Vikram Akula vs Muhammad Yunus
SKS Microfinance founder Vikram Akula and Grameen Bank founder Muhammad Yunus present two very different viewpoints on how to scale microfinance at a fascinating recent panel at the Clinton Global…
Profile of weather forecasting firm SkyMet
Outlook Business has a profile of private weather forecasting company SkyMet. Media outfits, such as Hindustan Times, Zee TV, Aaj Tak, The Hindu, Times Now and Mint (subscribe) to its…
Why an interest rate cap will kill microfinance
The proposal to cap interest rates charged by MFIs (at 24%) – via a finance ministry letter to PSU banks – has caused significant irritation to the industry and its…
Microfinance: The Road Ahead
Vineet Rai of social VC firm Aavishkaar makes several interesting points as part of a Business Today roundtable on the sector. One tipping point was in 2004-05 when the partnership…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures invests in cloud computing firm Arayaka Networks’ $14-M first round
Edited excerpts from the press release: Aryaka Networks, a provider of cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization solution, has raised $14 million in Series A funding from Trinity Ventures, Mohr…
Forbest India profile of Tech Support BPO iYogi
Forbes India has a profile of the VC-backed remote tech support company. ..a small but growing number of Americans like Smith are prepared to bypass US companies and directly hire…
Making Money in the Alternative Energy Market
Extract from our partner event Press Release): The key to investing in the alternative energy market is getting in quickly, identifying where the best yields can come from and securing…
Deal Alert: Paracor India exits PL Shipping & Logistics via strategic sale
Paracor India Investments, Mauritius has sold its stake in PL Shipping & Logistics via a strategic sale to Switzerland-based M+R Spedag Group. Paracor had a controlling stake in PL Shipping…
SKS Microfinance: The Private Equity Story
Between March 2006 and Nov 2008, SKS Microfinance received investments of $111 million from Private Equity – the largest by any company in this sector. PE investors in the company…
“Holiday in India and pick up a degree too”
From the Business Today article Meet the brain behind Koenig: Rohit Aggarwal, Founder and CEO, who is on his way to becoming a successful first-mover in what is being broadly…