Every time a monetary policy review is round the corner (like now), everybody from the Finance Minister to twitter-friendly industrialists decide to front run Dr.Rajan to get media attention. In…
In a “shotgun wedding“, the long term ramifications of which were somewhat drowned amidst the Diwali break last week, the Union Government has ordered the forced merger of two private…
Economic Times has an interesting interview with Sequoia Capital’s Silicon Valley-based partner Douglas (Doug) Leone on the firm’s investments in India and elsewhere. Extracts (emphasis mine): On why Sequoia is…
From the Mint article He did almost nothing for five years after his graduation from Mithibai College in Mumbai. “My wife got a job at Jet Airways right after college…
From the Mint article: Patel launched Vini Cosmetics in 2010, having spent two decades at Paras Pharmaceuticals, which he co-owned with his brothers; he had a 24% stake in it.…
From an Economic Times article titledd “Do PE firms make bad chefs?” citing the problems at Adiga’s, Sagar Ratna and Nirula’s. Prudent investment metrics back PE’s thinking in grabbing pieces…
The Economic Times recently did a full page roundup. Online version available here Venture Intelligence is the leading provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity,…
By Arun Natarajan At the dawn of 2014, ad industry executive Ramesh Srivats had jokingly predicted: Flipkart will get a few hundred million dollars from VCs in March, July, and…
Khaitan & Co., Amarchand & Mangaldas complete the Top 3 Most Active Advisors list AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables for Most Active Legal Advisors to M&A…
Kotak, I-Sec, MAPE and Singhi complete the Top 5 for pure financial advisory Ernst & Young has topped the Venture Intelligence Most Active Transaction Advisor for Mergers & Acquisitions League…