Bain Capital has outbid rival KKR with a $4 billion offer to acquire Fuji Soft, a prominent Japanese software developer, setting the stage for a rare high-stakes showdown between two private equity giants. Bain’s bid, which values Fuji Soft at 9,450 yen per share, surpasses KKR’s offer by approximately 7%, igniting a fierce contest for control of the company. Bain ...

Team Indus, the only Indian team competing for the Google Lunar XPRIZE, wants to go beyond the challenge and emerge as India’s equivalent of SpaceX, US private space company, with an eye on additional fund-raising to the tune of $40 million in the next round. With its lunar rover mission launch set for December aboard ISRO’s PSLV rocket, Team Indus ...