“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…
Slowdown in PE continues; quarterly investment dips 34% to below $1.9-B
Private Equity firms invested about $1,848 million across 102 deals during the quarter ended June 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private…
A Nation of App Developers?
Looks like the built-in business model in the mobile apps space (unlike the Internet where everything is expected to be free) is unleashing an entrepreneurial wave across the country. From…
Happening Desi FMCG Companies
Business Today has a cover story on various regional Indian FMCG companies – including Vi-John |Havmor | Sakthi Masala | Mapro | Dantadhavanachoornam | Sosyo | Wagh Bakri | Kalimark…
Luis Miranda On Valuations
Former IDFC PE CEO Luis Miranda has started a on the Forbes India web site with a post on (what else?) valuations. And, given the topic, it’s no surprise that…
Harsh Mariwala launches entrepreneur mentoring foundation Ascent
To start with Mumbai- & Pune-based entrepreneurs Harsh Mariwala, who has steered Marico to grow in sales from Rs. 40 lac in 1971 to Rs. 4,000 crore today, has launched…
Do single product e-tailers have an edge?
The debate that Amazon.com must have had about 15 years ago – whether it should stick to selling books or move into other categories – is now happening at niche…
Can E-Grocers take on the Kirana Stores?
Business today has an article on the challenges facing BigBasket and its smaller competitors. One reason why no e-grocery startup other than BigBasket has managed to raise money is that…