A primer on Indian PIPEs
Investment banker Krishna Mony has a nice primer on PIPE deals and what IBs look for when they do due diligence for such deals. Some extracts: PIPE investors give the…
Band of Angels web site launched
Band of Angels, the New Delhi-based angel investment group, has launched a pleasant looking web site. The site includes a listing of the names (and in some cases, profiles) of…
IPTV pilots in India
Businessworld has a profile of the IPTV pilot projects by major telcos in India. Sometime this July, MTNL will become the first to launch Internet protocol television (IPTV) service (See…
Praj Industries: Vinod Khosla’s Indian Ethanol bet
Businessworld has a profile of Pune-based Praj Industries, a listed Ethanol technology company in which Vinod Khosla has picked up a 10% stake. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture…
How companies are latching on to the real estate boom
In case you just landed back from Mars, real estate in India is booming. Businessworld has a cover story on how companies are latching on to the boom. Indian companies,…
Status of the power sector
Business Today has a special report on the power sector. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence India, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide.…
Infosys @ 25
On the 25th anniversary of the company’s founding, Business Today has an article on 25 little-known facts about Infosys. On July 2, 2006, Infosys technologies will turn 25. That’s not…
Portfolios of Indian tech billionaires
Business Today has a Cover Story on how India’s tech billionaires – including Azim Premji, Nandan Nilekani, Shiv Nadar and Ramalinga Raju – are investing their personal money. Arun Natarajan…
Google sells stake in Baidu
For every reasonably famous (as against “successful”) online services business model in the US, there is a copycat being created – and venture capital funded – in China. I’m however…
Tim Draper, UBS are LPs in PE fund run by Utah Univ. students
From the Press Release: The University Venture Fund (UVF) announced today it has achieved a final closing of $18 million in funding, an unprecedented amount of capital for a student-run…