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Accel, Nexus, angel investor to score jackpot but Infra.Market valuation plateaus

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Tech-enabled building materials platform Infra.Market's early investors, including venture capital firms Accel and Nexus Venture Partners and proptech entrepreneur Dhruv Agarwal,... Read More


Y Combinator's Groww harvest hits $440 mn as stock surge lifts gains

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- US-based startup accelerator Y Combinator (YC) has sold more stake in fintech company Groww, taking advantage of a surge in the company's share price that helped it generate mult... Read More


Can fast-track mergers be quashed if shareholders absent themselves?

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A merger, even one that gets the go-ahead from 99.9% of the present and voting shareholders, will not go through if it fails to secure the assent of 90% of the total shareholders... Read More


Grapevine: Actis, KKR, Blackstone, Bachatt, NexEdge, TransBnk in news

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Actis's bid to sell its renewable energy platform, BluPine, has attracted interest from private equity and strategic firms, meanwhile Bachatt, NexEdge and TransBnk are in various... Read More


Siguler Guff raises $500 mn for India-focussed investment strategy

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- US-based private markets investment firm Siguler Guff & Company has closed its Global Emerging Markets Growth Opportunities Fund II (GEMGO II), securing $500 million (Rs 4,787 cr... Read More


Former EESL exec's energy service company Dhivegaa firms up game plan, eyes funding

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- A group of former officials from some of India's key energy-efficiency and climate institutions has set up Dhivegaa Energy Pvt Ltd, a New Delhi-based energy service company (ESCO... Read More


Motilal Oswal Alternates virtually writing off a legacy PE bet

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alts), which wrapped up fundraising for its fifth flagship PE vehicle earlier this year after collecting Rs 8,500 crore (about $938 million), is sign... Read More


Peak XV, Together Fund join Wispr Flow's $280 mn funding round

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- US-based AI voice startup Wispr Flow has raised $280 million in Series B funding at a $2 billion valuation, with India-focused venture capital firms Peak XV Partners and Together... Read More


Homegrown PE firms join global rivals in race for stake in Agappe Diagnostics

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- A clutch of homegrown private equity firms has joined the race to pick up a minority stake in Kerala-based in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) company Agappe Diagnostics, adding to the lis... Read More


How was Bain Capital's third India liquidity move as 2026 harvest tops $500 mn?

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Private equity firm Bain Capital has fully exited an India real estate investment it made three years ago, marking its third liquidity move from its local portfolio so far this y... Read More