InfoTalk’s Podcast with Sequoia’s Mark Kvamme
InfoTalk has a great podcast with Sequoia Capital’s Mark Kvamme. Some sound bytes (some of which might be paraphrased): It’s a myth that we invest only in companies who are…
MIT’s Deshpande Center wins praise
Brad Feld has high praise for the Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation at MIT. He feels “it’s an awesome example of a university program that funds novel, early-stage research, connects…
India’s Web 2.0 companies?
Business Today has featured a list of “dotcom” survivors – from Automartindia.com to YourManinIndia.com – as part of its recent Cover Story. Arun Natarajan is the Editor of Venture Intelligence…
How much will CIFC and ChrysCapital make from the Suzlon Energy IPO?
Business Standard calculates how much the two late-stage PE investors stand to gain from the wind energy turbine maker’s forthcoming IPO: Citicorp, which had invested in Suzlon in April last…
While IT services cos. are acquiring overseas, product firms are getting acquired by foreign firms
This week, I contributed to an article on M&A in India’s IT services sector in the The 451 techDEALMAKER. I’m posting below some of my responses to a well compiled…
Making merry until the IPO party lasts
In an article for the Financial Express, I highlight how late-stage companies are tapping Private Equity investments just a few months before filing for an IPO. October 2004: HT Media…
Why all this buzz around media?
The latest issue of Businessworld magazine has a cover story on the heightened deal-making in the media and entertainment sector in 2005. Here’s my take on the Private Equity action…
Citigroup launches “venture lending” service in India
This week, Citigroup announced the first customer – Chennai-based Secova eServices – for its new “venture lending” service to Venture Capital-backed companies in India. Apart from providing a term loan,…
“Regulators need to watch out for Private Equity firms”
In the context of the launch of large buyout-focused PE funds like Blackstone and The Carlyle Group in India, Raghuvir Mukherji, a consultant with the Financial Securities Group of Infosys…
Does it pay to be an iconoclastic VC?
Extract from a recent The Deal.com report: (Tim Draper, Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson) is best known for self-promotional stunts such as singing at conferences, dressing up as Batman…