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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.

Deepak Gupta , Co Founder of early stage investment platform Equitycrest, has made an analysis ( republished in Inc42 ) - using Venture Intelligence data - of the "new normal" in terms of the time, money and number of pre Series A rounds required to get to that milestone. Extracts: I don’t know if we are exactly in the mode of how things are in 2012-13 but it does seem that 2014-15 was an aberration and the direction of the data points gives us some lessons to draw from. So what can we learn? 1. You need to be doubly sure about the idea you are pursuing and the fundability of the team. Just the first seed round does not mean a lot in terms of the success of the business. Also, you probably need something north of INR 4 crores to get to Series A regardless of the market, so be looking out to raise the second seed if your first raise was modest.   2. In case of an angel round, one needs to ensure that the lead investor is truly committed and understands the company’s ...

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PE/VC-backed companies fare better in terms of growth in sales, profitability, wages, exports and R&D investments, a study by Venture Intelligence shows. According to a new study by Venture Intelligence, a leading research firm focussed on Private Equity and M&A activity in India, PE- and VC-backed companies are growing significantly faster compared to their non Private Equity-backed peers as well as market indices like the Sensex, Nifty and CNX Midcap. The Venture Intelligence Private Equity Impact report also shows that profitability, wages, exports and R&D investments at PE/VC-backed companies are growing at a significantly higher rate compared to their peers which are not PE-backed.  Sales at publicly-listed PE-backed companies demonstrated a CAGR of 25% over the ten year period 2000-2010, a significantly higher rate compared to the 15.1% at non PE-backed listed firms, 17.9% at Nifty Index companies. 19.2% at Sensex companies and 15.3% at CNX Midcap companies.  PE-bac...

Don't miss renowned speakers including Gurcharan Das, Ex-CEO of P&G India and author of India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being Good , confirmed to address the 2011 Awards Function. This edition of APEX will build on the success of APEX'10, which drew over 300 participants including from Limited Partners, PE/VC firms, Entrepreneurs & CXOs from across sectors, Investment Banks, Consultants, Corporate Law firms, HR firms, etc. Among last year's highlights were an address by Ajay Piramal, Chairman of the Piramal Group, who subsequently pulled off 2010's most talked about M&A deal - the sale of the Piramal Healthcare's domestic formulations business to Abbott Labs at 9 times revenues. APEX'11 Awards Function - Evening of Feb.9 APEX'11 Awards is an unique gathering of top executives in the Indian Deal ecosystem to network, introspe...