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Blackstone's aggressive move into residential RealEstate through acquisition of Kolte Patil

Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

The Deal that Re-Energized D2C Brands

Hindustan Unilever's acquisition of Jaipur-based skincare products startup Minimalist - coughing up over Rs.2,500 Cr in upfront cash at a rich valuation - has created much excitement in the D2C (Direct to Consumer) brands sector. Including among #PrivateEquity & #VentureCapital investors. Here are the key financial highlights of the deal: Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

4 Stellar VC Pods

Stellaris Venture Partners $300 million Fund III has attracted significant attention in the ecosystem - including for its size and the speed with which it was raised. The three original partners of Stellaris - Ritesh Banglani, Alok Goyal and Rahul Chowdhri - have recently shared details of the fund raise, via two different podcasts. While Ritesh and Alok spoke on the Neon Show , while Rahul appeared on Prime Venture Partners' podcast (along with Gautam Mago of A91 Partners). The newest partner at Stellaris, Naman Lahoty, had also joined Stellaris' founders in an Yourstory Podcast where they covered broader startup ecosystem related topics (than just the fund raise). Stellaris has meanwhile launched its own podcast (but naturally?) - where, as part of the first episode , Rahul Chowdhri, has interviewed Kirti Varun Avasarala (a senior product executive at Meesho and Flipkart, who has since moved to Uber). All well worth a watch / listen - especially fo...

Packaging M&As Pack a Punch

Private Equity investors are bagging smart gains from their packaging company investments. Here are details of two such large M&A deals in the sector: Venture Intelligence is India's longest serving provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity, venture capital and M&A) & their Valuations in India.

End of Dominance of Forign VC Funds?

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Norwest, Blume and Stride win APEX'25 Venture Capital Awards

Press Release Norwest Venture Partners, Blume Ventures and Stride Ventures were awarded as the Top Venture Capital investors in India in 2024 as part of Venture Intelligence APEX‘25 Private Equity & Venture Capital awards event in Mumbai. The Venture Intelligence “Awards for Private Equity Excellence” (APEX) is dedicated to celebrating the best that the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital industry has to offer. The APEX Awardees are selected based on both Self Nomination by the participating PE-VC firms and "crowd sourced" voting from the Limited Partner, PE-VC and advisory communities. (The main criteria are Return Track Record, New Fund Raises & Follow-on Funding Rounds for Portfolio Companies) Growth VC Investor of the Year Norwest Venture Partners received the Growth Venture Capital Investor of the Year 2024 Award on the back of two strong part exits during the year, including an over 30x return from Swiggy (which successfully pulled off the largest start...