Will Dr.Rajan wake up to the Exodus of SaaS Startups?
As an email addict, I’m only happy to have my credit card get charged automatically by Google (for extra storage) and Boomerang (a cute little Gmail management tool) – both…
External environmental challenges faced by startups in India
Entrepreneurs like Sanjiv Bikhchandani of Naukri, Murugavel Janakiraman of Matrimony, the Bansals of Flipkart; VSS Mani of Justdial, etc. deserve massive admiration. What they have achieved is more like conquering…
Infra sector investments by SWFs & Pensions; IT deals buoy Q1’14 PE investments to $2.3 B
Deal Value almost doubles compared to year ago; Flat compared to Oct-Dec’13 quarter Private Equity firms invested about $2,273 million across 89 deals during the quarter ended March 2014, according…
ChrysCapital, SAIF, Seedfund, Kotak Realty Funds win APEX’14 PE/VC Awards
ChrysCapital, SAIF Partners, Seedfund and Kotak Realty Funds were adjudged the leading investors in the Private Equity, Growth Capital, Venture Capital and Private Equity in Real Estate segments respectively during…
Entrevista with Raj Nair, Founder of Avalon Consulting
Cross Posted from the Entrevista blog. Interview with Raj Nair, Founder-Chairman of Avalon Consulting, the Mumbai-headquartered, international consulting firm and also research and analytics firm Ugam Solutions and artificial intelligence…
Who Killed Growth Capital in India?
A huge pall of uncertainty surrounds the future of Growth Capital investing in India. Is the segment, that represents the bulk of both the supply and demand for private equity…
Profile of Boutique Investment Banks
From the Economic Times article: Two deals lifted their fortunes. The first: advising Dr Reddy’s to purchase Group Pharma, a smaller drug firm, for Rs 25 crore, which fetched them…
Tall Tales Told by Grandmas and Venture Capitalists
“VCs look for Startups going after a Big Market with a Passionate Team and have an ‘unfair advantage’.” vs “A startup is an organization built to search for a repeatable…
AZB, Amarchand Top League Tables for Private Equity, M&A in 2013
Private Equity AZB & Partners has retained its status – for the fourth consecutive year – as the Most Active Legal Advisor for Private Equity transactions during 2013. According to…
Unitus Capital, BMR Top Transaction Advisor League Tables for Private Equity, M&A in 2013
Ernst & Young retains Most Active Transaction Advisor status inclusive of due diligence, other services Unitus Capital and BMR Advisors made their entry into the top of the Venture Intelligence…