Why MFIs have become a magnet for PE investors
Growth, growth and growth says this article in Economic Times. This shift in the nature of the investor has been driven by scorching growth in the micro finance sector over…
“Multiplex business is recession proof”
Extracts from Economic Times’ interview with Ajay Bijli, CMD of multiplex operator PVR. I, like some of my peers in the industry, hold the view that the entertainment industry is…
“Make or Break Years for Emerging Market PE Funds”
In an video interview to Private Equity Online, Jonathon Bond, Head of fundraising and investor relations at Actis (the UK-based emerging markets specialist which closed a new $2.9 billion fund…
Will Kingfisher Airlines navigate the air-pockets?
Business Today has a Cover Story on the path forward for Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airline’s yet-to-be revealed balance sheet may be weak, but there have been enough developments in recent…
What Next for SKS?
Business Today has an article profiling the journey of SKS Microfinance thus far and looks at the challenges ahead for the VC-backed microfinance company. In just under 10 years, Vikram…
Deal Alert: Leander Sport raises Angel Financing
From Press Release Leander Sport Pvt. Ltd., a sports management and marketing company promoted by Indian tennis legend Leander Paes, has received financing from multiple angel investors. Investment bankersViedea Capital…
Deal Alert: IDFC PE invests Rs. 200-Cr in Deepak Cables
From Press Release: Deepak Cables (India) Limited, a Bangalore-based maker of aluminium conductors for Transmission & Distribution application, has raised Rs. 200 crores from IDFC Private Equity. With this investment,…
A New Indicator of US Unemployment
WSJ’s Life & Style section has come up with a new indicator for US unemployment: Beards. Facial hair is showing up on more former corporate types. It’s one of those…
The “Positive VC” PR
After Sequoia Capital’s much publicized “RIP Good Times” presentation, other VCs are now generating “good PR” for “rallying their troops”. Arvind Sodhani of Intel Capital in TheDeal.com: “What we have…
Dr. Doom predicts more gloom
NYU professor Nouriel Roubini who had accurately predicted the economic crisis as far back as 2006, predicts more gloom for the US economy in 2009 in this Fortune survey of…