Why did Wipro buy Infocrossing?
The $600 million buyout of the US IT services firm is the biggest acquisition by an IT firm by a long shot and very different from Wipro’s earlier “tuck in”…
Why are VCs arrogant?
In a posting on the rising popularity of VC Rating site thefunded.com, Jeff Bussgang explains why. Why are VCs often arrogant? Is that what they teach us at VC breeding…
The investment banking boom in numbers
Business Today has a cover story on booming business of investment banking. So how much exactly are promoters willing to fork out for I-banking advice and deal execution? Ravi Sardana,…
Catering start-ups that are going places
Businessworld columnist Rashmi Bansal profiles two start-ups that are creating waves delivering quality lunches to office goers. Not unexpectedly, the article is titled “The New Age Dabbawalas”. Mom’s Kitchen’s USP…
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…