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Allegro Advisors and Ambit claim the No.2 & No.3 slots Ernst & Young  topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to M&A Deals   during 2023,advising 20 deals worth $3.8 Billion. Allegro Advisors stood second advising 3 deals worth $2.4 billion. Ambit followed with 7 deals worth $2.2 billion. Avendus ($1.8 billion across 11 deals) and Jefferies & Co. ($1.1 billion across 1 deal) completed the top five. Allegro Advisors and Ernst & Young advised the  $2 Billion  majority stake acquisition by Temasek in Manipal Hospitals . Ambit advised  the $1.2 Billion acquisition of Brookfield's Road portfolio by Indinfravit Trust . Arpwood Capital, Jefferies & Co. and Ernst & Young advised the $1.1 Billion buyout of HDFC Credila by a consortium of private equity firms, including BPEA EQT and ChrysCapital . Among the larger M&A deals in Q4 2023, O3 Capital and KPMG advised the $700 million acquisition of Car...

Allegro Advisors and Ernst & Young claim the No.2&3 slot Avendus topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Transaction Advisor to Private Equity Transactions in 2023 advising 22 deals worth $2.9 Billion. Allegro Advisors stood second advising 4 deals worth $2.5 Billion. Ernst & Young followed with 20 deals worth $1.4 Billion. Jefferies & Co. ($1.1 Billion across 1 deal) and o3 Capital ($970 million across 9 deals) completed the top five for 2023. Allegro Advisors and Ernst & Young advised $2 Billion investment in Manipal Hospitals by Temasek, the largest PE-VC investment of 2023. Jefferies & Co., Ernst & Young, Arpwood Capital advised the $1.1 Billion buyout of HDFC Credila by BPEA EQT and ChrysCapital. Avendus advised the $500 million investment attracted by Lenskart from ADIA. Among the larger private equity deals in Q4 2023, O3 Capital and KPMG advised the $700 million acquisition of Care Hospitals by Blackstone. Ambit advised the ...

Chiratae Ventures, Speciale Invest and Stride Ventures were awarded as among the leading Venture Capital investors in India for 2023 as part of Venture Intelligence APEX‘24 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) VC Investor of the Year Chiratae Ventures received the Venture Capital Investor of the Year 2023 Award on the back of 10 part exits totaling $178 million via Secondary Sales during the year. Its exits included those from retail unicorn Lenskart, SaaS Startup Pixis and baby pr...

Press Release Blackstone, MO Alternates (formerly Motilal Oswal PE) and InvAscent were awarded as among the leading Private Equity and Growth Capital investors in India for 2023 as part of Venture Intelligence APEX‘24 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) PE Investor of the Year Blackstone received the Private Equity Investor of the Year 2023 Award on the back of strong complete exits during the year: from Sona Comstar and IBS Software. Ganesh Mani and Amit Dalmia, Senior Managing D...

The value of investments by Private Equity - Venture Capital (PE-VC) firms in India fell by 38% to less than $30 Billion in 2023. PE-VC firms invested $29.7 Billion (across 756 deals) in Indian companies in 2023, compared to $47.6 Billion (across 1,362 deals) in the previous year, reports Venture Intelligenc e, a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations. (Note: These figures exclude PE investments in Real Estate).                                                                                                                                      ...

Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) funds invested $6 Billion (across 139 deals) in India-based companies during the quarter ended  September 2023 (Q3'23),  shows data from  Venture Intelligence , a research service focused on private company financials, transactions, and their valuations . This represents a 15% decline compared to the same period in 2022 (which saw $7 Billion being invested across 327 deals) .  The investment amount also dipped 49% compared to the immediate previous quarter (which saw $11.7 Billion being invested across 202 deals).                                                                                            ...

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas claim the No.2 & No.3 slots AZB & Partners (AZB) topped the Venture Intelligence League Table for Legal Advisor to M&A Transactions by value during H1 2023. AZB advised 29 M&A deals worth $5.7 Billion. It was followed by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas (SAM) ($5.4 Billion across 22 deals) and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas (CAM) ($5.2 Billion across 35 deals) in the second and third spots respectively. Trilegal ($4.6 Billion across 28 deals) took the fourth spot with J Sagar Associates (JSA) ($3.5 Billion across 6 deals) completing the top five. Among the larger M&A deals during H1 2023, Trilegal, JSA, AZB and Milbank advised the Singapore government-owned Temasek Holdings in acquiring a 41% stake in Manipal Hospitals for $2 Billion .  AZB, Wadia Ghandy , JSA and SAM advised the $1.1 Billion acquisition of HDFC Credila by Baring Asia and ChrysCapital .  Anagram Partners, Gornitzky & Co, Freshfiel...