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Consumer

30 July, 2019

A tale of Café Coffee Day parent's PE backers and another that lent to VG Siddhartha

A decade ago, VG Siddhartha was the darling of the private equity community and had no trouble attracting investors for ......

Consumer

30 July, 2019

Cafe Coffee Day founder goes missing; pressure from PE firm, lenders seen as trigger

VG Siddhartha, who built India’s largest coffee retail chain under the Café Coffee Day brand, has gone missing and may ......

General

23 April, 2019

Piramal may sell stakes in Shriram entities; MT Educare seeks funding for online app

The Piramal Group, led by billionaire Ajay Piramal, is in early stages of discussions to sell its stakes in three ......

Consumer

14 November, 2018

KKR-backed Café Coffee Day parent may separate non-coffee biz

Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd, which operates the Café Coffee Day (CCD) coffee chain among other businesses, is considering splitting its ......

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Finance

23 July, 2018

NSR's Saxena, others float blank cheque firm for India M&A

Parag Saxena, a co-founder of Asia-focussed private equity firm New Silk Route (NSR), has floated a blank cheque firm with ......

TMT

29 May, 2018

RCom a step closer to completing asset sale as tower unit settles with PE backers

Industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications Ltd said on Tuesday unit Reliance Infratel Ltd has reached a settlement with its minority ......

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Consumer

16 May, 2018

AION Capital in talks for control deal in education services firm

Special situations private equity firm AION Capital, a joint venture of Apollo Global Management and ICICI Venture, is in talks ......

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Infrastructure

15 May, 2018

Peek at what Kiran Energy's PE backers got in the Hinduja deal

Private investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Rivendell (formerly New Silk Route) and Argonaut Ventures have struck a deal to exit Kiran ......

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Finance

12 April, 2018

How a decline at lower end of mid-market PE dealmaking is starving SMEs for funds

A mid-market private equity firm invested $10-15 million (Rs 65-100 crore) in two small and medium enterprises over the past ......

TMT

16 March, 2018

Zee Entertainment calls off deal to buy PE-backed 9X Media, INX Music

Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd has terminated a deal to acquire 9X Media Pvt. Ltd and its unit INX Music Pvt. ......