SVL(Siva Ventures Limited) SVL(Siva Ventures Limited

Siva Ventures LimitedSiva Ventures Limited (SVL) (formerly known as Aircel Televentures Limited) was the holding company of the various telecom entities of the Sterling Infotech Group (SIG) which consisted of Aircel Limited (Mobile service provider in the Rest of Tamil Nadu, Southern India), Aircel Cellular Limited (Mobile service provider in Chennai Metropolitan telecom circle, Tamil Nadu) and Dishnet Wireless Limited (Dishnet) (mobile service provider in North and eastern part of India). In March 2006, SIG divested its stake in these telecom entities for an amount of US$ 1.08 Billion. SVL presently is the principal investment vehicle of the Group.

In order to gainfully deploy funds from the telecom divestment, SIG has identified SVL as its primary investment vehicle. SVL is an investment organization which seeks to pick up equity investments in various sectors either by itself or through its wholly-owned subsidiaries both in India and overseas. SVL invests in various identified sunrise sectors besides making strategic / financial investments in listed companies. Some of its recent investments include:

  • Around 15% in Sahara One Media and Entertainment Limited (Sahara). Sahara is one of the largest entertainment conglomerates with operations in motion pictures and in the television arena. Sahara is listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
  • Around 15% in Best & Crompton Engineering Limited. The company is an engineering, procurement and project management company.

Besides these investments, SVL has equity investments / structured investments in various other unlisted companies. SVL through its wholly owned subsidiaries both in India and abroad focuses its energies and attention to identify viable investment opportunities and optimize shareholders’ returns. SVL is a board managed company with strategic inputs from the controlling shareholder, Sterling Infotech Limited. SVL has a seasoned management team with several years of experience in Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions and other facets of investment management.

SVL Ethanol

SVL Ethanol Energy Inc. (SVL Ethanol) provides full-service procurement, project management and project / structured financing services in the renewable energy sustainable technologies sphere. Our experience encompasses working with various project developers to identify structure and facilitate projects coming on stream as per schedule and budgets.

SVL Ethanol which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siva Ventures Limited, (SVL) seeks to deploy the strengths of SVL in the procurement and project management arena. Our goal is to work with project developers and make end products like ethanol and bio-diesel highly competitive with fossil fuels and other comparable products.