IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd (ILFS)

IL&FS Investment Managers Limited is the private equity, venture capital, and real estate investment arm of Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited. The firm specializes in seed capital, late venture, growth capital, expansions, middle market, restructuring, stressed assets, recapitalizations, buyouts investments, and real estate investments in high-growth real estate assets including office, residential, retail, integrated townships, special economic zones, hospitality, and mixed-use properties. It also makes debt investments as well as investment banking led private equity transactions focused on opportunities arising from stressed assets. The firm seeks to invest in energy, materials, logistics, agricultural services, auto components, textiles, healthcare, power, waste management, toll roads and cable infrastructure, biotechnology, niche manufacturing, retail, media, consumer services, consumer brands, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, airport services, highways and rail tracks, marine ports and services, infrastructure and related services, telecom, city gas distribution, shipyards, life sciences, real estate, waste water treatment, information technology, and information technology enabled services companies. It seeks to invest in Middle East, Asian markets with a focus on India, Tamil Nadu, and Delhi; and China. It seeks to invest between $15 million and $100 million in companies with market capitalization of $50 million and $150 million. The firm prefers to make seed capital funding in infrastructure projects in the range of $2 million and $10 million. In the real estate sector, it seeks to invest between $20 million and $50 million. The firm seeks to hold its investments for a period between three years and five years. It seeks to make private equity investments in post revenue companies. The firm prefers to take a seat on the board of directors of its portfolio companies. IL&FS Investment Managers Limited was founded in 1989 and is based in Mumbai, India.