From elephants and snake charmers to software coders/coolies to app-toting delivery boys/dabba-walahs, the image of what’s “happening” in India keeps morphing. And IIT-ians get added to the mix somewhere. “India…
Trends from the Transactions Universe There have been at least eight M&A transactions involving pure play Contract Research Organization firms between January 2014 and May 2015 – versus just five…
Lee Fixel, Partner & Head of Venture Capital Riding on its early and aggressive bets in the E-Commerce segment, New York-based Tiger Global Management currently enjoys a “lion’s share” of…
Indie.vc is a new experiment (in the US) that provides equity like capital to founders in return for cash distributions from profits instead of needing to sell out or taking…
Q: What do you call a $100 million plus investment by Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds and other typically public market investors, in Startup companies? A: “A Private IPO” (to put…
The discussions at Venture Intelligence APEX’15 PE/VC Summit demonstrated how the latest E-Commerce wave – including the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) factor – is challenging the convictions of some…
Economic Times has an article quoting some worried voices on Hedge Funds adventuring into startup territory: Hedge funds, which have fuelled frenzied deal-making in Indian internet companies and stoked valuations…
Pause in Mega E-Commerce deals sends QoQ value down 36% Private Equity firms invested about $2,646 million across 124 deals during the quarter ended March 2015, according to early data…
Mint has a blow-by-blow account. Hats off to Raghunandan G for being so open. Extracts from the article – that reminded me a lot of the John Maynard Keynes quote…
March 11: Snapdeal in talks to acquire Komli Media for $300-M Economic Times March 12: Foxconn may invest $600-M in Snapdeal Business Standard March 16: Snapdeal in talks to acquire…