The Indian Angel Network has invested in Bangalore-based integrated chip solutions provider xSi Semiconductors. Lip Bu Tan, the chairman of global venture capital firm, Walden International, has also participated in…
Darius Pandole, Partner at PE Firm New Silk Route, has an article in Business Standard on the topic. Extracts: The +ves: Secondly, it can assist in raising capital based on…
Overall PE investments plunge to lowest levels since 2009 Private Equity firms invested $7.5 billion (over 384 deals) in India during the 12 months ending December 2013, according to analysis…
Stanford’s Steve Blank believes that, with his methodology, VCs can do to start-up investments what Brad Pitt (in the movie Moneyball) did to baseball management. We focus on evidence and…
From the ET profile: We were on a roll till 2008, signing several similar joint ventures for luxury construction projects, but then the recession resulted in losses worth Rs 1.5…
From the ET Profile The next milestone came three years later, when we learnt that Australia’s largest security agency, Chubb Security, was up for sale. Its revenue was nearly four…
In Indian Private Equity circles, one often tends to hear of Rantakar Bank spoken of in almost fawning terms. Not surprising since, as the Venture Intelligence PE Deal database indicates,…
Info Edge, the company which runs job search portal Naukri.com, has invested an additional Rs 4.5 crore in Canvera Digital Technologies, a company that provides solutions to professional photographers through…
Economic Times has a roundup up of the various recent blowups between Indian promoters and their Private Equity investors. The article starts with how employees of Sagar Ratna restaurants –…
Bangalore-based LabourNet Services, a company that offers vocational training and services for informal sector workers, has raised funding from Acumen and Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The company has enabled…