Businessworld has published an interview with the Akhil Gupta, head of the Blackstone Group’s Indian operations: Which sectors do you find most attractive in India now?We are looking at companies…
InfoTalk has a great podcast with Sequoia Capital’s Mark Kvamme. Some sound bytes (some of which might be paraphrased): It’s a myth that we invest only in companies who are…
Brad Feld has high praise for the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT. He feels “it’s an awesome example of a university program that funds novel, early-stage research, connects…
Business Today has featured a list of “dotcom” survivors – from Automartindia.com to YourManinIndia.com – as part of its recent Cover Story. Arun Natarajan is the Editor of Venture Intelligence…
Business Standard calculates how much the two late-stage PE investors stand to gain from the wind energy turbine maker’s forthcoming IPO: Citicorp, which had invested in Suzlon in April last…
This week, I contributed to an article on M&A in India’s IT services sector in the The 451 techDEALMAKER. I’m posting below some of my responses to a well compiled…
In an article for the Financial Express, I highlight how late-stage companies are tapping Private Equity investments just a few months before filing for an IPO. October 2004: HT Media…
The latest issue of Businessworld magazine has a cover story on the heightened deal-making in the media and entertainment sector in 2005. Here’s my take on the Private Equity action…
This week, Citigroup announced the first customer – Chennai-based Secova eServices – for its new “venture lending” service to Venture Capital-backed companies in India. Apart from providing a term loan,…
In the context of the launch of large buyout-focused PE funds like Blackstone and The Carlyle Group in India, Raghuvir Mukherji, a consultant with the Financial Securities Group of Infosys…