Podcast with IDG Ventures India’s Sudhir Sethi
Kamla Bhatt has an interesting podcast with IDG Ventures India’s Sudhir Sethi which has recently announced its first investment in the country. The interview covers the fund’s background, focus areas…
Vinod Khosla’s portfolio of renewable energy startups
The Deal Blogs has an article providing a listing of Khosla Ventures’ portfolio companies based on a recent speech by VK. Most of the companies are based around the general…
Case Study on YouTube
Deepak Thomas and Vineet Buch have published a case study on YouTube. The reasons behind Google’s acquisition seem quite intuitive. YouTube falls in line with Google’s strategy of converting user…
The party’s on at corporate law firms as well
Economic Times has an article on how corporate law firms are benefiting from the boom in PE and M&A deals. Industry observers believe that the revenues at India’s leading law…
“There’s no short-cutting the VC process”
Speaking at Internet & Mobile Connect, Probir Roy, Co-founder & Director of Paymate, described how his company went about raising venture capital and the challenges during the process. Saying that…
“Communication, Entertainment and Information: Order of Preference for M-VAS Cos.”
Speaking at Internet & Mobile Connect, Alok Mittal, Executive Director of Canaan Partners, emphasized the need for Mobile VAS companies to “own the customer” as well as directly create demand…
“Performance of Internet businesses better than perception”
Speaking at Internet & Mobile Connect, Avnish Bajaj, Managing Director of Matrix Partners India, said said how while in 1999-2000, perception of Internet-based businesses was ahead of reality, over the…
Internet & Mobile Connect – Post Event Info
Venture Intelligence organized “Internet & Mobile Connect”, a roundtable focused on opportunities and challenges for Venture Capital investing in Internet-based services and Mobile Value Added Services companies. The event, which…
“Real Estate firms looking beyond bank (and black) financing”
Economic Times has an article on the changing face of real estate financing in India. The availability of clean money is perhaps the single biggest reason for the cleaning up…
Kiva marries microfinance to the Internet
Mohammed Yunus started it with Grameen Bank. Now, most banks in India and other parts of the developing world have embraced microfinace and profit from it. But, has anyone come…