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Top headlines: Health infra on test, INS Vikrant closer to commissioning

Reliance joins top league of PE players with bold bets. More in today's top headlines

PE inflows spurt 15% in 2021 to record $40 billion, says report

According to the data collated by Refinitiv, an LSEG business, while the value of inflows rose 15.2 per cent from USD 34.8 billion in 2020 to USD 40.1 billion in 2021

US-based fund TFCC tops India's PE fund investor list of 2021

The top ten fund managers who run the PE funds have collectively invested over $12.18 billion

PE-VC investments in Indian firms up 57% YoY, hit record $63 bn in 2021

The year had eight investments worth $1 bn or more, led by Flipkart's $3.6 bn pre-IPO round; E-commerce was the favorite sector, attracting $10.3 bn, followed by fintech ($7.7 bn)

Instoried's Sharmin Ali expects 2022 to be the year of 'empathetic content'

Instoried founder & chief executive Sharmin Ali shares the story of Instoried, the need for AI-driven content marketing and the use of NLP

Motilal Oswal's PE arm plans Rs 1,000-cr investment in realty by March

This amount has been committed across residential and commercial projects in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad

Advent takes majority stake in digital engineering services company Encora

Warburg Pincus, the present majority shareholder of Encora, would retain a minority stake

SBI's PE arm hikes climate fund's target 5 times to Rs 2,000 crore

SBICap Ventures has already got commitment from European Investment Bank (EIB) for about Rs 215 crore.

PE/VC investments see monthly decline of 52% in November to $6.8 billion

With a month to go, PE/VC investments in 2021 at $72.6 billion have surpassed the all-time high seen in 2020 by 53 per cent, driven by mega investments in start-ups and large buyouts.

ICICI Venture's Puneet Nanda on his investment strategy

ICICI Venture aims to be a private equity major in the startup, fintech and real estate space. Business Standard's Surajeet Das Gupta takes a peek into chief executive Puneet Nanda's strategy

Sequoia Capital sees Indian financial firms' value soar to $2.5 trillion

Valuations for India's fintech companies should jump 10 times to $500 billion by 2030

Private credit fashions a cautious entry, attracts attention of PE players

Despite differences over the projected size of this market, a growing number of PE funds are testing the waters

PE players need 'patient capital' of 11 to 20 years to maximise valuations

PE funds are increasingly exploring longer investment options beyond the standard five- to 10-year template

Renuka Ramnath's PE firm Multiples looks to raise $10 billion by 2030

Elaborating on her strategy, Ramnath, who is CEO, said it was 'fairly ambitious'

Multiples's Renuka Ramnath on blockbuster 2021 for private equities

In an interview with Business Standard, Renuka Ramnath, founder, Multiples Asset Management, shares why it has been an exceptional year from investment, exits and investment valuation perspective

TMS Ep56: Trusts, Renuka Ramnath, markets, solid-state batteries

Is India Inc taking the trust route to shield its wealth? How Multiples's Renuka Ramnath rate 2021? Will the market rally in December? What are solid-state batteries? All answers here

PE, VC investments touch all-time high of $12.9 billion in Oct: Report

Private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) investments touched an all-time high of USD 12.9 billion in October, on the back of high-value deals, a report said on Tuesday

Private equity fund Carlyle partners with Viyash for generics platform

Global private equity major Carlyle on Tuesday said it has set up a generic pharmaceutical platform in the country by partnering with Viyash Life Sciences. CA Hull Investments, an affiliated entity of CAP V Mauritius and Carlyle, and Viyash, have set up the platform, an official statement said, without giving any details of any investments. Viyash was set up by Hari Babu in partnership with Srihari Raju Kalidindi, and is a manufacturer of API (active pharmaceutical ingredients) intermediates, it said. Carlyle had first partnered with Viyash in June this year, during the latter's acquisition of majority stake in Symed Labs, a leading manufacturer of niche APIs to enable backward integration. Viyash has also acquired a controlling stake in Appco Pharma LLC, a formulations player focused on the US market which will help expand access to US generics market and formulation capabilities, the statement said. The company now has ten manufacturing facilities in India with a combined capaci

India's PE/VC funding leads widening over peers, developed markets

More capital flowing to Indian entrepreneurs relative to GDP than in other countries

Okinawa Autotech in talks with PEs for Rs 500-crore fundraising

He added that the money is being raised to oil growth which is set to witness high double-digits from the exponential demand the company is getting now