Announcing the all-cash deal, which ranks among the largest acquisitions by an Indian IT services company, the Bengaluru-headquartered IT major said that Capco will continue to operate as an independent entity.
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When Aneesh Reddy, founder of Capillary Technologies in Bengaluru, was trying to raise money in 2015, there weren’t that many venture capital companies operating in India that could hand out cheques of $30 million to $50 million the range Reddy was looking for, to buy out another company he was interested in.
“Most VC folks would dry up at $20 million or even $15 million, and PE firms started at $75 million,” he recalled in a recent interview with
Forbes India. Reddy then became one of the rare Indian tech exceptions at the time, who successfully raised money from a private equity firm instead, at a stage when PE companies usually didn’t move in.
Stakeboat Capital launches Fund II to focus on healthcare and manufacturing SMBs
Stakeboat Capital s Fund II will invest in SMBs in healthcare and life sciences, B2B technologies, and businesses and services that include value-added industrials and manufacturing.
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Stakeboat Capital has launched its second fund of Rs 1,000 crore. The fund will
continue to invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with revenue between Rs 50 crore and Rs 250 crore in the form of both primary and secondary transactions.
Chandrasekar Kandasamy, Founder and Managing Partner, Stakeboat Capital, said, ”We are delighted to launch Fund II, which further reaffirms our commitment to recognise and support SME entrepreneurs. We will be focused on our investment strategy, identifying SMEs with revenues ranging between Rs 50 and Rs 250 crores wherein we would like to hold
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The investor is focusing on categories such as healthcare and life science, business to business (B2B) software and manufacturing. It is eyeing investments of between Rs 30 crore and Rs 50 crore to acquire 51-70% stake in SMEs, with a holding period of 3-5 years.
“We largely look to back existing profitable companies with revenue of about Rs 50-Rs 250 crore, which is also the definition of medium enterprises in the SME category. We look at ways to build these companies to a scale that’s fairly large so that they’re attractive to either a strategic buyer or a secondary fund,” said Chandrasekar Kandasamy, founder and managing partner, Stakeboat Capital.