Online stock trading takes off
The number of investors signing up for online stock trading accounts has tripled over the last two years to tocuh 1.3 million, reports Business Line. Online trades now account for…
Forbes cover story on buyout funds
Forbes magazine has published a cover story – with a negative slant – on buyout funds. Some extracts: Investors poured $106 billion into leveraged buyout funds last year, double the…
Budget analysis by ELP
Mumbai- and Delhi-based law firm Economic Laws Practice (also a Venture Intelligence India Knowledge Partner) has made available a quick analysis of the 2006-07 budget on a special web site.…
Why VCs need to watch out for hedge funds
Bill Burnham has a detailed analysis on how hedge funds, having invaded the territory of Private Equity funds, can “rapidly gain a major presence in Silicon Valley”. Not only do…
Ram Shriram, John Doerr, Ray Lane presentations in Bangalore
The TiE Bangalore chapter has made the presentations made by angel investor Ram Shriram and KPCB’s John Doerr and Ray Lane at its “Entrepreneurship – yesterday today and tomorrow” event…
“Revitalizing manufacturing is the key to tackling poverty”
As part of a special Business Today issue on “25 Challenges for India”, economist Lord Meghnad Desai argues that crearting manufacturing jobs is the key to eradicating poverty in India.…
Making India the #1 FDI Destination in the World
As part of a special Business Today issue on “25 Challenges for India”, Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, makes a clear case for attracting…
TiE-DFJ business plan contest selects two winners
Rajan reports that the “India Venture Challenge” national level business plan competition organized by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) has selected two companies as joint winners.…
“Foreign buyout firms will move on if India doesn’t suit them”
In an interview to Business Today, Texas Pacific Group’s David Bonderman, points out – repeatedly – that while India is a hot market right now for large global buyout PE…
Internet cos. are back (on the cover of business magazines)
Businessworld has a cover story titled “Internet business grows big” with some interesting facts and figures. The total Internet business is big — worth over Rs 2,200 crore. About Rs…