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Africa-focussed PE firm Helios bags another European LP for $750 mn fund

New Delhi, May 12 -- Helios Investment Partners, one of the largest private equity firms in Africa that manages assets worth over $3 billion, is set to get another European limited partner (LP) for it... Read More


South Africa's Sango Capital buys $120 mn worth of assets in a secondary deal

New Delhi, May 12 -- Sango Capital, a South Africa-based investment management firm that makes direct and fund investments across the continent and has deployed over $1 billion across companies so far... Read More


Admaius Capital launches second fund, taps offshore LP

New Delhi, May 11 -- Admaius Capital Partners, a pan-Africa-focussed private equity firm that was set up in 2021 by former executives of Emerging Capital Partners and The Carlyle Group and makes growt... Read More


How did KKR, TR Capital fare in exit from India portfolio firm?

New Delhi, May 11 -- New York-based alternative asset manager KKR, among the top private equity firms in terms of exits in India last year, has pressed the sell button on another one of its consumer p... Read More


Blackstone, Bain, IFC portfolio firms and Zepto get SEBI nod for IPOs

New Delhi, May 8 -- Private equity firm Blackstone's industrial and logistics platform in India, an agrochemical company backed by the World Bank Group's International Finance Corporation, a wiring ha... Read More


Pronto snags $20 mn in extended Series B round as valuation doubles

New Delhi, May 7 -- Home-services platform Pronto has raised $20 million (about Rs 190 crore) in an extended Series B round from Lachy Groom, an angel investor and co-founder of AI robotics company Ph... Read More


Apis Partners collects $1.23 bn for new private equity fund, exceeds target

New Delhi, May 7 -- Apis Partners, a London-headquartered private equity firm that counts edtech startup Leap, insure-tech company RenewBuy and non-bank lender Hero Fincorp in its India portfolio, has... Read More


Freo to acquire IndiaLends, plans capital raise to fuel expansion

New Delhi, May 6 -- Digital banking platform Freo, operated by MWYN Tech Pvt. Ltd, has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in credit marketplace IndiaLends, whose backers include DSG Consumer Partners, Lon... Read More


Razorpay, Zetwerk backer Lightspeed floats fifth India-focused VC fund

New Delhi, April 30 -- Silicon Valley-headquartered venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners, a backer of Indian unicorns such as Zetwerk, Razorpay, Udaan and Acko, has initiated the process t... Read More


GEF Capital leads Series B funding in energy-tech firm Kimbal

New Delhi, April 30 -- Kimbal Pvt Ltd, an engineering company that provides energy technology and smart metering products, has pocketed $22 million (Rs 209 crore) in a Series B round led by global sus... Read More