Economic Times has profiles of 3 new VC-backed Life sciences companies: Cellworks Research FOUNDED: 2005INVESTOR: Artiman Ventures ACTIVITY: Drug discovery using a proprietary computer simulation platform to find new uses…
Business Today has a profile of the latest Indian adaptation of the Kiva.org model that enables individuals lend to the poor. Micrograam, set up in February 2010 by Rangan Varadan,…
Edited excerpts from the Press Release: Microsoft has announced the winners of the BizSpark Startup Challenge 2011. At an event that witnessed top 15 startups battling it out for the…
From the Business Today profile of the philanthropic investment firm founded by Pierre Omidyar, founder of Internet company eBay. Unlike other philanthropic organisations, ON does not come with a project-centred…
From the Business Today profile of the 80+-year-old sports gear maker: The company’s revenues – split almost 50-50 between exports and domestic sales – are growing at an annual rate…
From the Business Today article: “The consumer healthcare segment is growing at around 18 per cent, almost 1.5 times the rate at which the FMCG sector is growing,” points out…
From the Press Release: Rajasthan Venture (RVCF) has taken about 30% stake in an early stage vocational training education company, Shree Eduserve Pvt Ltd., having over 65 centers across the…
From the Economic Times profile of Bamboo-based building systems company, Wonder Grass: “Using bamboo to build structures is not rocket science. Bamboo is renewable, cost-effective and appropriate material to be…
From the Mint article The choice of cuisine is equally critical. The cuisine hierarchy goes something like this—Indian, followed by Chinese and Italian. “Italian has broadened to include European and…
From the Economic Times article: These are the ones who left the suffocating process-driven culture at giant firms, such as Morgan, Merrill and Goldman. They build relationships with entrepreneurs for…