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…
Nasscom proposes fund to help SMEs file patents The National Association of Software & Services Companies (Nasscom) has proposed a special fund, in association with the Indian government, to provide…
Govt. announces Rs.10,000-Cr fund to provide soft loans for SMEs On January 09, the finance minister Jaswant Singh announced that the central government is to set up a Rs.10,000 crore…
Be vary of VCs, say ex-Internet entrepreneurs “In 2002, we sold egurucool to NIIT for Rs.14 crore. But that was because we were forced by the venture capitalists (VCs) to…
Profile of engg. services co. QuEST Express Computers has published a detailed profile of Bangalore-based engineering services company, Quality Engineering & Software Technologies, LLC (QuEST), which recently received a $6…
“Offshoring can rescue the US software industry” One of the key problems facing US software companies is lack of innovation, according to George Gilbert and Rahul Sood, principals at Tech…