Piramal, APG tie-up to bridge Infra funding gap

Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL) and APG Asset Management, the Dutch pension fund asset manager, formed a strategic alliance for investing in rupee denominated “mezzanine” instruments issued by infrastructure companies in India with a target investment of US$ 1 billion over the next 3 years, the companies said. PEL and APG have each initially committed US$375 […]

Flipkart raises Rs 1,250 cr funding from DST Global, others

Flipkart, India’s largest e-commerce platform, said it has raised $210 million (Rs 1,250 crore) from a consortium of investors led by DST Global – one of the leading global investment groups focused on Internet. Existing investors Tiger Global, Naspers, and Iconiq Capital also participated in the financing round, it said. The fund raising comes days […]