Tuesday, June 3, 2008

India's first cinema VC fund all set for debut

Cinema Capital Venture Fund, (CCVF) reckoned to be India's first regulated entertainment venture capital fund, promises to provide the Indian investor a unique investment opportunity in the fast growing film entertainment sector.The fund will be launched shortly with a corpus of Rs 500-700 crore.

CCVF will be a close-ended fund and will look to invest in a broader spectrum of the entertainment industry and not restrict itself to financing just films.Ernst & Young, which has structured the deal is confident of the fund’s showing.

There are a couple of funds in the business such as The Indian Film Company, that raised $110 million from the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of London Stock Exchange and Pyramid Saimira said to be raising a $150 million entertainment fund soon. Ranbaxy promoters led financial services business Religare Enterprises.

Read more in The Economic Times article.

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