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Deals Digest: PE-VC activity slows even as deal value remains strong

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Private equity and venture capital investment activity slowed this week, although a few large-ticket transactions helped push the overall deal value past the $2-billion mark, acc... Read More


Lightrock inks partial exit from a nearly seven-year-old healthcare bet

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Global investment platform Lightrock has scored a partial exit from a healthcare portfolio that it backed almost seven years ago. Lightrock, formerly known as LGT Lightstone Asp... Read More


Former Warburg execs' growth equity firm Filter Capital sets ball rolling for second fund

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Mumbai-based growth equity investment firm Filter Capital has started the process to raise its second fund that is likely to be larger than its maiden vehicle, VCCircle has learn... Read More


Apollo Global hits jackpot as it scripts $2 bn India exit

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- US-based alternative investment firm Apollo Global Management has pressed the sell button on another India portfolio company after signing off from a local cement maker less than... Read More


FPIs dominate large IPO anchor allotments, AIFs lead in smaller issues: SEBI study

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) dominate anchor investor allotments in larger initial public offerings (IPOs), while alternative investment funds (AIFs), other qualified insti... Read More


Grapevine: Navi, Nipha, Uber, Rapido, Orbicular in news

New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- Fintech firm Navi and railway components maker Nipha are planning their initial public offerings while Uber and Rapido held unsuccessful talks to combine their operations and Orb... Read More


Bluehill.VC closes maiden frontier-tech fund, plans another on investor interest

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Chennai-based venture capital firm Bluehill.VC has marked the final close of its maiden frontier-tech fund at Rs 400 crore (nearly $42 million), including the exercise of a Rs 50... Read More


BlackSoil AMC hits final close of second credit fund

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- BlackSoil Asset Management, the asset management arm of alternative credit platform BlackSoil Group, has hit the final close of its second credit fund BlackSoil India Credit Fund... Read More


Centricity, Invisel, Brilliance Cosmocare raise early-stage capital

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Wealth-tech company Centricity, nanotechnology-based home surface protection brand Invisel, and skin health venture Brilliance Cosmocare have raised funding in separate early-sta... Read More


PE firm Gaja Capital trims IPO, targets $236 mn valuation

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Homegrown private equity firm Gaja Capital, which counts artificial intelligence and data analytics company Fractal Analytics and logistics firm Xpressbees among its portfolio co... Read More