Rise of video ads
A slightly modified version of the longer article that appeared on WSJ’s India Chief Mentor Blog: An article in IBD’s Investors.com highlights the strong rise in the popularity of video…
How cleantech cos can borrow funding models from biotech cos.
In an article for AltAssets, Charles Fletcher of US law firm Taylor Wessing describes how, in the absence of VC funding for capital intensive projects, cleantech compannies can look at…
Deal Alert: Fidelity invests in Punj Lloyd’s Engg & Design subsidiary
Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI), the private equity arm of Fidelity International, has taken a significant minority stake in PL Engineering, a leading engineering services outsourcing player with a focus…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures participates in Cloud.com’s $11-M 2nd Round
US-based Cloud.com, formerly VMOps, has raised an $11 million Series B round led by new investor Index Ventures. Current investors Redpoint Ventures and India-focussed Nexus Venture Partners also participated in…
“The Brain of an Indian VC”
Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal has an interesting post on the topic: Being a VC in an emerging markets like India is like being a VIP. You are at a very…
VC Interview: Venetia Kontogouris of Trident Capital
Venture Intelligence recently spoke with Venetia Kontogouris, Managing Director of Trident Capital. The US-based VC firm has invested into six companies with significant operations in India including Elucido, Microland, MingleBox,…
Interview with Mintoo Bhandari of Apollo
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Mintoo Bhandari who heads global PE firm Apollo’s India subsidiary in Mumbai. Apollo recently consummated its first PE investment in India – a $100 million…
PE firms invest $2-B in Indian Cos. in Q1 ’10
Private Equity firms invested about US$2,000 million across 56 deals during the quarter ended March 2010, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private…
“BFSI presents great entry point for consumer, infra sectors”: PE Investors
Microfinance, Infrastructure Finance and service providers to financial services firms, are among the favourite sectors of PE & VC investors within the industry, a survey by research firm Venture Intelligence…
Micromax who?
Did you know that Micromax is the third-largest GSM mobile phone vendor in India with a 6% market share (after Nokia (62%) and Samsung (8%))? Neither did I. In fact,…