Top Business Stories in April 2014

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Top Business Stories in April 2014

Deals, Fund Raises, IPOs » HomeShop18 files for $75M IPO on NYSE » hCentive raises $35M from a strategic investor » Kotak raises $400M in new offshore realty fund » ChrysCapital increases stake in Torrent Pharma » Wonderla Holidays looks to raise around $30M in IPO » Women apparel brand Soch looks to raise up to $20M » Third Eye Cinema Fund aims at first close within six months » StanChart, Dhillon family putting over $90M in Religare Enterprises » Vakrangee in initial talks with General Atlantic, Carlyle to raise around $120M » BlackSoil hits first close of its maiden realty fund, tweaks investment strategy » Future Lifestyle Fashions invests in Delhi-based handbags maker Unico Retail » Avendus to partner Zodius Capital for new fund to invest up to $500M in digital space

News Analyses » Wonderla IPO subscribed 38x » Private equity deals in healthcare takes a beating in Q1 » PE deal volume shrinks again but value rises; M&As sink in Q1 » Venture capital deal-making almost flat; angel-seed funding faces drought in Q1

Strategy » How Meru Cabs' asset-light strategy may help it break even » Au Financiers aims to double loan book in three years before floating IPO » Star Agriwarehousing eyes expansion in storage space with fresh PE funding » Thyrocare to launch B2C venture Lab Nation, scouting for strategic investors

An eye on Exits, only at VCCircle Wolfensohn Capital part exits Repco with over 2x TEAM VCC ICICI Venture part exits Shriram City Union Finance with 3x TEAM VCC Piramal nets 52% profit as it exits Vodafone India for $1.48B BHAWNA GUPTA IL&FS PE exiting Phoenix United Mall project at Agra with a haircut SWET SARIKA Brahma Investments scored multi-bagger with Eicher Motors, exits CCL Products with 3x SHRUTI AMBAVAT

The Big Deal Focus » How will Sun-Ranbaxy look like at the end of the story » Top pharma M&As dominated by MNCs buying into India; Sun breaks the mould » Deal of the month: Taqa buying Jaypee Group's two hydro power assets for $1.6B » Daiichi Sankyo couldn't manage Ranbaxy; company is now moving to better hands, say industry experts

In Conversation with Industry Leaders Kishore Biyani Future Group S Subramanian Marico Kaya

Key Moves » Walton Street's Sourav Goswami joins Red Fort Capital » Law firm JSA promotes nine lawyers as retained partners » India Value Fund Advisors promotes three executives as partners

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