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Edelweiss amasses $900 mn for third structured credit fund

Finance

19 October, 2020

Edelweiss amasses $900 mn for third structured credit fund

Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors Ltd has raised Rs 6,600 crore ($900 million) for its third structured credit fund, the unit ......

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Has World Bank arm IFC's exposure to India peaked out?

Finance

15 October, 2020

Has World Bank arm IFC's exposure to India peaked out?

International Finance Corporation’s exposure to India dropped during the year through June 2020 even though the South Asian nation continued ......

Paytm founder doubles investment in Roots Ventures' debut fund

Finance

14 October, 2020

Paytm founder doubles investment in Roots Ventures' debut fund

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma has doubled his investment in the debut fund of alternative asset management firm Roots Ventures. Japan ......

Fledgling PE firms falter as virus curbs in-person wooing

Finance

14 October, 2020

Fledgling PE firms falter as virus curbs in-person wooing

Private equity fund investors have been favoring established buyout firms over first-time managers in recent months, as the challenges of ......

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Marquee PE firm in talks to buy controlling stake in internet service provider ACT

TMT

13 October, 2020

Marquee PE firm in talks to buy controlling stake in internet service provider ACT

A global private equity firm is in control-deal talks with Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd (ACT), India’s largest non-telco internet service ......

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Nabard steps up LP bets, adds sector-agnostic fund to portfolio

Finance

09 October, 2020

Nabard steps up LP bets, adds sector-agnostic fund to portfolio

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) continued to increase its exposure to venture capital firms and added ......

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Kuwait's sovereign fund bets on ChrysCap-backed drugmaker

Healthcare

29 September, 2020

Kuwait's sovereign fund bets on ChrysCap-backed drugmaker

Kuwait Investment Authority has purchased stock in a pharmaceuticals company where homeomegrown private equity firm ChrysCapital had returned to invest ......

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Sabre Partners expands new fund's corpus after commitment from US limited partner

Finance

15 September, 2020

Sabre Partners expands new fund's corpus after commitment from US limited partner

India-focussed mid-market private equity firm Sabre Partners has expanded the size of its new fund as it got a quarter ......

Abu Dhabi fund Alpha Wave leads funding for e-commerce platform Foxy

TMT

14 September, 2020

Abu Dhabi fund Alpha Wave leads funding for e-commerce platform Foxy

EkAnek Networks Pvt Ltd, which operates personalised e-commerce platform Foxy, has raised Rs 40 crore ($5.44 million) in a Series ......

Inflexor marks first close of early-stage venture capital fund

Finance

08 September, 2020

Inflexor marks first close of early-stage venture capital fund

Inflexor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm, has marked the first close of a technology-focussed fund at Rs 230 crore ......