PE investments vault to $3.3-B in Q1’ 11
Amount invested more than doubles over previous quarter; Median Deal Size jumps to $14.5-M Private Equity firms invested about $3,296 million across 83 deals in India during the quarter ended…
Rajasthan Ventures Invests Rs.15-Cr in PR Packagings
Edited extracts from the press release: Jaipur-based venture capital firm Rajasthan Ventures (RVCF), through its Rs 150 crores SME Tech Fund, has invested Rs 15 crores in the second round…
Deal Alert: StanChart PE invests Rs.110-Cr in Basmati Rice firm Bush Foods
From the Press Release: Standard Chartered Private Equity (“SCPE”) has invested Rs 1,100 Million (approximately US $ 25 Million) in Bush Foods Overseas Private Limited (“BFL”), one of India’s leading…
New Fund Alert: Bessemer Ventures to invest 25% of new $1.6 B fund in India
From the Press Release: Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP), a global investment firm, has announced the closing of Bessemer Venture Partners VIII. BVP VIII is a $1.6 billion venture capital fund…
Profile of wireless home theater system firm Snap
Business Today recently published a profile of Snap Networks, a Bangalore-based maker of an innovative wireless home theater audio system , which is is seeking to raise $3-5 million in…
When Venture Capital meets Agriculture
Economic Times recently published an article on the various types of agri-businesses are increasingly attracting VC attention. In an accompanying piece, Sandeep Singhal and Manoj Gupta of Nexus Ventures, provided…
Challenges facing Indian Infrastructure Investors
Writing in the Business Standard, hedge fund manager Akash Prakash points out some of the India-specific challenges in investing into this sector. The reality is that the Indian infrastructure sector…
Infrastructure Investing: Advantages and Pitfalls
At a time when India- and Asia-focused infrastructure funds are being announced at a rapid clip, Jay A. Yoder, Partner and Head of Real Assets at fund-of-funds firm Altius Associates,…
Mushrooming of Mentors
Deepak Srinath of Viedea has an interesting post on the subject: …the trend that has left me partly amused and partly concerned is the rapidly growing breed of entrepreneurs who…
Deal Alert: SCIOinspire acquires US healthcare audit firm National Audit
SCIOinspire, a provider of healthcare payer cost containment solutions, has acquired Florida, USA-based National Audit. Technology Holdings was the exclusive advisor on the transaction. National Audit is a leading healthcare…