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Reliance Capital targeting $1B fund focused on India

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Indian financial services giant Reliance Capital Ltd. has plans to add another $1 billion in deal making firepower as it announced plans to raise a new private equity fund.

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According to Bloomberg, the new vehicle, Reliance Equity Advisors Ltd., will invest in logistics, drugmakers, retailers, media firms and Indian companies investing overseas. Indian billionaire Anil Ambani, who controls Reliance Capital, is the anchor investor with a contribution of $200 million of his own money. The remainder will come from overseas investors by the end of the year. Reliance also hired 15 managers from other private equity firms including Actis LLP, ICICI Ventures and Sequoia Capital.

Private equity money has been rushing into India this year. In July alone Donald Trump Jr., the son of real estate tycoon and reality television star Donald Trump, announced plans to raise as much as $1 billion for an India-focused property fund; and Dutch financial services firm Rabobank Group closed a new $100 million vehicle targeting small and medium agribusinesses in India. - George White

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See Dealscape post on Trump fund
See Dealscape post Rabobank fund
See DealWatch on PE/VC fund-raising



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