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IDFC to raise $1bln-$1.5bln for infra fund

Infrastructure Development and Finance Co is in the early stages of raising $1 billion-$1.5 billion for a new fund to invest in infrastructure in the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The funds will be raised for IDFC Project Equity, in which Citigroup and India Infrastructure Finance Co., a state-owned infrastructure finance firm, are key investors, the sources said. The company already has a project equity fund, which manages about $930 million in roads, ports, […]

New Silk Route invests in VRL Logistics

Private Equity fund New Silk Route or NSR, which manages $1.4 billion private equity funds focused in Asia and the Indian subcontinent, on Thursday said it invested Rs 175 crore in the Hubli-based logistics company VRL Logistics Ltd, which owns 3000 trucks and 400 buses. VRL will utilise Rs 125 crore to expand its business, while its promoters will get the balance amount of Rs 50 crore for selling their stake to NSR, both the companies said.ithout disclosing the stake. […]

Chernin Group Buys 49% Stake in TV Producer Endemol’s India Unit

Peter Chernin’s CA Media acquired a 49 percent stake in the Indian unit of television producer Endemol NV. Deepak Dhar, Endemol India’s managing director, will become chief executive, Chernin Group said today in an e-mailed statement. Chernin, the former News Corp. chief operating officer, received a $200 million investment last week from Providence Equity Parters. Source: Bloomberg

Intas Pharma raises R300 crore from ChrysCap before IPO

ChrysCapital has invested R300 crore in Ahmedabad-based Intas Pharma in a pre-IPO round funding. ChrysCapital manages $2.5 billion across six funds and has made 60 investments in India since 1999. This round of funding has come from ChrysCapital’s Fund Five and, with this investment, the firm has fully invested from its Fund Five. In March 2012, ChrysCapital raised $500 million for a new fund amid a tough fund-raising scenario. The Intas investment comes as another shot in the arm for […]