Private Equity

Silver Lake’s Bingle, Ranjan Pai-backed fund invests $20m in Pinwheel Therapeutics

Pinwheel Therapeutics is working an one-of-its kind anticoagulant reversal agent Ciraparantag.The 108 BioCapital fund, which has initiated the process to set up a GIFT City feeder vehicle, is backed by a roster of prominent investors

No heroic bets; focus on early value creation: Warburg Pincus’ Vishal Mahadevia

Over the past 30 years, Warburg Pincus has invested in around 80 Indian companies, closely tracking the rise of private equity as a mainstream asset class.

India offers growth certainty in a higher-rate, tougher-exit world: Warburg Pincus CEO Jeffrey Perlman

Warburg is now investing “a few billion dollars a year” in India across private equity, real estate and capital solutions, as part of a diversified, multi-asset strategy, said Perlman

Warburg Pincus’ India journey built on long-term conviction, says chairman Chip Kaye

Warburg Pincus began investing in India in 1996, when private equity was 'far from an established asset class' and the country was still in the early phase of economic liberalisation.

Private equity piles into AI-led digital engineering, pushing average tech M&A deals past $200 million: Avendus

Global digital engineering services are set to grow at a 22% CAGR and expected to cross $550 billion by 2030 with the AI layer alone adding around $275 billion, says Avendus report

Federal Bank sees 50 bps CRAR boost from Blackstone tranche: MD & CEO KVS Manian

Responding to another query by Moneycontrol on the market speculation around Federal Bank being among the bidders for select Deutsche Bank India retail and wealth portfolios, Manian said it continues to evaluate inorganic opportunities but has no immediate transactions under consideration

L Catterton's India Partner Anjana Sasidharan to quit, start her own fund

Sasidharan is moving on from L Catterton to start an early-stage consumer-focused venture capital fund, joining a growing list of fund managers who are choosing to become solo GPs

Blackstone’s Horizon Industrial Parks raises $200 mn in pre-IPO round from SBI, RK Damani, others

Horizon is expected to file its DRHP today with market regulator SEBI to raise around $300 million, sources said.

Blackstone-owned PGP Glass in talks with lenders to roll-over $300-mn offshore loans

The external commercial borrowings are due in March 2026.

Outbound M&A push to continue into 2026, driven by balance sheet strength, mid-market deals

The sustained outlook for 2026 builds on the pickup in outbound M&A activity by Indian companies in 2025, as corporates increasingly turned to overseas acquisitions to accelerate strategic transformation rather than incremental expansion.

Quest for alpha driving capital from public markets to private assets: JM Financial Private Wealth CEO Anuj Kapoor

'We have been advising clients to diversify their portfolios by investing abroad for the last few years. This becomes increasingly relevant in the current scenario of Indian rupee devaluation,' Kapoor tells Moneycontrol

ChrysCapital in talks to invest $100 mn in industrial safety gear maker Karam

In fiscal year 2025, Karam reported revenues of over Rs 1,062.2 crore and a profit of Rs 87.1 crore, as per a November 21 report by credit rating agency Crisil.

Scarcity of quality healthcare assets, not private equity capital, driving valuations: Quadria Capital

The firm remains bullish on single-specialty platforms, medical devices, digital health, and consumer healthcare, expecting India to absorb a significant share of its billion-dollar fund

Rupee’s slide past 90 may complicate PE exits, tighten return thresholds for global investors

A moderate level of rupee depreciation is typically factored into PE return models, but this year’s nearly 5% slide is much steeper and faster than expected.

Brookfield REIT picks investment banks for Rs 3,500-cr QIP

Brookfield REIT shareholders will vote on the acquisition and the share sale on November 28 at the company’s extraordinary general meeting.

Sebi chief not worried about IPOs turning into exit routes for PEs: 'Investors take early-stage risk'

Tuhin Kanta Pandet said SEBI is working on new reforms to introduce 'concise summary' of all the required information for 'easier comprehension'

Chart of the Day | Is OFS exodus a warning sign?

In the first eleven months of 2025, OFS accounted for nearly 65 percent of all IPO proceeds by value

ChrysCapital closes record $2.2 bn fund; largest PE fund ever raised by an India-focused firm

The latest fund marks a more than 60 per cent jump from ChrysCapital's $1.35 billion Fund IX in 2022

Private equity firms may list in India as IPO market expands: KKR Global Co-CEO Scott Nuttall

"It really does feel like our type of capital is welcome here and private capital naturally wants to go where it’s welcomed," the top private equity executive said alluding to the investment friendly regime under the Indian government.

Why the Pentagon is asking private equity giants like Apollo and KKR to help rebuild the US army

Facing a massive funding gap, the army is courting private investors for “meaty projects” — from data centres to rare earth facilities — marking an unprecedented link between national security and private capital.

Investcorp's new Rs 5,000 crore PE fund to target mid-market buyouts, says India head Gaurav Sharma

The fund, backed by both domestic and global investors, will target building a portfolio of 10–11 companies across healthcare, business services, consumer, and financial sectors, Investcorp India investment business head Gaurav Sharma tells Moneycontrol