SHASHANK SINGH APAX PARTNERS

The Apax strategy is more pivoted toward control deals, given its focus on being able to have a seat on the table to drive changes. It is, however, open to partnering with quality founders and management teams in minority settings "where there's a m...

Agritech firm Poshn will use the capital to build its innovative stack of solutions that address the gaps in the system, and expand to global markets with imports and exports in profitable categories to Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

ChrysCapital, the largest homegrown PE fund, is looking to sell GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, about six years after acquiring the Los Angelesbased healthcare business process outsourcing (BPO) company, said multiple people aware of the development. A ...

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Singh will be moving permanently to London, the sources added. He joined Apax in 2004 in its London office and moved to the India office in 2007 and took charge after Neeraj Bharadwaj left the firm for Carlyle Group in 2013.

Poshn, an agri-trading platform, has launched Poshn Nucleus, a technology platform to match a buyer’s procurement demands with the most likely fulfilment partner. The company aims to onboard more than 300,000 wholesale small and medium-sized enterpr...

Days after its negotiations with creditors to restructure a $1.2 billion term loan fell through, edtech firm Byju’s missed a quarterly interest payment of $40 million on June 5, and sued the lenders in the New York Supreme Court. This and more in to...

The wholesale, distribution and financing platform primarily focussed on food and agro said it is investing in technology platform to make supply chains more efficient and monetarily additive to users.

The investment in Sunsure Energy, which has historically built solar plants for commercial and industrial users, is to help transform the company into an independent power producer which will have 3 gigawatt of operational capacity and sell power di...

Sofina Ventures and Temasek co-led the Series E funding, with other existing investors RTP Global Partners, Prosus Ventures and Lightrock India also participating in the round.

Poshn plans to use the fresh capital to grow aggressively and hire across tech and business functions.

The transaction is a mix of primary investment and secondary share purchase from funds advised by Apax Partners. The British private equity firm will remain a majority shareholder in Fractal AI.

The deal where Apax will buy about 70% stake, values Infogain at about $570 million. Homegrown PE fund Chryscap owns a controlling stake in Infogain.

Bakstage, available on both Android and iOS, is part of New York based Flyx Entertainment. It is banking on the surge in popularity of content delivered in audio format to create a compelling business. In an e-mail interview Singh discusses audio ap...

The transaction will help pay out the Rs 800 crore debt that the company had amassed due to misguided acquisitions that eventually took the company into corporate debt restructuring between 2012 and 2016.

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), which acquired 48% in GlobalLogic in April 2017 will continue to remain invested in the US company.

Shashank Singh, Partner and India Head, APAX Partners, talks about why PE players rush to the exit.New deals have come down in FY16-17: Shashank Singh

Shashank Singh says that we pursue the best opportunities we can find in our sectors globally, our split of investments is roughly 40% in the US.

The deal valued at Rs 57.84 crore signals increased interest in the Indian technology services industry by the investment firm.