Category: M&A

The following companies are seeking capital for starting-up / expanding their operations: 07-03-14-1: Chennai-based entrepreneur seeks $1-5 million to launch India’s first online journalism school that will work as an…

PEHub and VentureBeat have reported how loss-making video search web site Blinkx has raised $50 million via an IPO on the London AIM exchange. PEHub also points to an article…

VentureBeat has an interesting video interview with the 13-year old Anshul Samar, Founder and CEO of Elementeo, at this year’s TiECon. Elementeo has developed a “combat” card game which aims…

AltAssets has an interview with André P Jaeggi, Managing Director of Adveq, a Switzerland-based Fund-of-Funds, in which he talks about the firm’s increasing focus on Asia. While we have always…

At least for start-ups – including VC-backed ones. For over a year now, entrepreneur friends who are doing R&D for their product companies out of Bangalore have been pointing out…

The Emerging Markets Private Equity Association has released the exectuive summary of its 2007 Survey of Limited Partner Interest. Some highlights of the survey’s findings: • 52% of LPs said…

The Mint has an interview with Air Deccan’s Founder & CEO, Captain G.R. Gopinath, on his company’s plans to raise a large amount of Private Equity funding at a time…

Habil Khorakiwala, Chairman, Wockhardt Group has an article in the Economic Times on how Indian pharmaceuticals are leading the way in creating global operations via the inorganic route. The transition…

Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting article on whether buyout firms hiring operating partners “with experience running plants and facilities, and rolodexes full of industry contacts” will boost their higher returns. A…

V.P.Harris, Managing Director of Chennai-based speciality retailer Witco, sent me a note with some interesting takeaways and reactions to the recent presentation made by retail guru Paco Underhill in Bangalore.…