Corporate Japan’s Craving For Indian Assets
(Click on the image for a larger view) Note: The above data from the Venture Intelligence M&A Deal database includes only majority control transactions and does not include minority investments…
Gloom Amidst the Boom: Why Solar Panel Cos are Wilting
From a Business Today article: Though more and more solar energy is being produced in India – installed capacity rising exponentially from just 20 megawatts (MW) in 2009 to 980…
Geothermal Cooling Startup GIBSS
Business Today has a profile of Mumbai-based start-up Green India Building Systems and Services (GIBSS) which uses geothermal technology to slash the power requirements of air conditioners. In a conventional…
ReGen rides the wind
Business Today has an article on the Wind Energy sector with a special focus on the rise of ReGen Powertech (which is backed by PE investor Everstone and the Nuziveedu…
Small retailers enjoying VC-funded e-tail discounting
Businessworld has an amusing article on how small retailers are having a great time enjoying the (VC-funded) discounts offered by e-tailers. Heavy discounts, offers on first-time registration, and cash-back vouchers…
Jain Irrigation’s stumble and recovery
Bhavarlal H. Jain, Founder-Chairman of publicly listed Jain Irrigation provide an interesting first person account in Business Today. Between 1992 and 1994 we acquired an IT company, took a granite…
The rise of boutique investment banks
Business Today has a cover story on the phenomenon. Among the “bigger boutiques”, Veda Corporate Advisors, set up by C. Venkat Subramanyam and M. Vinod Kumar, who have been together…
“Leveraged stock purchase led Arvind Rao to go astray”: Forbes India
Forbes India has an article on the series of events leading to the recent controversial exit of Arvind Rao, Co-founder & CEO of listed Mobile VAS firm OnMobile. On November…
VC Interview: Shailendra Singh of Sequoia Capital India
In a recent interview to Venture Intelligence, Shailendra Singh discussed some of the firm’s newer investments in the early stage segment including in the online payments space, the progress at…
VCs make 100 investments worth $363-M in first half of 2012
Volume of investments keeps pace with 2011; Deal Value comes down Venture Capital firms invested $363 million across 100 deals in India during the six months ending June 2012, according…