Gung ho about going global
Software and BPO services aren’t the only areas where Indian companies are competitive on a global scale. Private equity investors have realized this early and voted with their cheque books…
The rise of the “product development services” company
Software services are an old story. Product companies – except for a few exceptions – have not taken off (for the usual set of reasons: marketing costs are prohibitive, etc.…
TSJ Media featured in Business Standard article on Silicon Valley VCs investing in India
In 2004, up to November, venture capital and private equity funds invested over $820 million in India-based companies, according to data from TSJ Media, the Chennai-based firm that tracks venture…
The rush to manufacture mobile phones in India
Businessworld magazine has published an article on why there has been a flurry of activity, interest and announcements in the recent times for manufacturing mobile telephone handsets in India. So,…
“Determination to succeed is what counts”: 24/7 Customer CEO
What could be new or interesting about “yet another VC-backed BPO Firm” launching yet another call center facility? Luckily for me, I did not let this question dissuade me from…
Rajiv Gupta ‘s new “web telephony company” Cirxit bags CitySearch order
Rajiv Gupta, an former HP executive who co-founded and sold Confluent Software (a Sunnyvale, CA-based provider of software for managing Web services) to Oblix in February 2004, has created a…
New India VC Guide
Mumbai-based Dickenson Intellinetics has launched “VC Guide for India 2004-05” providing profiles of national and international Venture Capital/Private Equity that have a keen interest in India. Using a standard template…
Differences between investing in China and India
China has a very strong government and a weak corporate sector. India has a weak government and a strong corporate sector. Some extracts from an interesting interview in Businessworld with…
Getting VC funding without a MBA
# Unless your best friend in the world — whom you happen to have embarrassing pictures of — is a VC partner, please do not contact any VC. It makes…
Larger domestic IT market makes China more attractive to VCs
What is the size of the domestic market for IT products? This is one of the first questions that a General Partner at Boston and Silicon Valley based Battery Ventures…