“Selling to PE firms becoming a common exit route”
Mercury News has an article on US VCs exiting their invstments by selling them to larger Private Equity firms that are flush with money. The extent to which private equity…
When the sugar cycle turns…
Businessworld has an article on how Coimbatore-based Sakthi Sugars has successfully riden the upward cycle in sugar prices and how it is preparing for the next inevitable downturn. It recorded…
Profile of Advinus Therapeutics
Businessworld has a glowing profile of Advinus Therapeutics, a pharmaceuticals research and development company founded by former Ranbaxy Labs scientist Rashmi Barbhaiya and backed by the Tata Group. By August…
“Expect a slowdown in 07”: Sumir Chadha of Sequoia India
In an interview to Economic Times, Sumir Chadha, Senior Managing Director of Sequoia Capital India, explains why. The year 2006 was very good for most of the private equity and…
Profile of Tirupur, the booming textile town
Business Today has a detailed profile of life is changing fast for the textile companies in Tirupur (near Coimbatore) two years post the abolition of the global quota regime. Eighty…
The mysterious diamond trade
Businessworld has an article on how the diamond jewelry sector and its “mysterious” practices. Sightholders are a mysterious order of diamond merchants. De Beers’ Diamond Trading Company (DTC) largely sells…
Helion Ventures profiled in The Economist
The Economist has a profile of Helion Ventures. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the private equity and venture…
Profile of Tutor Vista
Businessworld has a profile of online tutoring firm, TutorVista, which has quickly attracted $12 million in two rounds of venture funding. Tutor Vista now has around 2,200 students, most of…
Chip Kaye interview to Businessworld
Businessworld had an interview with Charles R. Kaye, co-president of Warburg Pincus, who is credited with hiring the highly successful India team. We have got 15 people on the ground…
TV9 treads a different path
Businessworld has a profile of iLabs-backed TV9, the regional language news channel with an unusual positioning. For those who are wondering what TV9 is and why we are writing about…