Internet & Mobile in Focus at APEX’11 PE/VC Summit
The Venture Intelligence APEX’12 Private Equity & Venture Capital Summit, scheduled for February 14 at Mumbai, is to feature a special panel discussion on the Internet & Mobile sector. Speakers…
PE investments up 24% to over $10-B in 2011, but dip QoQ
Private Equity firms invested $10,117 million over 441 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2011, compared to $8,187 million across 362 deals during the previous year, according…
ET NOW’s ‘Super Angels’ helps Fetise.com raise up to Rs. 25 Crores from Seedfund
From the Press Release: ET NOW’s Super Angels, a special series on the ‘Starting Up’ show which provides a platform for start-ups to make pitches to Angel Investors, witnessed a…
Kidswear retail gets serious
Extract from the Business Today article: There is quite a crowd on the kids’ wear bandwagon, and segmentation has stretched in the past year to include luxury. While Big Bazaar…
“Focus on your 3Cs: Credibility, Cash Flow and Crew” – Rajeev Mecheri of Mecheri Smart Capital
Cross-posting from the Venture Intelligence Entrevista series: Lessons from the Startup to Scale-up to Successful Sale of iMetrex Technologies, a building technologies and security venture catering to the Indian enterprise…
“2012 to be poor for exits, good for investments”
In an interview published in The Mint (in text and video formats), Vikram Utamsingh, Partner – Transactions and Restructuring & Private Equity Advisory, KPMG India, says that while the exit…
“India’s entrepreneurial journey at least 5 yrs behind China’s”
From the article in Forbes by Journalist Rebecca Fannin. India’s entrepreneurial journey is at least five years behind China’s path. There’s no Jack Ma or Robin Li in sight or…
Rob Chandra of Bessemer on E-Commerce Valuations
Forbes has a video interview with BVP Partner Rob Chandra in which he talks about Internet and e-commerce company valuations. He also talks about the impact created by Internet companies…
Alok Mittal on the Happiest Minds Funding
Startupcentral has an interview with Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners on the $45 million first round funding led by his firm for Wipro veteran and Mindtree Co-founder Ashok Soota’s new…
Deal Alert: Aditya Birla PE Invests Rs.95-Cr in telecom tech firm Alphion India
From the Press Release: Aditya Birla Capital Advisors (ABCAP), the private equity arm of the Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG), today announced an investment of Rs. 95 Crores from…