Why LinkedIn’s founder joined Greylock
The Deal has an interview with Reid Hoffman on why he signed up as a partner with the Silicon Valley VC firm, rather . We both believe that the key…
Indian Medical Devices Cos making a mark
Economic Times has an article on how Indian medical devices companies have started to make a mark on the global market. The US produces half of the world’s medical devices…
Business Today profile of Financial Technologies
Business Today has a profile of Financial Technologies, which has recently set up a stock exchange, after making a mark with its commodities exchange MCX. (Jignesh) Shah’s vision—as he sees…
Shakeout in Indian PE imminent?
As part of his newly launched blog, PE industry professional Varadharajan has a post on the reasons why: Lack of focus/segmentation: I am yet to see more than 6-8 funds…
IIM-A announces Business Plan Showcase
IIMA is organizing a Business Plan Showcase as part of its Finance Conclave 2010. Entrepreneurs from following sectors are invited to submit their entries: Clean Tech & Renewable Energy Telecommunications…
The Mint’s profile of MapmyIndia
The Mint has a profile of VC-backed MapmyIndia. The company today has 500 enterprise customers including Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd and Bharti Airtel…
“China is no friend of India’s”
In an article for Businessworld, Omkar Goswami provides one of the stronger opinions – by a business/economics person – on China-India relations. Let’s have no doubt about a few things.…
Audacity: China’s winning edge
Arvind Singhal of Technopak has an article in the Business Standard comparing India and China. Both got their independence around the same time, had similar scale of economies and challenges,…
Deal Alert: TVS Capital invests Rs.65-Cr in retail firm Landmark
Edited Extracts from Press Release: TVS Capital, via its TVS Shriram Growth Fund I, is taking a significant minority equity stake with an investment of Rs.65 crores in Landmark Limited,…
Will Indian IT Services cos. be acquirors or targets?
In the wake of IT Product companies like Xerox and Dell buying their way into the IT Services world through multi-billion dollar deals, Reuters – quoting industry analysts – has…