“VCs seek dot-com success stories in India”
United Press International has an article on the return of interest in Internet-based services companies – aka “dotcoms” – in India. “India is particularly appealing for a number of reasons,…
Why Paramount Airways is targeting business travelers
Businessworld has an interview with M. Thiagarajan, the 29-year-old Managing Director of Coimbatore-based Paramount Airways, which caters to business travelers between the major metros and smaller cities. Our target is…
ChrysCapital bulks up for a bear market
Businessworld has a cover story on ChrysCapital. In his interview to the magazine, ChrysCapital Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director Ashish Dhawan, explains why his firm decided to raise a $550…
Life after FoodWorld for RPG Retail
Businessworld has an article on the RPG Group’s plans for retail parting with its FoodWorld joint venture. Right now, the plans to move on seem to be in top gear…
“We are excited about consumer market plays”
ContentSutra has an interview with Sandeep Singhal, Managing Director of WestBridge Capital, on the firm’s recent investments in Internet and mobile services companies like Shaadi.com, Mauj, Nazara, etc. Internet cannot…
“VC investing by majority vote is a bad idea”
Paul Kedrosky argues that the common practice at VC firms – of requiring unanimity (or at least, majority) among the partners for making investment decisions – is a “dangerous” one.…
Media & Entertainment industry to grow at 19%
A study by FICCI-PricewaterhouseCoopers has predicted that the Indian Media & Entertainment industry will grow at 19% to touch Rs. 83,740 crore by 2010 from its current size of Rs.35,300…
“4.6 million Indians bank online”
A Business Standard report quoting a December 2005 study by the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and Cross Tab Marketing Services, says that an estimated 4.6 million Indian…
Corporate, bank restructuring providing new opportunities
Economic Times (in its Corporate Dossier supplement) has an article on the rising number of distressed asset funds in the Indian market. Call them distress or stress asset funds. Restructuring…
“I can’t think of any place I’d rather be a developer today than India”
Dale Anne Reiss, Global Director of Ernst & Young’s Real Estate, Hospitality and Construction sector, visited India recently to explore the new landscape for the industry. Her reading of the…