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 RIET will also purchase a 100% stake in Mountainstar India Office Parks Pvt. Ltd., the company in charge of managing
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Corporate Finance Alert – April 2023
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 Synergy Public Company Ltd will separately invest $68 million in Avaada Energy Pvt. Ltd to help it cut debt and
Corporate Finance – March 2023
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 facility will be built and run in Indonesia’s Halmahera Islands. Within two years, the factory will be put into operation,
Corporate Finance Alert – February 2023
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 not be ascertained. I Squared Capital, which oversees assets worth over $36 billion, made this deal through its $2 billion
Corporate Finance – January 2023
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 over the previous four years. Independent EV powertrain solutions provider Electra EV is supported by businessman Ratan Tata. Its products
Corporate Finance – December 2022
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 application is being reviewed. AIFs in category II are those that only use borrowing or leverage to meet their day-to-day
Dream Sports raises $840 mn at $8 bn valuation led by Falcon Edge, DST, others:
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 solutions provider. Dream Sports, in August, had made an initial allocation of USD 250 million for its corporate venture capital
Neobank Open raises $100 mn in Series C funding round led by Temasek
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 million and the proceeds will be utilized to strengthen and accelerate its new product line which includes its embedded finance
Vahdam India raises Rs 174 cr in Series D funding led by IIFL
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 investors including a consortium of Sixth Sense Ventures affiliates, the Mankind Group Family Office, Infosys founder Kris Gopalkrishnan’s family office,
Infra.Market raises funding led by Tiger Global, valued at $2.5 bn
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) in a Series C funding round from its existing investors including Tiger Global, Accel, Nexus Venture Partners, Evolvence India Fund,