Profile of Wonder Grass
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…
The right recipe for a profitable speciality restaurant
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…
In praise of Boutique I-Banks
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…
Opening at Venture Intelligence: Head – Research Services
We are looking to hire a suitable candidate for the following position: Designation: Head – Research Services Location: Chennai Reporting to: MD & CEO Roles and Responsibilitieso High quality of…
New Fund Alert: Matrix Partners India closes $300-M 2nd fund
From the Press Release: Matrix Partners India today announced it has closed a $300 million second fund. With the closing of this fund the firm has $600 million under management…
Profile of aroma chemicals maker Privi Organics
From the Times of India profile of the company which recently raised capital from StanChart Private Equity: Two years into the business and Privi had not yet created a sufficient…
Investing Lessons from Indiana Jones
In his latest blog post, “Super LP” Chris Douvos extracts lessons for investors from Indiana Jones quest for the Holy Grail (in the movie, The Last Crusade). This challenge is…
Deal announcement: Allsec acquires Retreat Capital Management
Technology Holdings’ client, Allsec Technologies, has completed the acquisition of Retreat Capital Management, a full service mortgage BPO company headquartered in Irvine. Technology Holdings was the exclusive advisor on the…
Does the Headstong deal herald more IT-BPO consolidation?
In the context of the recent acquisition of Capital Markets focused IT Services firm Headstrong by BPO giant Genpact, former Infy sales head Basab Pradhan, has an interesting post suggesting…
Press Release: CCCL CEO R Sarbeswar to deliver Entrepreneurship lecture at IIT-Madras
Interactive lecture to feature as part of research firm Venture Intelligence’s “Entrevista” series Venture Intelligence, India’s leading research service focused on Private Equity/Venture Capital and M&A deal activity, has partnered…