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…
Profile of Rural IT-focused Comat Tech
Outlook Business has a profile of the Avigo Capital- and Intel Capital-backed Comat Technologies which is taking technology to rural India. According to Raghavan, the company invests Rs 1-1.5 lakh…
Nasdaq to list SPACs
The Nasdaq has recently announced that it will permit special purpose acquisition companies SPACs to list on its market. SPACs have become increasingly popular vehicles to raise capital in the…
“More Professionals turning Angel Investors”
Business Today has an article profiling some successful professionals who have turned angel investors. All of them are professionals who’ve tasted success in their chosen fields. But bitten by a…
Profile of Blackstone’s Indian Ops
Businessworld has a cover story on Blackstone’s Indian operations. For the Blackstone India team, closing a transaction is just the beginning. The pressure to show high returns starts building up…
“Indian PE industry grew too fast over the last 3-4 years” – Interview with Ashish Dhawan, Senior Managing Director, ChrysCapital
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Ashish Dhawan who, over the last two years, has been sounding a skeptical note on unsustainable valuation levels linked to the ever-inflating public markets. What…
“The PE Guys Have Lost Money! Ha! Ha! Ha!”
This morning, I saw yet another article on how PE firms, which have made investments in listed companies, are now sitting on significant paper losses. These days, such articles have…
Stanford Panel Discussion on Mobile VAS in India
ContentSutra has videos of an interesting panel discussion hosted by Stanford University titled “Indian Wireless Market—Why Mobile?, Why India?, Why Now?”. Speakers on the panel included Ashok Narasimhan of July…
Professional vs. User-generated content
At a time when user-generated content is threatening the viability of several “professionally” generated/edited media business models, Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting debate on this topic. Turow points out (that) navigating…