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Sidbi Venture Capital is planning to launch a Rs 1,000 crore fund focussed on small and medium enterprises. Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) chairman and managing director R M Malla told Business Standard that the sponsors were in talks with other players to set up the fund. “We are trying for 60 per cent domestic participation,” he said. Sidbi Venture Capital Chief Executive Officer Ajay Kumar Kapur said the proposed fund — likely to be called India Opportunities Fund and operational over the next few months — will focus on auto components, food processing and agri products. He, however, refused to disclose details about potential partners, saying discussions were still underway. Kapur said the fund will announce an investment in a clean technology company by the end of July and may also put money into two manufacturing companies. The India Opportunities Fund will invest in medium scale enterprises and those that graduate beyond this stage, besides small scale units, Malla said. […]
The private equity arm of the diversified Aditya Birla group has acquired a 25% stake in V Mart Retail, a value-retailer owned by the New Delhi-based Lalit Agarwal. The investment is estimated to be in the range of Rs 60-70 crore. V Mart Retail chairman Lalit Agarwal confirmed the development to ET but did not disclose the size of the investment. He said: “We needed the business expertise of the Aditya Birla group. We wish to extend our value for money retailing business in a truly Indian way across the country. We are planning to open 100 stores over next two years. We would implement the Birla group’s strategies on merchandising, logistics and store planning.” The company had reported a turnover of Rs 100 crore last year and targets to achieve a 50% growth in topline this year. The four-year old company has been growing at 40% annually and is expected to continue this trend in next four-five years, said sources close to the company. The format of V Mart can be compared with Big Bazaar, Vishal Mega Mart and Truemart. […]
The buzz over a possible overseas acquisition by India’s largest private sector banking major ICICI Bank is growing, with senior bank officials stating that the bank is being presented with several opportunities across the globe. The move comes at a time when most of the bigger global players have been hit by massive write-downs and losses of over $400 billion, which have led to sharp erosion of market cap of most players. Bankers feel that the situation is likely to continue in the near future too. Indian banks like ICICI Bank and State Bank of India have till date done only small acquisitions compared with large-scale acquisitions by Indian corporates, especially the Tata Group. Speaking to ET, ICICI Bank joint MD Chanda Kochhar said, “At this point of time, there are opportunities coming our way. We are not actively going out to look at these opportunities. However, at this point, there is nothing specific that we are looking at. To most of the opportunities, we are saying ‘no’.” She added, “We are getting these opportunities from everywhere.” ICICI Bank currently has operations in 18 countries across the globe. The bank has a total asset of Rs 3,99,795 crore as on March 31, 2008 while its profit after tax was Rs 4,158 crore. “We are only looking at something which fits with our plans. It has to be something with a large-deposit base. […]
Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) is hitting the private equity road braving the market turmoil. The group is promoting a $2-billion yet-to-be named fund as a standalone entity, and not as part of Reliance Capital, sources said. The group has put in place a fund team that is already chasing deals of at least $50-75 million in size. The general purpose fund has already raised over $500 million with Anil Ambani as anchor limited partner, sources added. Mr Ambani’s infusion is believed to have come from his personal holding companies – Batista and AAA. “The fund hopes to close a few transactions before achieving financial closure. It may have 4-5 LPs besides Mr Ambani himself who is not treating it as just a route for deploying his personal wealth,” a sources explained. In context, sectoral observers said Mr Ambani’s PE play may be different from his peer and Wipro Chairman Azim Premji who recently floated $1 billion PremjiInvest mainly pouring in his personal wealth. […]
Trikona Capital Ltd., the leading fund management firm for institutional investment in infrastructure and real estate, today announced the expansion of its urban rejuvenation platform in Mumbai to continue to foster socially conscious development. The announcement supports Trikona's overall urban rejuvenation initiative to build 100 million square feet of saleable space over the next decade. Trikona has inked a new four-acre project in Bandra, the sought after residential area adjacent to Mumbai's central business district, to fund the refurbishment of middle-class homes and the development of luxury housing. The $40 million deal is a co-investment in the project with German fund manager SachsenFonds. In the past twelve months, Trikona has developed a strong strategic partnership with the fund manager and announced sales of assets to SachsenFonds totaling $170 million. […]
