Author: Arun

Paul Kedrosky has a top 10 list of Limited Partner (LP)lies. 10: We don’t invest in first or second funds, see #1 6: Our diligence is very deep (bottomless unless…

The Mint has a profile of Just Dial’s Founder & MD V.S.S. Mani. Just Dial, which is backed by SAIF, provides commercial information over telephone and the Internet. The original…

Business Standard has an interview with JM Trivedi, the new head of Actis’ Indian operations. An buyout deals we acquire non-core assets from MNCs/large corporate groups or from families which…

Economic Times has an interview with L. Brooks Entwistle, Head of Goldman Sachs India. So far, private equity deals have been small in nature, but we see larger transactions on…

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations: 07-03-14-1: Chennai-based entrepreneur seeks $1-5 million to launch India’s first online journalism school that will work as an…

PEHub and VentureBeat have reported how loss-making video search web site Blinkx has raised $50 million via an IPO on the London AIM exchange. PEHub also points to an article…

VentureBeat has an interesting video interview with the 13-year old Anshul Samar, Founder and CEO of Elementeo, at this year’s TiECon. Elementeo has developed a “combat” card game which aims…

AltAssets has an interview with André P Jaeggi, Managing Director of Adveq, a Switzerland-based Fund-of-Funds, in which he talks about the firm’s increasing focus on Asia. While we have always…

At least for start-ups – including VC-backed ones. For over a year now, entrepreneur friends who are doing R&D for their product companies out of Bangalore have been pointing out…

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has released the exectuive summary of its 2007 Survey of Limited Partner Interest. Some highlights of the survey’s findings: • 52% of LPs said…