K.P.Balaraj, WestBridge Capital; Vijay Pattabhiraman, JP Morgan; Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group; Srivatsa Krishna, IAS; Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic; Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital; Neeraj Bharadwaj, Carlyle For the more detailed APEX’13 Summit…
Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital “If we were to shut down the Mauritius route (for investments), there is a real danger that we will destroy Private Equity in the country. And it’s…
Falguni Nayar, former MD and CEO of Kotak Investment Bank, has launched e-commerce portal, Nykaa.com. The venture, which went live in late 2012, offers wellness and beauty products. It is…
Gurgaon-based start-up Bright Lifecare Pvt Ltd, which runs the online health store Healthkart.com, is about to close a Series B funding round of up to $14 million led by Intel…
Multilateral funding agency ADB has made an investment of $2 million (about Rs.1.08 crore) in Bangalore-based Simpa Networks, which offers a prepaid payment platform to enable affordable clean energy solutions…
The Karnataka government has proposed to set up a venture capital fund with a corpus of Rs.50 crore targeting the pharmaceutical sector. The proposed Pharma VC Fund will have 26%…
Sequoia Capital is set to invest another Rs.120 crore in cookware and kitchen appliances company Stovekraft. Sequoia will raise its holding in the company to about 40%, up from the…
TLabs, a Times Internet Ltd. initiative that aims at nurturing and supporting the ideas and projects of Internet and mobile entrepreneurs, has launched Batch 3 with seven startups. These include:…
Nadir Godrej, managing director of Godrej Industries, has invested in LocalCircles, a community-based local social network. The Delhi-based start-up enables citizens to connect with local communities, including neighbours, colleagues and…
The Indian Angel Network (IAN) has invested in Nagpur-based RankJunction, a ranking platform for competitive exams. IAN members Jay Chopde and Ravi Kiran led this round of investment and will…