Apollo Health Street (AHS), the healthcare business process outsourcing subsidiary of Apollo Group that runs India’s largest hospital chain, plans to raise $70 million from the capital market by offloading 15% of its equity. The Hyderabad-based company has been valued at nearly $470 million. The company will come out with its initial public offer (IPO) in the first quarter of 2008.
AHS is also looking to get outsourcing contracts worth several millions of dollars from private equity player Apax Partners, which runs 45 hospitals in Europe. Apax Partners picked 11% stake in parent company Apollo Hospital Enterprises for $100 million last month.
Read more in The Economic Times article.
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