| Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Home About Advertise Contact NEWSCOLUMNSINTERVIEWSBLOGS M & APRIVATE EQUITYVENTURE CAPITALINVESTMENT BANKINGPEOPLEPUBLIC EQUITYSTARTUPSSECTORS Home » Credit An Interesting India PE Strategy : Nirav Kachalia, Morgan Creek View Edit PRIVATE EQUITY March 28, 2012, 07:01 PM IST Share Credit An Interesting India PE Strategy : Nirav Kachalia, Morgan Creek BY SHRIJA AGRAWAL Nirav Kachalia, MD of Morgan Creek and an LP in the PE firm, discusses the fund's rationale and strategy. CX Partners, a Delhi-based private equity firm founded in 2009 by former Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) managing director Ajay Relan, is targeting $300-350 million as a starting point for its India-specific Intermediate Capital Fund, focused on Special Situations, according to Nirav Kachalia, managing director of Morgan Creek Capital Management, a Limited Partner in the PE firm. In its first media interaction on the subject, Kachalia talks about the fundraising, team, strategy and the genesis of the new NBFC-type strategy for CX. According to him, fundraising for the new debt side practice of CX Partners has just started. "We have just started and it's still very early. But people who know India can easily understand the strategy. It's a strategy that fits the structural constraints, the promoter's mindset and really resonates with people who know India. Of course, we may have to educate people as it is all about creating new ways of thinking when it comes to ... |
