May 2, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
VC Circle 1 May 2013 Voylla.com, a jewelry and accessory e-tailer owned by Bangalore-based Voylla Retail Pvt Ltd, has raised Rs 2.5 crore in funding from Pune-based Snow Leopard Technology Ventures, a venture fund that provides seed capital to internet and technology...
May 2, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
The Moscow Times 1 May 2013 Two Russian tycoons will tap the prodigious cash flows of the country’s largest mining company to help complete their construction projects for next year’s Winter Olympics in Sochi, whose budget has spiraled to a record $50...
May 2, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, May 2 (Reuters) – Tata Capital, part of steel-to-software conglomerate Tata Group, has raised $600 million for a private equity fund to invest in India, in what could be one of the largest debuts by a private equity fund targeting India. Institutional...
May 2, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, Russia
The Moscow Times First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov invited Japan to work with Russia on building a 10-kilometer bridge to connect Sakhalin Island with the Russian mainland. Shuvalov, who ws speaking Tuesday at a Russian-Japanese business conference, said...
May 2, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Russia’s richest man Alisher Usmanov told Bloomberg that he recently spent about $100 million buying Apple shares in anticipation they will rise. “I believe in the future of this company even after Steve Jobs,” he said to the news agency. “When the company lost...
May 2, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, April 30 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Baring Asia is in advanced talks with the Indian arm of French cement maker Lafarge SA to invest about $240 million for a minority stake, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday....
