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e2E Rail, a rail services company focusing primarily on signalling, track and electrification sectors in India and overseas markets, has closed a transaction for a Rs 30-crore investment from VenturEast Proactive Fund and Zephyr Peacock. The two funds also have plans to make an incremental investment of Rs 30 crore in e3E in subsequent years. VenturEast Proactive Fund and Zephyr ... Read More »

India Venture Advisors a private equity fund promoted by the Piramal Group, is investing Rs 40 crore in Tulsi Castings and Machining, a manufacturer of ductile iron castings with facilities at Sangli, Maharashtra, as reported by ET. SBI Capital Markets is learnt to be the advisor to the company for the transaction. Read More »

TVS Group, the Chennai-based automotive conglomerate, has acquired a 90% stake in Universal Components UK Ltd, a wholesale distributor of commercial vehicle parts, for Rs. 100 crore. “The total investment for the acquisition is Rs 100 crore. It was made through the Special Purpose Vehicle into Universal Components,” TVS Logistics Managing Director R Dinesh said. With the acquisition, the TVS Group’s turnover ... Read More »

Symphony Technology Group, a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and building great software and technology enabled services companies, today announced it closed a new investment fund, STG IV, at approximately $870 million, which is the target level Symphony had set for this fund and significantly larger than the STG III fund. The strategy for this fund ... Read More »

Let me start with my favorite quote:   “There is in every true woman’s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”   A girl today has an equal role to play in the finances of the house. Today’s ... Read More »

Warburg Pincus made an exit from Kotak Mahindra Bank and sold its 3.6 per cent stake in the bank for over Rs 1,400 crore on Monday. According to the data published by the Bombay Stock Exchange, the leading global private equity investor sold 2.65 crore shares or 3.59 per cent in the company for Rs 530 per share through its ... Read More »

 Conference Focus “Empowering SME India-2012” road show is a specially customized platform for SME to explore business partnerships options and ideas in domestic & international markets with opportunities to present business project presentations to panel of bankers, venture capitalist and private equity partner who will bring in all their expertise and support to help you develop potential businesses. Empowering SME India-2012 will ... Read More »

 India-focused private equity firm, ChrysCapital has raised $500 million for a new fund, its first since it announced a major management transition last year as reported by ET. The new fund was raised from a several foreign investors, including endowments, pension and sovereign wealth funds. The new fund raised will focus on investments across diverse sectors. Set up in 1999 by Dhawan ... Read More »

Negotiating skill is a must for an entrepreneur. Bargaining ability is a key business skill. Good negotiating involves give and take. It applies to work and home, friends and family and is an important part of starting and building relationships. For some people negotiating is a time wasting exercise and almost impossible. Negotiation is an art and is perfected by ... Read More »

After having worked with Andersen for 11 years as a Director of the Corporate Finance practice, Vishal Nevatia founded India Value Fund (IVF) in 1999. He is actively involved in sourcing and making new investments and supporting portfolio companies in building their businesses. He talks to Vishal Saxena about the business model of IVF and his expectations from an entrepreneur. ... Read More »