Off Topic: The License-Permit-IT Raid Raj Is Alive & Kicking Onion Eaters
The Hue and Cry over onion prices hitting Rs.100 pr kg, made me revisit this Economic Times feature (written on Oct 1, when the prices were Rs.80 per kg) which…
Vikram Akula and SKS Microfinance: The Saga Renews
Economic Times has a feature on SKS Microfinance and the company’s founder Vikram Akula pegged on the recent move by SKS Trust which holds a 12.6% in the publicly listed…
PE investments decline 67% to $1.3 B in Q3’13; 9 month figure drops by 38%
IT deals claim 45% of pie; Buyouts in Manufacturing on the Rise Private Equity firms invested about $1,300 million across 75 deals during the quarter ended September 2013, according to…
The Alliance Tire Story
Forbes India has an interesting profile of how Yogesh Mahansaria and his father – who had to leave off-road tyre maker Balkrishna Tyres post a family split – rebuilt a…
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…