Category: M&A

Beginning January 2005, Zee Telefilms will air an 36-episode show in which entrepreneurs will get an opportunity to pitch their business plans on TV. This contest -type show will see…

By Arun Natarajan “Man has Venture Blogging come a long way since we started VentureBlog a year and a half ago. At that time, the only way that there would…

Here’s what Michael Moritz had to say on the “secret” of Sequoia Capital’s success during the Silicon Valley 4.0 conference (via Always-On): On the whole we’ve had the incredible benefit…

As Microsoft takes time to digest web-conferencing company PlaceWare, the market leader – Subrah Iyer-founded WebEx Communications – has been picking up more momentum and market share. But can WebEx…

“Writing a check is the first, and perhaps easiest, part. Yet angels-most of whom are themselves seasoned business executives, entrepreneurs, technologists and finance people-can do the venture community the greatest…

Express Computers magazine has profiled Powai Labs, an EDA tools provider that is being incubated at IIT-Bombay’s “KReSIT”. An extract: Says Reapan Tikoo, chief executive officer, Powai Labs, “Today, there…

With the rapid maturing of the IT Services and BPO sectors, VCs – especially early-stage investors – will soon feel the need to spread their nets wider. Sanjay Anandaram, Managing…

By Arun Natarajan, Editor, TSJ Media My article on the above topic was published recently in the AlwaysOn-Network “blogzine”. Here is the article’s introductory paragraph: In the first six months…

Conventional wisdom has it that operating experience contributes significantly to making a successful VC. Bill Burnham, Managing Partner at Softbank Capital Partners, doesn’t buy it. An extract from his recent…

Some enterprising folks in the troubled state of Kashmir have decided that would like to join other Indian states which are riding the boom in IT and BPO services to…