Competition Commission has given its nod for the proposed investments worth USD 500 million in ride-hailing platform Ola by Temasek, Warburg Pincus and Ola founder Bhavish Aggarwal. ANI Technologies Private Limited offers taxi and auto rickshaw aggregation services under the brand name 'Ola'. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved acquisition of shares by MacRitchie Investments (Temasek), Fort Canning Investments, Plum Wood Investment Limited (Plum Wood) and certain voting rights by Bhavish Aggarwal in ANI Technologies, according to two releases issued on Friday. MacRitchie is an investment holding company and is a subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. Singapore-based Temasek is an investment company. Fort Canning is also an investment holding company. Plum Wood is also an investment holding company and its shareholders are certain private equity funds managed by Warburg Pincus LLC. The latter, headquartered in New York, acts as a manager to certain priv
This is amongst the largest investments in the Indian consumer internet space by these funds and is a testament to the robust and resilient business built by Ola
"Apparently, Warburg was not happy with the way the JV had progressed in the last two-three years," said sources
The Goldman Sachs-backed company now has 18,000 beds across its tie ups with Manipal University, OP Jindal Global University and Shoolini University
'Plug-and-play' buildings or 'speculative buildings', as ESR calls them, are ready buildings that have facilities like power, water and so on
In addition to volume gains, lower pledges and acquisitions such as Concor would be new triggers
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Airtel, which is locked in a fierce competition with Reliance Jio in the telecom space, aims to align the ownership of its consumer-facing businesses, with the Warburg Pincus transaction
Embassy has a long-standing partnership with Blackstone through their JV Embassy Office Parks, which has floated and listed a real estate investment trust (REIT)
The firm's total expenses for the fiscal rose 5 per cent to Rs 1,622 crore
Private equity major Warburg Pincus on Thursday said it has increased its stake in IPO-bound mortgage lender Home First Finance Company by 5 per cent to 30.62 per cent
US private equity firm Warburg Pincus has invested about $100 million in India's boAt, the consumer electronics firm said on Wednesday
Currently, most of the products that the company has to offer, including headphones, earphones, smartwatches, speakers, are manufactured in China
Warburg Pincus has 70 per cent in the joint venture while Embassy has 30 per cent
Home First Finance, True North-backed affordable housing finance firm, said it has entered into an agreement with Warburg Pincus-affiliate Orange Clove Investments BV for an investment of Rs 700 cr
Affordable housing financier Home First Finance said it has entered into definitive agreements with an affiliate of global private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC for an investment of Rs 700 cr
ESR partnered Allianz Real Estate for a $225-million joint venture that aimed to become a $-billion asset platform
His former colleagues say that he is a patient listener and participant, even if he does not agree with the views.
"Warburg is not happy with the speed with which the land acquisition and development happened in the JV," said sources.