M&A activity increases 72% during the 9 months ended Sep 2010
During the nine months ended September 2010, Indian companies were involved in a total of 474 M&A deals, up 72% from the same period in 2009, according to a study…
PE investments double in Q3’ 10 to over $2-B; dip Q-on-Q
Private Equity firms invested about US$2,047 million across 88 deals during the quarter ended September 2010, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private…
Interview: The Sequoia-SKS Saga
For Sequoia Capital India, its 2007 investment in SKS Microfinance, founded by former McKinsey consultant Vikram Akula, was one of its first outside the technology sector. With SKS’ successful August…
“LPs concerned with style drift among Asian PE funds”
Interview with Vincent Warner, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Chepstow Capital Vincent, a sponsor at the marcus evans Private Wealth Management APAC Summit 2010, on how mid-market companies are…
Vikram Akula vs Muhammad Yunus
SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus present two very different viewpoints on how to scale microfinance at a fascinating recent panel at the Clinton Global…
Profile of weather forecasting firm SkyMet
Outlook Business has a profile of private weather forecasting company SkyMet. Media outfits, such as Hindustan Times, Zee TV, Aaj Tak, The Hindu, Times Now and Mint (subscribe) to its…
Why an interest rate cap will kill microfinance
The proposal to cap interest rates charged by MFIs (at 24%) – via a finance ministry letter to PSU banks – has caused significant irritation to the industry and its…
Microfinance: The Road Ahead
Vineet Rai of social VC firm Aavishkaar makes several interesting points as part of a Business Today roundtable on the sector. One tipping point was in 2004-05 when the partnership…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures invests in cloud computing firm Arayaka Networks’ $14-M first round
Edited excerpts from the press release: Aryaka Networks, a provider of cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization solution, has raised $14 million in Series A funding from Trinity Ventures, Mohr…
Forbest India profile of Tech Support BPO iYogi
Forbes India has a profile of the VC-backed remote tech support company. ..a small but growing number of Americans like Smith are prepared to bypass US companies and directly hire…