Brookfield nears big deal in Indian oil and gas sector; TPG, Rabo, Lighthouse, SAIF, OIJIF in new deals; Carlyle, TPG add top execs; Udaan, Dream11 and GreyOrange in large VC rounds; Aurobindo strikes biggest overseas pharma M&A

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PRIVATE EQUITY [SAIF Partners adds to PIPE portfolio by betting on financial services firm]( [Zephyr Peacock set to mark first close of fourth SME-focussed private equity fund]( [ChrysCapital partially exits infotech services firm with high returns]( [Edelweiss aims to hit final close for stressed assets fund by month-end]( [IFC sells bulk of its stake in decade-old pharma portfolio firm; peek at returns]( [KKR to reapply for ARC licence in India after global rejig]( [TPG picks up minority stake in cables manufacturer RR Kabel]( [Temasek commits $400 mn to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund]( [KKR raises $7.4 bn for third global infrastructure fund]( [I Squared Capital raises $7 bn for new infrastructure fund]( [PE firm Lighthouse backs beauty e-tailer Nykaa as TVS Capital exits]( [Oman India Joint Investment Fund invests in Stanley Lifestyles]( [Rabo Equity to invest $20 mn in LT Foods' organic products arm]( venture capital [Aavishkaar-backed logistics firm Connect India gets funding from angel investors]( [Exclusive: SAIF Partners strikes new investment in consumer sector]( [Exclusive: Singapore's RB Investments bets on two Indian companies]( [Artha Venture Fund backs tea kiosk chain Haazri]( [Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital leads big Series C round in GreyOrange]( [Tencent leads $100 mn investment in fantasy sport platform Dream11]( [Gray Matters Capital, Keiretsu Forum back ed-tech startup SRJNA]( [Temasek, DENSO & others invest in AI hardware firm ThinCI's Series C round]( [Japanese telecom operator KDDI backs AI-for-fashion startup Mad Street Den]( [US venture capital firm, IDG and others invest $9 mn in CloudCherry]( [Exclusive: Sequoia, IDG co-lead new funding round in fashion rental firm Flyrobe]( [SRI Capital writes $1-mn cheque to data analytics startup]( [IIM-Ahmedabad's CIIE backs sports footwear startup Heelium]( [Chinese accelerator invests in budget eyewear retailer ClearDekho]( [Exclusive: News aggregator Dailyhunt raises $6 mn as part of larger Series E round]( [Lightspeed, DST Global inject fresh capital into B2B marketplace Udaan]( [WaterBridge Ventures exits online learning platform Unacademy with high returns]( [China's FinUp, existing investors back digital lending startup SlicePay]( m&a [WestBridge-backed DFM Foods eyes acquisitions, to raise money via share sale]( [Infosys picks up majority stake in Temasek IT services unit]( [Temasek, Ola founders buy stake in cab-hailing firm via secondary deals]( [Aurobindo buying Novartis unit Sandoz's businesses in biggest outbound pharma deal]( [L&T Technology Services to acquire Graphene Semiconductor for $12.9 mn]( [Centrum Financial Services to acquire L&T Finance's supply-chain lending biz]( [Ebix buys Miles Software in latest India acquisition]( [Qatar Airways may seek stake in IndiGo; open to buying Air India's core assets]( [Persistent Systems acquires US-based Herald Health]( [Ambit Finvest acquires SME lending business of Finmax Credit]( [Graphite India to pick up 46% stake in US-based General Graphene]( [Manipal Group picks up stake in Cigna TTK to enter insurance sector]( Markets [IFC to sell nearly one-third stake in Angel Broking via IPO]( [State-run rail infra engineering firm Ircon eyeing $620-mn valuation in IPO]( [SEBI to review tighter norms on foreign funds]( [India finance ministry tries to calm investors as SEBI rule changes spook markets]( [PE-backed firms Milltec, Vectus get regulatory nod to float IPOs]( [Vedanta Resources, first Indian firm to list in London, to go private on October 1]( VCC TV [Big-ticket venture capital deals boost tech startups this week]( [Amazon joins Apple in $1 trillion valuation club]( [Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says on track to float IPO in 2019]( [Are NBFCs benefiting from Indian banks' bad-loan problems?]( OPINION [What Indian firms need to know about new US law on foreign investment]( Q&A [It's been a crazy year, funding 3-4 startups a month: Angel investor Sanjay Mehta]( [India's mid-size bad loans resolution process from this month: Project Sashakt's Mehta]( ANALYSIS [Company watch: Carlyle-backed Metropolis in pink of health but faces testing times]( People [Baring PE India finance head joins global investment firm]( [SBI Caps' top investment banking exec resigns]( [Centrum hires Edelweiss veteran to bolster institutional equities, i-banking biz]( [CLSA hires two execs to strengthen M&A and debt capital market advisory]( [Former Twitter Asia head Shailesh Rao to lead TPG Growth, Rise Fund in India]( [After losing Fortis Healthcare, Shivinder Singh sues brother Malvinder]( [True North founding partner joins Carlyle India]( [Investment bank Singhi Advisors hires Sunil Pahilajani as partner]( FROM techcircle [Exclusive: A string of top-level exits jolts food-tech startup FreshMenu]( [Technology is guaranteeing more good days for Britannia's biscuits biz]( [How QR codes will help India Post Payments Bank drive financial inclusion]( [Why DSG Consumer-backed Tazzobikes skid to a halt after a two-year run]( [DLF is bringing IoT, Big Data with a pinch of e-commerce to modern shopping malls]( [Will Chai Point's deepening focus on tech stir up profitability?]( [Mihuru wants millennials to indulge in wanderlust on a budget]( others [Govt to invoke companies law to probe LLPs converted from shell firms]( [Reliance Home Fin in talks with ADIA to raise funds; 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