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Private equities eye big pie in small enterprises

With an immense thirst for growth capital emerging from the rapidly growing small and medium enterprises (SME) sector, private equity (PE) players are now studying opportunities to invest in the same.

Says Kapil Kaul, associate vice-president, Duke Equity Partners, “SMEs … […]

Angel to sell 25% stake to PE firms

Angel Broking, the Mumbai-based retail brokerage, is planning to sell 25 per cent stake to private equity players to raise Rs 250 crore to fund its expansion. […]

Adlabs Films picks up Rave Cinemas

Adlabs Films, the Indian production, laboratories and hardtops group, has acquired fledgling multiplex operator Rave Cinemas.

Takeover gives Adlabs, which is part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-controlled Reliance industrial conglom, presence in the wealthy Uttar Pradesh region, which counts for … […]

Citi, TPG place bids for 40% stake in Sharekhan

Private equity fund Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and global financial services major Citigroup have put in their bids to acquire nearly 40 per cent stake held by the promoters in Sharekhan. The bids peg the valuation of the retail brokerage … […]

PE investment doubles

Private equity (PE) is pouring into India, with investments nearly doubling to $2.5 billion during January-March 2007, riding high on six to seven mega deals during the period. In the corresponding period last year, PE investments totalled $1.27 billion. […]

Destination India: Pvt equity cos betting big

Enticed by an expanding economy and fast rising consumerism, global private equity firms and financial services companies are going all out to increase their presence in India. Firms which have recently made moves to affirm their interest in Asia’s third … […]

Sidbi plans to launch private equity fund

The Rs 100-cr fund will invest in small-, mid-sized firms. The Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi), the state-run lender to the small-scale sector, is planning to launch a Rs100-crore private equity fund, which will invest in small- and medium-sized companies. A Sidbi official said they would be essentially looking at companies going in for public offers. […]

Private equity investors to invest in Future Media

Kishore Biyani's Future Group is understood to be in advanced talks with private equity investors to invest in Future Media, the division that caters to developing its retail space and malls as a media vehicle and aims to tap the … […]