AIFs hit a pause on public equities; Another markdown hits Ola; GIC, TA Associates, Warburg Pincus, Actis, TPG, BII, A91, Iron Pillar in PE/VC news

The Weekly Newsletter on India's Alternative Investment Landscape

VC Circle Handbook Edition #32 | May 10, 2025

THE MAIN STUFF

• Indian alternative investment fund managers hit a pause on public equities in Q1

Indian alternative investment fund managers that run investment vehicles registered under capital market ...

• TA Associates trims stake in five-year-old India PE bet

Private equity firm TA Associates, which struck a new India deal in the technology domain two months ago ...

• Warburg Pincus LLC lifts stake in India financial services portfolio firm

Warburg Pincus, one of the most active private equity firms in India, has increased its stake in a local ...

• GIC bets over $100 mn on Indian healthcare company

GIC, the sovereign wealth fund representing the government of Singapore and the most active among its global...

• Number of early-stage investors slide even as more Indian startups snag cheques

The funding environment for Indian startups has improved in the first three months of the year but the ...

• Cab-hailing firm Ola barely manages to retain unicorn tag with latest valuation markdown

Private equity-backed cab-hailing company Ola Consumer, which has been eyeing an initial public offering (...

• Will prefer to list in US; ready for opportunistic AI acquisitions: Icertis ’ Monish Darda

SaaS unicorn Icertis, backed by marquee investors like PremjiInvest (family office of billionaire Azim ...

• Soch Apparels Pvt Ltd mulls onboarding strategic buyers, investors; appoints banker

Women’s ethnic wear brand Soch Apparels Pvt. Ltd has kicked off a process to bring in new strategic ...

• A91 Partners , TPG NewQuest emerge frontrunner to bet on fashion retailer

Growth-stage alternative investment firm A91 Partners and TPG NewQuest are in advanced stages of ...

• PE-backed IKF Finance Limited raising fresh capital as valuation jumps, taps new investor

Non-bank lender IKF Finance Ltd, which is backed by private equity firm Motilal Oswal Alternates, is set to ...

• Actis ropes in key LP for Indian smart metering platform with EDF

Emerging markets-focused private equity firm Actis is roping in one of its limited partners to back its ...

• JSW Cement backer Synergy Capital hits first close of $1 bn private credit fund

Synergy Capital, a Dubai-based private equity fund manager set up by former ArcelorMittal executive Sudhir ...

• Renew Energy 's JV with Nasdaq -listed Fluence makes little headway

A three-year-old joint venture between Indian renewable energy company ReNew Energy and Nasdaq-listed ...

• How ice cream brand Naturals tasted success even without PE/VC flavour

Almost a year ago, on May 18, 2024, to be precise, Raghunandan Srinivas Kamath breathed his last in a ...

• Behind W Health Ventures ' dual-track strategy as it prepares to raise new fund

W Health Ventures, a healthcare-focused venture capital firm founded by Sunil Wadhwani, is gearing up to ...

• How India climbed the ranks at Danish investor Impact Fund Denmark (formerly IFU) 's global portfolio

Danish development finance institution and impact investor IFU, which started investing in India over four ...

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