Profile of broadband services Tikona
From Business Today: Analysts say Bajpai has been lucky to get 4G spectrum dirt cheap compared to rivals such as Reliance Infotel, which paid $2.7 billion for its pan-India licence.…
Profile of local TV ads firm Amagi
From Businessworld Amagi’s key message was to explain the benefits of local advertising to television channels and cable and DTH operators. In June 2008, the trio purchased a set-top box…
PaaSage from Cuddalore to California: The OrangeScape Story
Rediff.com has an interesting profile of the Chennai-based Platform as a Service (PaaS) software product firm and its founder Suresh Sambandam (who grew up in the small Tamilnadu town of…
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…