“Foreign buyout firms will move on if India doesn’t suit them”
In an interview to Business Today, Texas Pacific Group’s David Bonderman, points out – repeatedly – that while India is a hot market right now for large global buyout PE…
Internet cos. are back (on the cover of business magazines)
Businessworld has a cover story titled “Internet business grows big” with some interesting facts and figures. The total Internet business is big — worth over Rs 2,200 crore. About Rs…
Broadband connections touch 1 M, Mobile user base crosses 80 M
ContentSutra has summarized the highlights of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Press Release on mobile and broadband usage: – Total number of mobile users in the country as of…
Study predicts “degraded future returns” for US Venture Capital
A new academic study paints a not-too-rosy picture for the US VC industry. According to the researchers, the US VC industry has undergone a fundamental transformation ever since the early…
Fixing US Venture Capital
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a nice post on why the traditional Venture Capital model in the US is broken and how to fix it. Venture capital is a…
Fixing US Venture Capital
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a nice post on why the traditional Venture Capital model in the US is broken and how to fix it. Venture capital is a…
“India to account for 6.5% of global semiconductor revenues by 2015”
The India Semiconductor Association has released a study predicting the semiconductor and embedded design market in India will grow from the current $3.25 billion to $43.07 billion by 2015. The…
TiE Bangalore launches Entrepreneur Accelerator Program
TiE Bangalore has put together the Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (TiE-EAP or “tie-up”). TiE-EAP is designed to help companies get through the seed-stage of evolution and graduate to first round of…
When will the Indian Internet market really take off?
Anand Sridharan of Bessemer Venture Partners has triggered off an interesting debate on his blog on when the Indian Internet market will really take off. At $25-30 million ad revenues…
Special report on Indian auto industry
Business Today has a detailed series of articles on the Indian automobile industry, including its various segments like cars, two-wheelers, trucks, auto components and auto engineering. Arun Natarajan is the…