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How have Private Equity funds fared when they revisit a company they have invested into in the past? An analysis by Venture Intelligence. One of the best known quotes of legendary investor Warren Buffett is regarding his preferred holding period in outstanding businesses: Forever. Given the requirement of Private Equity (PE) funds to sell off their holdings in companies within 3-5 years (so as to distribute capital back to their investors), such funds are hard put to follow Buffett's maxim. Leading PE investors in India have however found creative ways to re-invest in companies they like and have profited from previously. While some fund managers have revisited companies that they had invested in at their previous firm, other managers have even bought out the holdings of their former employer. The results of revisiting “old flames” however has not been uniform. The case of multiplex operator PVR  and two firms led by PE industry veteran, Renuka Ramnath is especially inte...

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In a Hindu BusinessLine article, journalist Meera Siva uses Venture Intelligence data on a study of returns from Private Equity and Venture Capital investments. Data from Venture Intelligence on exits in specific sectors show that key sectors such as manufacturing, which accounted for over 10 per cent of exits by value in the last 10 years, slowed in 2015. Deal value slipped 28 per cent y-o-y in 2015, compared with the average growth rate of 10 per cent in the last decade. There were 229 exits in 2015, with manufacturing and BFSI topping the list with 34 exits each.  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.  Click Here to Sign Up for the FREE Weekly Edition of the Deal Digest: India's First & Most Exhaustive Transactions Newsletter.

Cognizant to pay about $135 million in cash as Sequoia Capital India reaps fourth exit in almost as many months from its WestBridge Capital avatar investments. Edited extracts from Cognizant's press release : Nasdaq-listed Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation , a leading provider of global IT and business process outsourcing services, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire marketRx , a India- and US-based provider of analytics and related software services to global Life Sciences companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices segments. Cognizant will pay approximately $135 million in cash, which will be funded from current cash reserves. marketRx combines analytics, market research and software services to provide scalable, web-based solutions in three functional areas for Life Sciences companies: Sales Management & Operations, Brand Marketing & Product Management and Market Research. marketRx's client base includ...