Month: January 2004

Promod Haque displaces Vinod Khosla in Forbes’ “Midas List” Norwest Venture Partners’ Promod Haque displaced another VC of Indian origin, Vinod Khosla of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, to climb…

Brunei VC fund scouting for early-stage, “spin-in” deals in India The BI Venture Capital Group, a part of Brunei Investments Group which manages investments of royal families across Asia, is…

Exits, aggressive entry valuations to be themes of ’04: Ashish Dhawan As the stock markets continue to heat up in 2004, private equity investors–at least, the “disciplined” ones–will focus on…

We’re not moving jobs offshore; we’re adding jobs worldwide: Dell Here is what Michael Dell had to say, in his interview to Always-On Network, when asked whether his company was…

Asian private equity firms raised $3.3-B in 2003: AVCJ Asian private equity firms raised $3.32 billion in calendar 2003, up from $2.99 billion in 2002, Reuters reports quoting data from…

Manipal Group launches Healthcare BPO ops; mulls venture in education space The Manipal Group, which operates over 50 colleges and 15 hospitals in India and South-East Asian countries, has launched…

Indian cos. dominate sponsors list at Software 2004 Conference Sand Hill Group, a Silicon Valley-based investment and advisory services firm co-founded by M.R. Rangaswami, is organizing a software technology conference,…

Why Pharma is hotting up The pharmaceuticals sector has been witnessing mega-deals in recent quarters: Indian companies have been acquiring overseas firms and attracting dollops of private equity investments. According…

Sumir Chadha’s interview to Always-On Network Sumir Chadha, Founder & Senior Managing Director of Bangalore and Silicon Valley based VC fund, WestBridge Capital, has been interviewed by Always-On Network. Chadha…