Investment Summary

Kotak Private Equity Group Invests In Indus Biotech

On January 1, 2008, private equity firm Kotak Private Equity Group invested in life science company Indus Biotech

Investment Highlights
  • This is Kotak Private Equity Group’s 4th transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Kotak Private Equity Group’s 15th transaction in India.

Investment Summary

Date 2008-01-01
Target Indus Biotech
Sector Life Science
Investor(s) Kotak Private Equity Group
Deal Type Stake Purchase

Target

Indus Biotech

Pune, India
Indus Biotech is a drug discovery company that is identifying a new generation of safe molecules to treat autoimmune, oncology, central nervous system, infectious and lifestyle diseases. Indus Biotech was founded in 1995 and is based in Pune, Maharashtra.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Kotak Private Equity Group

Mumbai, India

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 1.4B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Kotak Private Equity Group (KPEG) is the private equity investment arm of financial services firm, Kotak Mahindra Group. KPEG looks to invest $20 to $40 million in a variety of mid-sized Indian companies to support expansion, acquisitions, or buyouts KPEG targets businesses with strong management and growth potential operating in fragmented industries. Sectors of interest include life science, retail, media/entertainment, light manufacturing, agriculture, food processing, healthcare, distribution, and IT/software. Kotak is based in Mumbai.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 26
Sector: Life Science M&A 4 of 7
Type: Stake Purchase M&A Deals 8 of 13
Country: India M&A 15 of 26
Year: 2008 M&A 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-01 BVG

Pune, India

BVG is a provider of facilities Management Service provider. The company offers services related to mechanized cleaning and facilities management services, waste management services, turnkey plant relocation, maintenance and construction of utility plants at industrial units, landscape design & development. BVG was founded in 1997 and is based in Pune, India.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-03-28 Icomm Tele

Hyderabad, India

Icomm Tele engages in telecom and power infrastructure segments. Its comprehensive network management solutions cover the design, fabrication, erection and commissioning of telecom, power transmission and power distribution networks. Icomm's customers include Bharti, Reliance Communications, Tata Tele, Idea and Vodafone in the telecom sector. Icomm Tele was founded in 1989 and is based in Hyderabad, Telangana.

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