Author: Arun

Dealmaker has a profile of Dayton Carr, the founder of New York-based VCFA Group, who is considered the “father of PE secondaries”. (Secondary funds provide liquidity to limited partners by…

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations:08-01-02-1: Calicut-based Construction Company focusing on high end public construction works including dams, roads, bridges, canals, seawalls, etc. seeks…

Founded in 1998, this Chennai-based company has created products for Internet marketing like Email campaign management software, Multilevel marketing software, and Affiliate management software which is being used by companies…

Recently, I have come across quite a few VC (and in some cases even PE) firms in India taking on board Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIRs). Simultaneously, I have begun to…

Businessworld has an article on the challenges facing hydelpower projects in India. While India is reeling under a huge power shortage, hydro accounts for just a fourth of the total…

From the press release: IDG Ventures India, a $150 Million early-stage technology venture capital fund has announced an investment of $3 million in Perfint, a healthcare devices start-up. Perfint is…

Kamla Bhatt has a two part audio interview with Quentin Staes-Polet, the Belgian CEO of Kreeda Games, the Bombay-based online multiplayer gaming start-up funded by IDG Ventures India and SoftBank.…

Businessworld has a profile of a Delhi-based company that makes Lassi making machines. …an enterprising young man called Sultan did the next best thing. He perfected a lassi-churning device. He…

Edited extracts from the press release: IDFC Private Equity (IDFC PE) has invested Rs.260 crores in Goodearth Maritime Limited (GML), a leading Chennai-based dry bulk shipping company. o3 Capital was…

Extracts from IDG Ventures’ press release: IDG Ventures India, a $150 Million early-stage technology venture capital fund, has announced its investment in 3D Solid Compression (3DSoC), a startup incubated by…