Profile of Meru Cabs founder Neeraj Gupta
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…
Profile of Vini Cosmetics founder Darshan Patel
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.…
Why PE investors should stick to minority investments in Restaurants
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…
Roundup on Crowd Funding
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,…
Is the 7-year Startup Boom-and-Bust Cycle Repeating Itself?
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…
AZB Tops League Table for Legal Advisors to M&A Transactions in H1-2014
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…
Ernst & Young Tops League Table for Most Active M&A Transaction Advisor for H1-2014
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…
AZB continues to top Legal Advisor to Private Equity Transactions League Table in H1 2014
ALMT Legal, IndusLaw complete the Top 3 Most Active Advisors List AZB & Partners has retained its status as the Most Active Legal Advisor for Private Equity transactions during the…
“Indian E-Commerce Funding Buzz Reaches Manhattan”
So informs Shyam Kamadolli of Fidelity’s Private Equity arm in his blog post titled “India’s Internet – the second gold rush”. Extracts: Last week, on one of the hottest afternoons…
Unitus Capital tops Private Equity Transaction Advisor League Tables for H1-2014
Ernst & Young is the Most Active Advisor inclusive of due diligence & other services Continuing its strong run from the previous year, Unitus Capital topped the Venture Intelligence League…