In case of a startup an entrepreneur is so enthusiastic that he or she wants to do everything by themselves. But in the long run it becomes a tedious job. It may happen that you are not doing what you were supposed to do. And in the end your business will lose track and will stop growing. This is a ... Read More »
CA Media, the Asian investment arm of The Chernin Group (TCG), and Endemol, independent television producer, announced the formation of a strategic alliance in which CA Media has acquired a 49% stake in Endemol India. CA Media and Endemol’s strategy is to build Endemol India into the leading and most valuable content production company in India across television, film ... Read More »
Hubli-based logistics major VRL Logistics has raised Rs 175 crore from New Silk Route (NSR), an Asia-focussed private equity fund as reported by Business Standard. The company plans to use the funds to retire its high cost debt amounting to Rs 100 crore and also fund expansion plans. Presently, VRL operates 3,200 trucks and 460 buses for its goods ... Read More »
Aditya Aggarwal, MD, IDFC Project Equity talks to Vishal Saxena about funds managed by IDFC Project Equity and the way due diligence is performed before making an investment. 1. Brief us about IDFC Project Equity? IDFC Project Equity is a wholly owned subsidiary of IDFC and is India’s leading infrastructure manager. It currently manages the India Infrastructure Fund (IIF), a ... Read More »
Marketing is not just a normal function to sell the products but it also involves other functions like advertising and price determination. When you are perfecting your marketing strategy, you need to know how your customers think and what it takes to influence them. Best approach to market your product is to provide some value to the target audience. Marketing ... Read More »
Newspaper publisher Punjab Kesari Group is planning to raise up to Rs.150 crore from a private equity (PE) firm to help it enter new markets as reported by Livemint. The firm will issue fresh equity for stake dilution, according to Amit Chopra, director of Punjab Kesari. The firm will not offload more than 10% stake to the firm from which it ... Read More »
Private equity firms ChrysCapital, Blackstone and Advent Capital are eying for a minority stake in generic drugmaker Intas Pharmaceuticals as reported by ET. The minority stake is valued at about Rs 250 c. Ahmedabad-based Intas received approval from market regulator Sebi last year to raise about Rs 800 crore to fund its expansion plan and allow ChrysCapital to part-exit its ... Read More »
Venture capital firms SAIF Partners and Accel Partners have announced a Rs 25 crore investment in PropTiger Realty Private Ltd, which runs the real estate marketing services portal PropTiger.com, on Friday. The funds raised will be used to further strengthen PropTiger’s position in India’s top 8 cities where it operates and increasing head count to 500 real estate experts by mid-2013. ... Read More »
Chennai-based TVS Logistics Services,a TVS group company,plans to divest a near 20% stake to leading private equity firm,KKR & Co,for around $55 million as reported by ET.This will be the logistics services companys second round of private equity funding in the last four years. In 2008,the company had raised $25 million in 2008 from Goldman Sachs and TVS Capital Funds ... Read More »
Before making an investment the investors performs due diligence before writing the check. It is a process by which an investor reviews the business model, team, services provided, competitors and customers. The founder of the company makes some disclosures in the business plan while submitting it to the investors. The investors performs due diligence to match the disclosures. If results ... Read More »
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