McDonald’s Fracas with its Indian Joint Venture Partner
From The Economic Times’ feature on the unfolding legal battle between the fast food giant and Vikram Bakshi, its partner in the joint venture (Connnaught Plaza Restaurants) for Northern and…
The Rise of Cash Logistics Firms
From a Businessworld article: The big four in the business — CMS, Brinks, SIS-Prosegur and Writers — share 80 per cent of the market between them and, on an average,…
Story of Education Loans Firm Credila
From the Business Today article: Credila started operations in March 2008, two months after DSP Merrill Lynch invested in the company. From March 2008 until HDFC bought out DSP Merrill,…
Deal Alert: Mobile Surveys Startup VoxApp Raises Funding from Blume Ventures, Angels
Edited extracts From the Press Release: VoxApp, a Delhi-based startup that has developed a platform to enable brands & research companies undertake consumer feedback studies on the mobile phone, has…
Entrevista with Ratish Nair, Founding-CEO of Interactive Avenues
Cross posted from the Entrevista blog at http://www.entrevista.in Interview with Ratish Nair, Founding-CEO of Interactive Avenues (IA), the Mumbai-headquartered, Sequoia Capital India-backed digital marketing agency which was acquired in March…
Why Canaan Partners wants to back more Online Classifieds ventures
Canaan has already invested in Indian online classifieds firms like Bharatmatrimony, Cartrade and Indiaproperty and is hungry for more investments in the segment. Alok Mittal who heads the US headquartered…
Will Indian Entrepreneurs’ Satisfaction with Small Outcomes “Scare Away” VCs to Other Countries?
From a post by Mukund Mohan of Microsoft Ventures As we start to invest in the early stage startup ecosystem in India, it is important to calibrate the possible returns…
The Math for Start Up Funding in India: Accelerators vs Angels vs VCs
Mukund Mohan of Microsoft Ventures has a numbers-based post on the probability of funding and the equity dilutions Indian entrepreneurs face depending on whether they go to an Accelerator first…
E&Y, Unitus Capital Top H1’13 League Tables among Transaction Advisors
Ernst & Young and Unitus Capital topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables for the Most Active Transaction Advisors to Private Equity deals during the six months ended June 2013.…
AZB & Partners, Khaitan & Co. Top H1’13 League Tables
AZB & Partners topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor for Private Equity deals during the six months ended June 2013. With 74 qualifying…