PE Fund Guide & News

Back in 2007, Dr. Ajay Kumar along with Rajat Goel ran an eye care center called ‘Eye Q’ in the small town of Rewari in Haryana with the aim to provide eye care to the people at affordable prices. They admit that they had a hard time starting off with the high-growth and capital-intensive business. Since banks refused to lend them money without collateral, the duo began to look up to Private Equity funds as a potential source for raising capital for the noble cause.  Their decision would bear positive results in just three years. In 2010, Eye Q was able to raise a total of Rs.10 crore. They raised an additional capital in two more rounds of PE funding .  They raised Rs. 45 crore in 2011 followed by an inflow of Rs. 25 crore worth of private equity funds that they were able to accumulate in the beginning 2013. Raising capital through PE Funds in India has enabled the eye care center to extend the socially-driven initiative to other parts of the country. ...

It’s been observed that contrary to earlier days, wherein majority was not familiar to aspects of the financial world, nowadays sea difference is witnessed. These days, financial world is attracting hordes to its shores and contrary to the early years, when all that a person would know is depositing and withdrawing money from his savings and/or current account, things have now changed. Now regardless of the genre a person is in, anyone and everyone prefers to invest money in shares and debentures. Seemingly, the chain is being joined-in by hundreds and thousands of investors every day. Apart from shares and debentures, there’s a lot that’s there in the market, which unfortunately not everyone is familiar to.   In follow up of the write up here’s I’m considering loopholes of private equity acquisition.       Private acquisitions are usually prompted in conjunction to a seller’s desire when he has to do away with the company, other than a buyer’s desir...

Young organizations that may be looking to expand their venture should get straight down to business as the time is just right to raise growth capital in India. Raising capital for growth is crucial for further expansion of any business organization. It’s critical for facility expansion, carrying out sales and marketing initiatives, purchasing equipment, and developing new products. The growth capital can also be utilized for restructuring of the balance sheet. It is often raised through PE funds in India, although it can be acquired from various other sources. A boom in PE investment marks the long-awaited revival of the investment cycle which is now expected to contribute to the development of the nation’s economy, as per a report analysis published by Business Standard. The report said that PE funds in India will likely reach an astounding figure of 40 billion US dollars over the next decade, by 2025. It also says that a more mature phase of investing is on way w...