Vernacular E-Commerce Anyone?
Economic Times has an interesting article on the opportunities and challenges of E-Commerce in regional languages. Extracts: About 75% of Indian internet users are expected to be regional language speakers…
Q2’18 is Biggest Ever for PE Investments in India at $8.2 B; up 60% YoY
With 24 investments worth over $100-M each, Mega Deals are back with a bang. 12 Deals over $200-M each account for 64% of the total investment value Private Equity firms…
Why IBC and other Big M&A Deals Take Forever to Close
Extracts from the recent Times of India article on the topic: While shareholder activism, regulatory roadblocks and tightening of acquisition financing are among different reasons behind slow-moving M&As in the…
Can Hike Recover from its Missteps?
Economic Times has an analysis on why and how Hike has seemingly lost the plot in India’s high-stakes messaging battle ground. The article builds on the late May 2018 post…
Private Equity investments fall 49% to $3.7 Billion in Q1’18
BFSI companies account for more than half the investment pie, Absence of mega deals in IT & ITeS drags down overall numbers Private Equity firms invested about $3.7 Billion (across…
Lessons Norwest drew from its Wrong Call on Ola
Niren Shah of Norwest writes in Mint about the concerns that led it to pass on the opportunities to invest in Indian cab hailing app Ola and the lessons it…
VC Interview: Manish Kheterpal of WaterBridge Ventures
Even as 2017 witnesses a shrinking of overall Early Stage Venture Capital activity, WaterBridge Ventures – a new early stage focused firm – has notched up as many as six…
Angel Networks 2.0
Extracts from an Economic Times article titled “How India’s two largest angel investor groups are fine tuning their funding strategies”: The scale these networks are staring at as well as…
K@W on the SoftBank Vision Fund – Flipkart investment
Knowledge @ Wharton quotes Venture Intelligence data and founder in its article titled “Will SoftBank Vision Fund’s $6 Billion Bet in India Pay Off?” Extracts: “(says) Arun Natarajan, founder of…
Karadi Finally on Right Path with Social VC Funding?
Business Line has a fascinating account of the travails faced by Chennai-based children’s entertainment and education brand, Karadi Tales, in its search for strategic / financial partners. Viswanath has been…