Young Entrepreneurs’ Summit on June 18, 2010
The Indian Young Entreprenurs’ Forum is organizing its summit on June 18 in Mumbai to provide a platform for networking, contact building and understanding new opportunities and challenges for young…
The Shale Gas Revolution
In an article in the Economic Times, Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar argues how new technology is helping economically extract gas from shale rock, which in turn promises to revolutionise both…
Quick Book Review: Finally, an How To on Raising VC in India
While Private Equity and Venture Capital gets more than adequate coverage in the general business and entrepreneur-targeted media, there has been a surprising lack of “how to” manuals for entrepreneurs…
Rise of video ads
A slightly modified version of the longer article that appeared on WSJ’s India Chief Mentor Blog: An article in IBD’s Investors.com highlights the strong rise in the popularity of video…
How cleantech cos can borrow funding models from biotech cos.
In an article for AltAssets, Charles Fletcher of US law firm Taylor Wessing describes how, in the absence of VC funding for capital intensive projects, cleantech compannies can look at…
Deal Alert: Fidelity invests in Punj Lloyd’s Engg & Design subsidiary
Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI), the private equity arm of Fidelity International, has taken a significant minority stake in PL Engineering, a leading engineering services outsourcing player with a focus…
Deal Alert: Nexus Ventures participates in Cloud.com’s $11-M 2nd Round
US-based Cloud.com, formerly VMOps, has raised an $11 million Series B round led by new investor Index Ventures. Current investors Redpoint Ventures and India-focussed Nexus Venture Partners also participated in…
“The Brain of an Indian VC”
Indiagames founder Vishal Gondal has an interesting post on the topic: Being a VC in an emerging markets like India is like being a VIP. You are at a very…
Interview with Mintoo Bhandari of Apollo
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Mintoo Bhandari who heads global PE firm Apollo’s India subsidiary in Mumbai. Apollo recently consummated its first PE investment in India – a $100 million…
Micromax who?
Did you know that Micromax is the third-largest GSM mobile phone vendor in India with a 6% market share (after Nokia (62%) and Samsung (8%))? Neither did I. In fact,…