How HCL outsmarted Infosys on the Axon acquisition
In an interview to Outlook Business, Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL, explains how his company managed to snag Axon at a price lower than what rival Infosys had originally bid…
Global M&A Activity to Recover in Second Half: KPMG Survey
From the latest KPMG M&A Predictor forecast: KPMG Corporate Finance’s Global M&A Predictor forecasts that 2009 will see a continued fall in global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) but that deal…
Fund News: NYLIM India closes $440-M Third Fund
From the Press Release: Jacob Ballas Capital has announced the closure of its third India-dedicated private equity fund at $440 million The latest fund, NYLIM Jacob Ballas India Fund III,…
George Soros on the Credit Crisis
MIT has an interesting video interview with George Soros on the credit crisis. Hat tip: Paul Kedrosky Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider…
ICICI Venture’s healthcare SPV plan
Economic Times has an interview with Rajeev Bakshi, joint managing director of ICICI Venture on its SPV, I-Ven Medicare, which is creating a string of hospitals across the country. The…
What’s Changed in Silicon Valley
The New York Times has an article “about the types of companies that will receive some of the estimated $31 billion venture capital firms raised in 2008”. WEB 2.0 HEYDAY…
Interview with Sarath Naru of Ventureast
Ventureast, recognized as one of the committed early-stage investors in India, has been investing quite actively in 2008 across three funds – the sector-agnostic “Proactive Fund”, the seed level-focused Ventureast-Tenet…
‘Politics and fraud hold the key’
In his column appearing in Businessworld, Bill Emmott, points out why the length and depth of this recession would probably depend most on politicians and fraudsters. How true in light…
“Inbound deals likely to surge first”
TheDeal.com has a video interview with Prof. Anil Gupta of the Smith School of Business who feels that, once the credit crisis eases, we are likely to see a wave…
Deccan Cargo’s takeoff plans
Outlook Business has an article describing the start-up plans of Air Deccan founder Capt. Gopinath’s second company. With the help of a headhunting firm, the serial entrepreneur quickly shortlisted six…