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Mumbai, India, Feb 27, 2019: ChrysCapital and Sequoia Capital bagged two awards each as part of the “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX)event organized by Venture Intelligence. 

ChrysCapital bagged the Private Equity Fund Raise of 2018 Award (Closed $850 M Fund VIII within 4 months of launch) and the Private Equity Investor of 2018 Award (for its Exits from LiquidHub with 4x in dollar terms (within 4 years of its $53-M investment), AU Small Finance Bank with 11.5x return,  Torrent Pharma with 2.95x, City Union Bank with 2.83x, L&T Infotech with 2.56x)

Sequoia Capital India won the Early Stage VCInvestor(the firm registered 10x+ exits in Byjus Classes and SCIOInspire) and VC Fund Raise of 2018 (the firm closed an almost $700-M Fund VI).


Award Winners at APEX'19 PE-VC Awards

The event opened with a Fireside Chat with Kiran Reddy, CEO of SPI Group interviewed by his long time friend and colleague Vineeth Vijayraghavan.



Snapshots of the Awards Ceremony: (L-R) Gopal Srinivasan, …

DPIIT issues notification to revise exemptions for start-ups under Section 56(2)(viib)
Given its direct impact on availability of capital, taxation of start-ups on account of issuance of shares at a premium above the fair market value under Section 56(2)(viib) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (“IT Act”) – also referred to as Angel Tax – has been an issue of concern for the start-up sector for some time now. To alleviate these concerns, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (“DPIIT”) has issued a Notification dated 19-02-2019 (“Notification”) in supersession of earlier notifications dated 11-04-2018 as modified by another notification dated 16-01-2019.
At its core, there are three key aspects of this Notification: definition of start-ups (as per DPIIT); eligibility for claiming deduction under Section 80-IAC of the IT Act; and exemption under Section 56(2)(viib) of the IT Act. A few important aspects pertaining to these are set out below:
Definition of start-up expanded
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A Ken article titled Jiometrics: A graphical narrative of Reliance’s telecom, media and e-commerce machine(behind paywall), quotes Venture Intelligence data on select investments and acquisitions by Reliance Industries. Piqued to know about the Reliance Industries' other investments in retail, fashion, etc? Log into Venture Intelligence's M&A Deal Database.
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Barclays, Goldman Sachs claim the No.2 & No.3 slots; EY claims top spot including other advisory services
JP Morgan topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to M&A Transactionsin 2018. JP Morgan advised M&A deals worth $21.8 Billion (across 5 qualifying deals) during the period. Barclays ($21.1 Billion across 4 deals) and Goldman Sachs ($16.8 Billion across 2 deals) took the second and third spot. DSP Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley which advised the $14.6 Billion merger between Indus Towers and Bharti Infratel took the fourth spot. Alvarez & Marsal($9.6 Billion across 6 deals) came in fifth. The top three transaction advisors had advised the $16 Billion acquisition of Flipkart by Walmart.
The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms.
Apart from the Walmart-Fl…

Avendus, JP Morgan claim the No.2 & No.3 slots; PwC claims top spot including other advisory services
EY topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity Transactionsin 2018. EY advised PE deals worth $4.9 Billion (across 17 qualifying deals) during the period. Avendus ($2.9 Billion across 18 deals) and JP Morgan ($2.2 Billion across 2 deals) took the second and third spot. Barclays ($2 Billion across 3 deals) and KPMG ($1.7 Billion across 7 deals) completed the top five in 2018.
The Venture Intelligence League Tables, the first such initiative exclusively tracking transactions involving India-based companies, are based on value of PE and M&A transactions advised by Transaction and Legal Advisory firms.
EY advised deals during the year include Macquarie's $1.5 Billion investment in NHAI Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) Bundle and Blackstone's investment in Indiabulls' commercial assets in Mumbai. Avendus advised deals include the Nasp…