Event Alert: Urban Transport Congress on June 24-25
Ideas Exchange is organizing Urban Transport Congress (UTC) India 2010 at the JW Marriott Hotel on June 24–25. The event will be a forum for decision makers in the infrastructure…
Young Entrepreneurs’ Summit on June 18, 2010
The Indian Young Entreprenurs’ Forum is organizing its summit on June 18 in Mumbai to provide a platform for networking, contact building and understanding new opportunities and challenges for young…
Is Bangalore losing its start-up edge?
Deepak Srinath of Viedea Capital, an angel funded investment bank that recently opened its first non-Bangalore office in Mumbai, has a post on why the firm “does not have a…
The Shale Gas Revolution
In an article in the Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar argues how new technology is helping economically extract gas from shale rock, which in turn promises to revolutionise both…
Quick Book Review: Finally, an How To on Raising VC in India
While Private Equity and Venture Capital gets more than adequate coverage in the general business and entrepreneur-targeted media, there has been a surprising lack of “how to” manuals for entrepreneurs…
Private Equity in Infrastructure: What’s Needed?
Sanjay Sethi, ED & Head of Infrastructure Group, Kotak InvestmentBanking has an article in the Economic Times on the current challenges in raising PE funding for infrastructure projects and what’s…
Can Premji and Narayanamurthy alter the Indian VC landscape?
In the context of Azim Premji of Wipro and N.R. Narayananayamurthy of Infosys carving out funds for VC-type investments from their family offices, here is an extract from an article…
Rise of video ads
A slightly modified version of the longer article that appeared on WSJ’s India Chief Mentor Blog: An article in IBD’s Investors.com highlights the strong rise in the popularity of video…
How cleantech cos can borrow funding models from biotech cos.
In an article for AltAssets, Charles Fletcher of US law firm Taylor Wessing describes how, in the absence of VC funding for capital intensive projects, cleantech compannies can look at…
Deal Alert: Fidelity invests in Punj Lloyd’s Engg & Design subsidiary
Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI), the private equity arm of Fidelity International, has taken a significant minority stake in PL Engineering, a leading engineering services outsourcing player with a focus…