India emerges as new drug trial hot spot
Extracts from an Always-On Network posting: India’s small but fast growing clinical trials industry has the potential to significantly lower drug development costs for U.S. and global companies. Drug trials…
MphasiS hiring doctors and other interesting job trends
Job Trends Bangalore-based IT and BPO services firm MphasiS is hiring “MBBS Doctors” to help their “global clients” (persumably, insurance companie) “analyze and understand medical risks” of their customers (read…
IISc spin-off Esqube takes on Skype
Start-up Watch At a time when US-based Voice-over-IP start-up Skype has drawn millions of users and also millions in venture capital from top Silicon Valley VCs, does a spin off…
FEER profiles Temasek’s invesments in India
It is now the turn of the Far Eastern Economic Review to publish a profile of Temasek Capital’s recent large investments in India. Some extracts: Temasek’s drive into India is…
China bubble will burst soon: Sequoia Capital’s Valentine
“You’re about to see (the China) bubble burst in the next five years, or sooner, that will make our bubble look meaningless,” Sequoia Capital partner Don Valentine said at a…
Flextronics’ CEO on the cos’ plans for India
Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer Flextronics has made several aggressive strategic investments in India in recent months as part of its move to make India its global center for software product…
More on VC Blogging
A couple of weeks after my article about VCs’ blogging appeared on the Venture Intelligence India blog and the Always-On Network, the San Jose Mercury News’ Matt Marshall has published…
ICICI Venture plans to get even bigger
A $22 million plus investment to buy out the Tatas from their Yellow Pages publishing company (now called Infomedia India Limited); a $16 million investment in terry towel maker Welspun…
The Vinod Khosla difference
Extracts from Joe Kraus, co-founder of search engine company Excite, recent 2-part blog post – here and here – (on the importance of persistence) provide a good idea why Vinod…