Getting to Series A
Gaurav Saraf of Epiphany Ventures has a post in StartupCentral guiding founders to solutions to getting around the current crunch for “Series A” (first round of VC investments). Venture Intelligence…
What should count as true traction
Sumanth Raghavendra, serial/parallel entrepreneur (currently founder of Q-Prize winner Deck App Technologies and Live Inbox and previously founder of Sabeer Bhatia- and SoftBank-funded InstaColl), has a great post on what…
E-tailers warm up to “pop-up stores” at malls
From a Businessworld article: The assistants at the kiosk walk consumers through the process of shopping online, availing exciting discounts and buying products. Since its launch on 21 December, the…
Deal Alert: Health food chain Zao scouting for VC funding
Zao Foods Private Limited, a health food chain started by former investment banker Mitali Kalra, is scouting for venture capital investment for scaling up. The company is also looking for…
Crucial Connect to Venture Capital & Private Equity Investors
Accelerators, Incubators, Angel Networks, Seed Funds, Early Stage VC Funds, Growth Stage VC Funds, Mid Market PE Funds, Buyout Funds, Large/Global PE Funds…. the Indian PE/VC Investor Ecosystem is getting…
Stars Aligned to Foretell Future of Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital
Dear Colleague, In 2004, the buzz around one mega exit – of Private Equity investor Warburg Pincus from Bharti Airtel – got institutional investors across the world excited about the…
Deal Alert: Analytics firm Ideas Software and Consulting acquired by US-based Saxon Global
Saxon Global Inc., an Irving (Texas) based Data and Analytics consulting company, has acquired Bangalore-based Ideas Software and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (ISAC Global), a boutique big data and web intelligence…
Deal Alert: Multiples to invest in Rs.100-Cr in mobile ad firm Mogae Media: report
Multiples Private Equity is to purchase a significant stake for Rs.100 crore in Mogae Media, a Mumbai-based mobile advertiser owned by former Dentsu India chairman Sandeep Goyal and his wife…
Grant Thornton survey on Global PE singles out India for negativity
A new Grant Thornton report titled “Global Private Equity Report 2012” says “India is the most challenging market globally for this sector”. Extracts from the Grant Thornton press release on…
Extreme Startup Hiring
I was recently a guest at the Insead “India Business Dialogue” event at Bangalore. The event aimed to provide Insead grads – who are naturally mostly employed at large corporations…