country’s ruling family, said its senior impact investment team were leaving the business unit ......

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Finance

05 February, 2019

Lok Capital tweaks timeline for new fund's first close

Impact venture capital firm Lok Capital is looking to make the first close for its fourth fund by September and ......