When Vineet Mittal first got into solar power, sometime around 2009, and was planting solar panels in Gujarat, renewable energy looked like a sector ripe for startups. Renewables were clearly the future of energy, and the big boys - Mukesh Ambani's Reliance, Adani Group, and the Tatas - were focusing much more on coal and petroleum. Little did Mittal know that things were going to change drastically.
FMO, the Netherlands-based development finance company plans to invest over euro 100 million by the end of 2003, atop company official said on Monday.
Some of the significant deals include private equity firm FMO's 14.48-million-dollar investment in Magma Leasing, Singapore based investment group Orient Global's 26.88-million-dollar investment in domestic brokerage firm India Infoline, ICICI Venture's $44.57-million investment in Centurion Bank of Punjab and French banking group BNP Baribas' 50.14-million-dollar investment in stock broking firm Geojit Financials.
A development finance company based in Netherlands, Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden on Tuesday acquired 3.95 per cent equity in two principal truck-financing companies of the Shriram Group for around Rs 12 crore (Rs 12