The rise of boutique investment banks
Business Today has a cover story on the phenomenon. Among the “bigger boutiques”, Veda Corporate Advisors, set up by C. Venkat Subramanyam and M. Vinod Kumar, who have been together…
Deal Alert:Acumen Fund Invests INR 1.5 Crore ($300K) in Edubridge Learning
From the Press Release: Acumen Fund, a pioneering nonprofit global venture fund addressing poverty across Africa and South Asia, today announced a INR 1.5 Crore ($300K) equity investment in Edubridge…
“Leveraged stock purchase led Arvind Rao to go astray”: Forbes India
Forbes India has an article on the series of events leading to the recent controversial exit of Arvind Rao, Co-founder & CEO of listed Mobile VAS firm OnMobile. On November…
VC Interview: Shailendra Singh of Sequoia Capital India
In a recent interview to Venture Intelligence, Shailendra Singh discussed some of the firm’s newer investments in the early stage segment including in the online payments space, the progress at…
Deal Alert: Bookmycab.com –Mumbai’s First and Only Call Taxi Service Raises Funding from YourNest Angel Fund and Mumbai Angels
From the Press Release: YourNest Angel Fund, an early stage venture capital fund has invested in Bookmycab.com, which offers lowest fare among all cab operators in Mumbai. Bookmycab.comoffers local travel…
Deal Alert: India Innovation Fund invests in life science technology company Shantani Proteome Analytic
From the Press Release: With it’s focus on supporting innovation driven start-ups in technology and life sciences with early stage investment, the India Innovation Fund (IIF) (www.indiainnovationfund.in) along with Blume…
VCs make 100 investments worth $363-M in first half of 2012
Volume of investments keeps pace with 2011; Deal Value comes down Venture Capital firms invested $363 million across 100 deals in India during the six months ending June 2012, according…
Deal Alert: Nexus participates in Aryaka Networks’ $25-M 3rd round
From the Press Release: Aryaka (www.aryaka.com), the world’s first cloud-based WAN optimization as-a-Service, today announced it has secured a $25 million Series C funding round led by InterWest Partners, with…
Slowdown in PE continues; quarterly investment dips 34% to below $1.9-B
Private Equity firms invested about $1,848 million across 102 deals during the quarter ended June 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private…
Deal Alert: Rajasthan Venture invests Rs. 20 crores in International Oncology
From the Press Release: Jaipur-based Rajasthan Venture Capital Fund (RVCF) has invested Rs 20 crores in International Oncology Services Private Limited (IOSPL), a super specialty cancer care company for an…