Alternative energy gaining steam?
Businessworld has a cover story on alternative energy scene in India. Extract from the section on Wind Energy: For India, these wonder machines have already helped generate more power with…
Interview with One97’s Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Venture Intelligence featured an interview with Vijay Shekhar Sharma, Founder & Managing Director of One97 Communications as part of the July issue of the US-IVCA / Venture Intelligence India VC…
Lobbying goes professional
Business Today has article on how lobbying in India is acquiring a more professional face. Not too long ago, effecting such a policy change may have simply meant a quid-pro-quo,…
Indian EIRs – and their VCs – strike it rich as Bladelogic pulls off IPO
Dev Ittycheria- and Vijay Manwani- co-founded BladeLogic, Inc., a Lexington, MA-based provider of data center automation software, pulled off a successful IPO in July even as Hewlett Packard announced an…
The new face of angels
Businessworld has an article on the difference between the current angel investment “wave” versus the pre-2000, NRI-led one. Unlike the largely expatriate angels who came to India in the late…
India Inc shrugging off US banking crisis in its global buyout march?
Even as news reports in international publications like the Wall Street Journal scream scary tales on how “the big chill gripping global credit markets has caused 46 leveraged financing deals…
PE Interview: Dilip Kothari
Here are some extracts from the interview with Dilip Kothari, Founding Managing Director of JMF India Private Equity Fund, that appeared in the Venture Intelligence quarterly Private Equity Roundup report…
VC Market: Audio Visual Solutions provider seeks to raise $1-5 Million
Bangalore-based Audio Visual Integration company with pan-India presence, also present in new verticals like Lighting, Security, IT and networking services, with strong brand equity, and a customer-base representing ITES/MNCs/Aerospace/Medical/Education/BFI/Home automation/Consulting…
VC Market: Generic pharmaceuticals maker seeks $1-5 M
Generics are growing rapidly across all markets, and the developed markets in particular are in need of cost-effective generic pharmaceuticals. India as a source of generic pharmaceuticals is reaping the…