Nutanix bets big on Indian govt clients, defence projects after Nasdaq debut

With three Indian co-founders, cloud-computing firm Nutanix, which opened to a blockbuster initial public offering on Nasdaq three years ago, is looking to bet big on government clients in India, said a senior executive. Nutanix is the leader in the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) business, and sees significant opportunity in “state and Centre and defence” areas … Read more

KEC announced new order wins of Rs 1,520 crore

KEC International (KEC) is a global infrastructure Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) major. It has presence in the verticals of Power Transmission and Distribution, Railways, Solar, Civil, Smart Infrastructure  and Cables. The Company is currently executing infrastructure projects in 30 countries and has a footprint in  100+ countries (includes EPC & Supply). It is the … Read more

Kotak Mahindra Bank best suited to acquire Yes Bank – says two top bankers

Mystery around Yes Bank’s future fails to die down… Over last few months everyone including investors, analysts, consumers and competitors are equally confused as to the future of Yes Bank. Lender’s capital raising plan is also passing through uncertainties and there are speculations on whether Yes Bank is an acquisition target, which has been denied … Read more

Travis Kalanick is exiting his Uber holdings very quickly

Forget Black Friday or Cyber Monday. Travis Kalanick is having the sale of the century. The Uber Technologies Inc. co-founder unloaded $350 million more of stock this month, bringing his proceeds to more than $2.1 billion since a share lockup ended November 6. The 43-year-old’s remaining stake in the ride-hailing company now constitutes about a … Read more

Gautam Thapar cites board approvals, rejects fund misuse allegations

Citing regular board approvals for various inter-corporate loans, former CG Power Industrial Solutions’ non-executive chairman Gautam Thapar has refuted allegations of fund misuse amid alleged governance lapses coming under the regulatory scanner, according to documents submitted by him to the government. In a 36-page submission to the corporate affairs ministry early November, Thapar, who was … Read more

SEBI rejects lenders claims in Karvy matter

Previously, on SEBI instructions the depositories had transferred back securities worth Rs 2000 crore to their rightful owners. The lenders (Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank) had then approached the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) challenging the transfer as the subject securities were pledged with them by Karvy. SAT further directed the lenders to … Read more

Rivigo raising $20 million from SAIF, Spring Canter

As per reports, Logistics behemoth Rivigo is raising a round of ₹141.97 crore ($20 million) from existing investors SAIF Partners and Spring Canter Investment Ltd. The current round seems to be at the same valuation as the previous one. The company was valued at $1.1 billion in September. Rivigo was founded in 2014 and besides … Read more

AU Bank announces the completion of Temasek’s investment for 4.8% stake

AU Bank (AU) announced that Temasek, via its wholly-owned subsidiary Camas Investments Pte. Ltd, has invested Rs. 525 Crores towards conversion of their 1,01,04,364 warrants. Pursuant to this conversion Temasek has firmed up their stake at 4.8% in AU Bank. Though the said transaction is part of Temasek’s original commitment in Jun 2018 to invest … Read more