Redbuzz and the Future of Indian Venture Capital
While June began with the IPO of JustDial, the second “pure play” Internet company to list publicly in India, mid-month has been all about Naspers/ibibo acquiring redBus. Some interesting takes:…
Inbound Interest from (an Associate at) a VC firm…its meaning and worth for Entrepreneurs
Vijay Anand of accelerator The Startup Centre has an interesting post on how entrepreneurs often end up wasting precious time by getting all excited about the research expeditions of associates…
Deal Alert: Jewelry e-tailer Voylla raises Rs.2.5 Cr from Snow Leopard Tech Ventures
Designer jewellery and accessories portal Voylla.com has raised Rs.2.5 crore from Pune-based Snow Leopard Technology Ventures. Chris Kolenaty, Partner, Snow Leopard Technology Ventures, will join on Board of Directors of…
Banking Vs I-Banking: A Question of Spice Levels
Uday Kotak in Outlook Business (emphasis mine): From an investment banking perspective you need to offer what investors want at all times, but as a lender you need to decide…
Developers warming up to Retirement Homes
From Business Today: Retirement homes have always been a popular concept in the West. But they were relatively slow to take off in India where for the longest time they…
Why Indian Tech Startups are migrating to Singapore
“From an Entrepreneurs’ perspective, Singapore is a great place to operate from. If you are starting a (VC fundable) venture now, I would recommend having your headquarters/holding company in Singapore…
Profle of Strides Arcolab Founder Arun Kumar
In February 2013, the publicly listed Strides sold its injectable medicine business, Agila Specialties, to US drug giant Mylan Inc. From the Business Today profile: Son of a government official,…
Profile of Mystery Shopping Firm RedQuanta
From the Smart CEO: Through its network of mystery shoppers, Mumbai-based RedQuanta measures the quality of service, compliance to regulation and gathers specific information about products and services of its…
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group “I have always told my international colleagues that India will not be a linear growth story – we will take three steps forward and two steps…
The Chakra Vyuh of Private Equity
As part of his speech at the Venture Intelligence APEX’13 Awards, Ashish Chauhan, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, described how PE/VC investors were like the mythological character Abhimanyu who knew “how…