ChrysCap-backed Infogain begins talks to offload controlling stake

Mumbai: Infogain Corp, the Silicon Valley-based digital platform and software engineering services firm backed by ChrysCapital, has begun preliminary talks with private equity funds and strategic investors to sell a controlling stake in the company at a valuation of $500-600 million (Rs 3,650-4,380 crore).

The transaction being discussed includes the issue of new shares and the sale of stake by some existing investors, said people in the know. ChrysCapital, a home-grown private equity fund, is expected to sell its majority stake. In 2015, ChrysCapital had invested $63 million to pick the stake in the California-headquartered Infogain.