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Dewan Housing arm to float PE fund in partnership with Redwood

DHFL Venture Capital Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd (DHFL)—India’s third largest home finance company—will partner US-based Redwood Capital Partners Llc. to float a private equity (PE) fund that will invest in logistics and warehousing companies, a senior company official said. “We had discussions with Redwood for over a year and have now decided to start a PE fund with equal participation,” Arun Goel, CEO of DHFL Venture Capital, said. The venture capital firm currently manages a $47 million (Rs224 crore) fund that invests in property. “…the market is turning around and we plan to raise money in a couple of months,” he said. Goel declined to indicate the initial size of the proposed PE fund, but DHFL chairman and managing director Kapil Wadhawan said he planned to “scale up the fund to Rs3,000 crore in three-five years”. […]

Warburg Pincus looking to sell its majority stake in Indian outsourcing business

Private equity firm Warburg Pincus plans to sell its 50.12 per cent stake in business process outsourcing firm WNS Global Services, according to a report by the Economic Times. WNS, India’s second largest BPO firm, is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and expected to achieve a valuation of around $800m. This price would provide Warburg with an exit payout of $400m. Warburg paid just $40m when it acquired a 64 per cent stake in WNS from British Airways in 2002. […]