The LP view of VC Funds
Chris Douvos has put up an interesting set of slides on how institutional investors view VC funds as an asset class. (Section 4: Whither Venture Capital Allocations? is especially interesting.)…
“India tops BRICs for Infra Investments”
The Deal magazine has a Cover Story on infrastructure investment opportunities in the BRIC countries with a special highlight on India. Of all the emerging markets, India best illustrates the…
Deal Alert: Agri-logisitcs firm Sohan Lal raises Rs 10-Cr from Nexus Ventures
Edited excerpts from the press release: Sohan Lal Commodity Management (SLCM), an agri-commodity logistics and procurement company based in Delhi, has received a Rs 10 crore investment from VC firm…
Deal Alert: Komli acquires Australian online advertising firm PostClick
Nexus Ventures- and Helion Ventures-backed Komli Media has acquired PostClick, Australia’s leading premium website representation firm, to become the leading digital media network platform across Asia Pacific. Together, the company…
Event Alert: Urban Transport Congress on June 24-25
Ideas Exchange is organizing Urban Transport Congress (UTC) India 2010 at the JW Marriott Hotel on June 24–25. The event will be a forum for decision makers in the infrastructure…
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…