Year: 2008

Dealmaker has an interesting piece comparing the coming together of DreamWorks and Reliance Big Entertainment to a Bollywood movie. Forbidden FruitIn a society known for arranging marriages, it’s not surprising…

NEA-IndoUS Ventures has had a busy 2008 announcing investments in eight companies across sectors such as publishing outsourcing (PreMedia Global and Pressmart Media), software for educational institutions (Idenizen), online services…

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management is running a business plan competition for working professionals and startups. This event seeks to provide an opportunity for working professionals/start ups to pitch to…

Ruchir Sharma, head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, has come with an interesting article in the Economic Times on how the current US financial crisis is more…

Unlike even three years ago, VCs now have a clear preference for product companies. Business Today, in association with NASSCOM, has come out with a list of promising product companies.…

Distressed asset investor Wilbur Ross (better known in India for his SpiceJet investment) has an interesting take on what caused the credit crisis in the US: the eagerness of the…

Despite the current challenges, the best years of outsourcing are ahead of us, according to speakers at “IT Services & BPO Connect ‘08”, a conference focused on the road ahead…

Bloomberg has an article comparing the woes of global financial “capitals” of London and New York. While financial services firms account for about 12 percent of New York City employment,…

Edited Extracts from Press Release: Inventus Capital Partners has closed an investment in Telibrahma Convergent Communications (P) Ltd., a leading mobile digital media company operating from Bangalore. Inventus led a…

Business Today has an article on the business of Cable TV networks. Five players are slowly emerging in this space with geographic spreads that can be labelled, in a manner…