GIC Teams Up With Brookfield REIT for $1.4-Bn Deal To Buy Office Assets Together with Canadian alternative investor Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC and Brookfield India Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) have agreed to pay roughly Rs 11,225 crore (almost $1.4 billion) for two commercial properties. For around Rs 150 crore (about $18 million), Brookfield India […]
Brookfield Renewable To Invest $1 Bn In Avaada Group Brookfield Renewable is investing $1 billion (about Rs 8,200 crore) in Avaada Ventures Pvt. Ltd to help finance the renewable energy company’s green hydrogen and green ammonia businesses. The renewable energy arm of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management Inc. will make the investment via the Brookfield Global Transition Fund. Thailand’s Global Power […]
Jindal Stainless Buys $157-Mn Stake in Indonesian Firm to Secure Nickel Supply In order to guarantee a supply of nickel, a crucial component in the creation of stainless steel, India’s Jindal Stainless Ltd paid $157 million for a 49% share in New Yaking Pte. Ltd, a company with headquarters in Indonesia. In accordance with the agreement, a nickel pig iron […]
I Squared Capital Buys Controlling Stake in Gram Power for $100 Mn I Squared Capital, a multinational private equity firm, has invested $100 million for a controlling stake in the Jaipur-based smart metering business Gram Power (around Rs 826.55 crore). Gram Power is entirely owned by Singapore-based Polaris Smart Metering Pte Ltd. However, the enterprise value of the deal could […]
GEF Capital Invests Rs. 500 Cr In E-Mobility Firms The e-mobility businesses Electra EV and Hero Motors Ltd. have received investments from the private equity fund GEF Capital Partners totaling more than 500 crore rupees. This is a component of the investor’s plan to increase their stake in India’s climate and sustainability potential. With this, GEF has invested eight times […]
Poonawalla To Target Growth-Stage Firms With Rs. 1,000 Cr Fund; The Poonawalla Vision Fund, with a capital of $1 billion, was established by the chief executive of Serum Institute of India with regulatory approval. An application for registration as a category-II alternative investment fund was submitted to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on September 29. (AIF). The […]
Dream Sports, the owner of fantasy sports platform Dream11, has announced that it has raised USD 840 million from Falcon Edge, DST Global, D1 Capital, Redbird Capital and Tiger Global. The Mumbai-based platform currently has 140 million users. Dream Sports also operates other brands like FanCode, a sports content and commerce platform, DreamSetGo, a sports experiences platform, and DreamPay, a […]
Open, a small and medium enterprise focused neo-bank, announced that it has raised INR 735 crores (USD 100 million) in a Series C funding round. The round was led by Singapore state-sponsored Temasek Holdings while other investors were Google & Japan-based SBI Investment and among existing investors were Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital. The startup was valued at USD 500 […]
Indian tea brand, Vahdam India, has raised about $24 million (Rs 174 crore) as a part of its Series D round led by IIFL AMC’s Private Equity Fund. The current round of investment, the total funding raised by Vahdam India stands at Rs 290 crore. Post this funding, the company’s valuation stands at about Rs 700 crore. The company’s existing […]
Tiger Global led another round of investment in Infra.Market with $125 million ($928 crore) in a Series D funding. The latest funding round values the company at $2.5 billion (around Rs 18,560 crore). Infra.Market, a technology-enabled marketplace for on-demand construction materials, hit unicorn status (valued at $1 billion [about Rs 7,245 crore]) after raising $100 million (about Rs 724 crore) […]