Private equity (PE) investments clocked $2.8 billion in the first quarter of the current financial year, an increase of 50% compared to the corresponding period in 2007-08. This is even as the PE deal activity in terms of number of deals have gone up only marginally. The biggest investment this year has been made by Aditya Birla Telecom, a subsidiary of mobile telephone services provider Idea Cellular, which raised $640 million from Providence Equity Partners. The first three months of FY’09 has registered 77 deals as against last year when 74 deals worth $1.9 billion were signed during the first quarter, according to Venture Intelligence which tracks private equity and venture capital sector in India. Telecom, infrastructure, power and healthcare sectors have seen the most number of deals last quarter besides attracting the big-ticket investments. These sectors attracted large number of deals at a time when funds have been wary of investing as the global economy is expected to slow down and there is a sharp correction in corporate valuations across sectors. […]
Mauritius-based private equity fund New York Life Investment Management Jacob Ballas India Fund has acquired a “minority” stake in Mumbai-based drug maker Themis Laboratories for about Rs 90 crore. The unlisted private company, which develops and commercially manufactures formulations on contract basis for big domestic and multinational companies operating in India, will use the fund to expand its business into the regulated American and European markets. When contacted, company sources confirmed the development, but declined to indicate how much stake has been divested. Themis’ products account for about Rs 450 crore in the retail market, but the company’s turnover would be less than that considering that it is not directly marketing them. Themis Labs MD Janak Shah told ET the investment would help the company’s foray into the regulated markets to be a significant player in new drug delivery systems. […]
Back-office firm WNS (Holdings) Ltd has acquired insurer Aviva's BPO in India and Sri Lanka for $230 million, the Economic Times said on Thursday, without citing sources. Mumbai-based WNS is expected to make an announcement on Thursday, the newspaper said. The acquisition of Aviva Global Services will give WNS $1 billion worth of outsourced work committed to Aviva over an eight-year period, the paper said. A spokesman for WNS called the report “speculative”. WNS will fund the buyout through a $200 million line of credit from ICICI Bank , with buyout firm Warburg Pincus , which owns a majority stake in WNS, contributing around $30 million, the paper said. WNS, which draws about half its business from British and European operations, in April acquired a British auto insurance claims-processing services provider, Call 24/7 Ltd.(Reuters) […]
Landmark, part of the real estate investment group of the Dalmias, has entered a mixed-use development project in Tirupur, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The project envisages 20 acres of residential, retail, commercial & hotel development with a built up area of 1.9 mn. sft., resulting in an estimated revenue of approximately USD 140 million. Landmark has taken up a 25% stake in the project, which is being set up by Prime Textiles, one of the reputed industrial groups in Tirupur. Tirupur is widely considered the “Manchester of India”, and accounts for $3 billion of knitted apparel export. Prime Textiles, manufacturers in textile sector who recently forayed into real estate, has in its fold an ideal land situated in the heart of the city that will be put to use for the project. The first phase of realty development by Prime Textile is at an advanced stage of progress. […]
A whopping 75 per cent of private investments in public equity (PIPE) deals of 2007 have gone sour for their investors, according to a study by Delhi-based NEXGEN Capitals. However, there is a silver lining to the PIPE deals story in India. Banking, financial services and insurance, telecom, and retail are the sectors which seemed to have survived the market meltdown. Retail was the top performer with returns of 41 per cent. An analysis of 63 PIPE deals stuck last year shows that infrastructure sector has been the worst performer. In 2007, the infrastructure sector saw PIPE deals worth Rs 5,912 crore but the marked-to-market value of these transactions has eroded nearly 50 per cent to Rs 2,967 crore as on July 7. NEXGEN Capitals, which is the merchant-banking arm of Delhi-based brokerage SMC Global Securities, said total investment of Rs 21,857 crore in PIPE deals last year stood at Rs 19,223 crore, down 16.7 per cent. […]
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