Indian VC Firm to Launch New SME Fund

Submitted by Derek Newberry on September 13, 2006 - 09:35.
September 13, 2006 - 09:00, Business Standard
ICICI Venture mulls 4 specialised funds

ICICI Venture is planning to set up four new specialised funds, including a small-cap fund, a mezzanine fund, a hedge fund, and a fund of funds.

The size of the small-cap fund will be around $500 million. It will begin with a corpus of $200-250 million, which will be hiked to that figure within the next nine months.

The mezzanine fund will have around $100 million. ICICI is yet to formalise the size or the timing of the other two funds.

ICICI Venture has also tied up with seven of its key investors in its private equity funds that will co-invest with them in acquisitions and buying of stakes in companies.

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Submitted by Srikanth on April 20, 2007 - 02:41.
We are a group of professionals who intend to start a new vertical focussing into High-End Mechanical based Engineering Services and Industrial Automation and process control. We are in the process of mobilizing venture funds for the same to the tune of of 1 Mil USD. Can you please suggest as to how do we push our Biz plan to ICICI Ventures. Srikanth

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