Saudi Arabia to launch $5.3 B sovereign wealth fund
Saudi Arabia, the bid daddy of the oil kingdoms, has finally decided that it too needs to get on to the SWF bandwagon. However, according to this Financial Times article,…
Has the time for electric vehicles arrived?
Businessworld has a cover story on Bangalore-based electric car maker Reva which had recently raised $20 million from Draper Fisher Jurveston and the Global Environment Fund. Although only 2,500 Revas…
Shake-out in Asian hedge funds?
Industry executives at the recent Reuters Hedge Funds and Private Equity Summit in Hong Kong forecast a period of consolidation in Asian hedge funds, according to a Retuers report on…
TIE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge 2008 opens for entries
Extracts from the Press Release:Canaan Partners and TIE come together to launch the second edition of the TIE-Canaan Entrepreneurial Challenge Canaan Partners and TIE, today announced the launch of the…
Anil Ahuja on Power Sector investments
Moneycontrol.com has an interview with Anil Ahuja of 3i, which recently closed a $1.2 billion India Infrastructure fund. I think both the P/E and the public market will be very…
George Soros’ “Superbubble Bursting” theory?
New York Times has an article on the famed hedge fund manager and his latest theory warning that the financial pain, triggered by the US sub-prime mortgage crisis, has only…
Audio interview with CEO of Futurebazaar.com
Kiruba Shankar has an audio interview with Sankarson Banerjee, CEO, Futurebazaar.com, which recently announced funding from Kleiner Perkins and Sherpalo Ventures. One of the interesting points he makes is that…
VCs taking external help to walk the talk on value-add
The Mint has an article on how VC firms are signing up advisors who can add value to their portfolio companies. Helion has hired Dhruv Prakash, a former human resources…
So, you want to be a VC…
Business Today has an article providing career advice for wannabe VCs. So, what does it take to be a successful venturepreneur? First and foremost, a word of caution from Bajaj:…
Coffee Entrepreneurs
Business Today has an article on India’s Coffee industry entrepreneurs wit turnovers ranging from Rs. 6 crores to Rs. 500 crores. Till they came along, India’s 200,000-plus coffee growers largely…