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…
VCs turn cautious in 2013; investment activity down 18% to 206 deals worth $805-M
IT & Healthcare deals dominate while Education, Financial Services and Cleantech cos drop from favor Venture Capital firms invested about $805 million over 206 deals in India during the twelve…
Pros and Cons of investing in Holding Companies: The PE Perspective
Darius Pandole, Partner at PE Firm New Silk Route, has an article in Business Standard on the topic. Extracts: The +ves: Secondly, it can assist in raising capital based on…
Secondary transactions between PE firms dominate landscape in 2013
Overall PE investments plunge to lowest levels since 2009 Private Equity firms invested $7.5 billion (over 384 deals) in India during the 12 months ending December 2013, according to analysis…
Can accelerator demo days become more data driven?
Stanford’s Steve Blank believes that, with his methodology, VCs can do to start-up investments what Brad Pitt (in the movie Moneyball) did to baseball management. We focus on evidence and…
Profile of Pune-based Realty Firm Vastushodh’s Founder Sachin Kulkarni
From the ET profile: We were on a roll till 2008, signing several similar joint ventures for luxury construction projects, but then the recession resulted in losses worth Rs 1.5…
Profile of Security and Intelligence Services founder R.K.Sinha
From the ET Profile The next milestone came three years later, when we learnt that Australia’s largest security agency, Chubb Security, was up for sale. Its revenue was nearly four…