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KEC Intl buys US-based SAE Towers for $95 mn

Power transmission contractor KEC International said on Tuesday it has signed a $95 million agreement to acquire SAE Towers Holdings from a unit of US-based private equity firm, Acon Investments. The acquisition, expected to close this month, would be on a cash-free, debt-free basis and would add to KEC International's earnings from 2010/11, the company said in a statement. The deal will strengthen KEC's foothold in the markets of North America and Latin America, where transmission and distribution spends are increasing, it said. […]

Sequoia Capital, Song Advisors Invest $15 Million In India's K12 Techno Services

Venture capitalists Sequoia Capital and Song Advisors Tuesday said they have invested $15 million (INR701.7 million) in Indian school and college operator K12 Techno Services Pvt. Ltd. The companies didn't immediately reveal how much of a stake they had picked up in the Secunderabad-based firm in lieu of their investment. “We see K12 as a pioneer with a capital efficient model addressing a large market opportunity,” Sequoia Capital India Managing Director KP Balaraj said in a note to the press. This is Sequoia Capital's third investment in India's education sector, the note added. […]

Actis, Sequoia plan sale of India pharma stake-Bloomberg

Private equity companies Actis Capital and Sequoia Capital plan to sell a controlling stake in India's Paras Pharmaceuticals for as much as $700 million, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The private equity firms decided to sell their shares after receiving interest from drugmakers including Glaxo Smithkline, Sanofi-Aventis and Abbott Laboratories , Bloomberg said, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. […]