Deal Alert: Citrus Payment Solutions raises $2-M from Sequoia Capital
Mumbai-based payment processing start-up firm Citrus Payment Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,has revealed that it, has raised $2 million from Sequoia Capital in return for a minority stake and launched a new…
Deal Alert: Intel, Sequoia invest $14-M in pharma e-tailer Healthkart
Gurgaon-based HealthKart, which sells consumer healthcare goods online has raised $14 million in Series B funding from Intel Capital ($8 million) and Sequoia Capital ($6 million). Including the new round…
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group “I have always told my international colleagues that India will not be a linear growth story – we will take three steps forward and two steps…
The Chakra Vyuh of Private Equity
As part of his speech at the Venture Intelligence APEX’13 Awards, Ashish Chauhan, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, described how PE/VC investors were like the mythological character Abhimanyu who knew “how…
The BSE CEO’s Entrepreneurial Journey
Special Guest at the Venture Intelligence APEX’13 Awards, Ashish Chauhan, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange provided a witty account of his experiences as an entrepreneur including in founding two startup ventures:…
“We need a Credible India and not Incredible India.”
Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic at APEX’13 Summit & Awards “The sense of complacency – in terms of assuming foreign investors somehow have to invest in India – has cost us…
Dr.Subir Gokarn at APEX’13 Awards
Special Guest at the APEX’13 Awards, Dr.Subir Gokarn, Noted Economist & Former Deputy Governor, RBI, pointed out that the surge in productivity, thanks to dramatic rise in the telecom penetration…
Special Panel on Private Equity at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
K.P.Balaraj, WestBridge Capital; Vijay Pattabhiraman, JP Morgan; Akhil Gupta, Blackstone Group; Srivatsa Krishna, IAS; Sandeep Naik, General Atlantic; Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital; Neeraj Bharadwaj, Carlyle For the more detailed APEX’13 Summit…
Sound Bite: Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital at APEX’13 Summit & Awards
Ashish Dhawan, ChrysCapital “If we were to shut down the Mauritius route (for investments), there is a real danger that we will destroy Private Equity in the country. And it’s…
How Real Estate financing has adapted to the New Normal
From a recent Business Today Cover Story: There was a rush of foreign direct investment into Indian real estate when the sector was first opened, but that is now drying…