For most of the employees job satisfaction means something more than their paycheck. As they say money is not everything. Compensation is a satisfies, not a motivator. Our earnings allow us to satisfy our most basic needs for food and shelter, as well as the various luxuries we covet, but human beings need more than that. Needless to mention that ... Read More »
Mauritius-based Caduceus Asia Mauritius Ltd to pick up 11.93% stake in Shasun Parmaceuticals Ltd, by infusing Rs 50 crore. The promoters’ holding will come down to 41.15% from the current 46.73%. The money will be used to pay long term funds for the company and to part finance the capex, according to the company. After the proposed issue, promoter’s holding ... Read More »
GMR Infrastructure Ltd is in talks with private equity investors to raise roughly $200 million by selling stakes as reported by Livemint. Talks are being held with a fund jointly managed by State Bank of India and Australia’s Macquarie Group; UK-based 3i Group Plc; and IDFC Project Equity, a fund managed by India’s Infrastructure Development Finance Co. GMR is also ... Read More »
Mumbai based JSM Corp. Pvt. Ltd, the Indian franchisee for Hard Rock Cafe, California Pizza Kitchen and Trader Vic’s, is looking at raising Rs.120 crore to Rs.150 crore from private equity investors for expansion as reported by Livemint. The company, founded by Jay Singh and Sanjay Mahtani in 2004, has revenues of nearly Rs.150 crore. It is looking at diluting a minority ... Read More »
In today’s time when even the kids are using social networking sites like Face book, Twitter and LinkedIn then you need to have a Business page on these sites. We can find kids, teenagers updating their status on these social networking sites on a regular basis. These are your future customers and over a period of time these sites would ... Read More »
Indian real estate fund Indiareit Fund Advisors, a unit of drugmaker Piramal Healthcare, is planning to raise $500 million via an offshore fund to invest in Indian development projects as reported by Reuters. The fund, to be launched after June, will look at raising money from investors in America, Europe and Asia who are showing renewed interest to invest in India. Read More »
It was Tuesday 21st of Feb, 8’0 clock in the night and I was busy finding a parking space as I was about to meet Revathi Roy, Pioneer in Indian lady taxi service, Founder of Forsche and Co-Founder of Viira Cabs, a cab service for women in Mumbai. Viira is a brain child of Revathi Roy and Preeti Sharma Menon. ... Read More »
In an owner centered business, the mode of expansion becomes rather difficult especially if the business is weaved around you. You may find it hard to manage the blockages in expansion. As the business is owner dependent it’s hard to provide a service or product with the same consistency and quality along with its geographical expansion especially when you involve someone ... Read More »
Lilliput, the country’s largest kidswear brand, is heading towards a slump sale. Founder Sanjeev Narula, embroiled in a bitter public battle with private equity investors Bain Capital and TPG, will sell the brand and its retail assets, along with his two estranged partners as reported by ET. In December, all the three principal shareholders came together to rope in investment bankers ... Read More »
Hyderabad-based IT consulting and outsourcing company Mahindra Satyam, in association with Japanese venture capital firm SBI Holdings (SBIH), has set up a $50-million (Rs 246.4 crore) joint investment fund to invest in ICT companies globally as reported by Business Standard After buying a significant stake in Dion Global Services and scouting for acquisitions of two or three more this year, ... Read More »
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