The Guy who sold 2 Cos. to Flextronics
At Venture Intelligence, we recently did a podcast with K.V. Ramani, Founder of Future Software and Co-Founder of Hughes Software Systems – both of which were acquired by Flextronics in…
Interview with Anita George of IFC
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Anita George, Director Infrastructure of International Financial Corporation (IFC) regarding the institution’s latest views on investing in India. The full version of this interview appeared…
Flurry of deals around Group Buying
MediaNama, which recently had a roundup of online group buying services in India, has followed it up with an interview with Smile Interactive Group’s Harish Bahl. Smile’s joint venture firm…
“The King of Cold Calling”
Forbes India has a profile of financial services distribution firm NetAmbit, which has raised VC funding from Bessemer Ventures and more recently, Helion Ventures. NetAmbit is the undisputed leader in…
Hemu Ramaiah – Story of an Indian Retail Pioneer
At Venture Intelligence, we recently had a great experience interviewing Hemu Ramaiah, founder of the Landmark bookstore chain (in which the Tatas acquired a majority stake in 2005). For me,…
Deal Alert: Mayfield invests Rs 40-Cr in higher education firm Centum Learning
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: Mayfield India Fund has made an investment of Rs 40 crores in higher education firm Centum Learning Ltd, a Bharti Group firm. Mayfield’s Vikram…
The LP view of VC Funds
Chris Douvos has put up an interesting set of slides on how institutional investors view VC funds as an asset class. (Section 4: Whither Venture Capital Allocations? is especially interesting.)…
“India tops BRICs for Infra Investments”
The Deal magazine has a Cover Story on infrastructure investment opportunities in the BRIC countries with a special highlight on India. Of all the emerging markets, India best illustrates the…
Deal Alert: Agri-logisitcs firm Sohan Lal raises Rs 10-Cr from Nexus Ventures
Edited excerpts from the press release: Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM), an agri-commodity logistics and procurement company based in Delhi, has received a Rs 10 crore investment from VC firm…
Deal Alert: Komli acquires Australian online advertising firm PostClick
Nexus Ventures- and Helion Ventures-backed Komli Media has acquired PostClick, Australia’s leading premium website representation firm, to become the leading digital media network platform across Asia Pacific. Together, the company…