The Letter and Spirit of FDI in E-Commerce
Businessworld has an investigative report on how Indian e-commerce firms are “working around” the restrictive laws on FDI in retail. The B2C company acts as a ‘front’ for the B2B…
When Everyone Turns Early Stage Investor…
While Pravin Jadhav, founder of social media startup Wishberg, did not mean this great post to be a critique of investors (and more as an “Do’s and Don’ts” list for…
VC Fund Manager Interview: Murli Ravi of Jafco Asia
Venture Intelligence spoke to Murli Ravi, Head – South Asia, Jafco Asia, about some of the firm’s portfolio companies that have been in the news recently as well as other…
PE Fund Manager Interview: Srinath Srinivasan of OIJIF
In a recent interview to Venture Intelligence, Srinath Srinivasan, Chief Executive Officer of Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), discusses the first two investments announced by the JV fund of…
Deal Alert: Centrum Capital Ltd. successfully raises private equity capital for Olive Bar & Kitchen Pvt. Ltd.
From the Press Release: Centrum Capital Ltd. today announced that it has successfully raised close to 10 million dollars for Olive Bar and Kitchen Pvt. Ltd. The fund raised will…
Deal Alert: Oravel Stays raises seed funding from VentureNursery’s Angels
From the Press Release: VentureNursery, India’s first angel-backed start-up accelerator has announced a seed investment by its angel investors in Oravel Stays, based in Gurgaon. Oravel is focused on the…
Social VC investments down 47.5% in first 9 months
Social Ventures attract 11 investments worth $45-M in Q3’12 Social Venture Investors (also called Impact Investors) participated in investments worth $45 million across 11 transactions in India during the three…
VCs make 52 investments worth $200-M in Q3’12; 9 month value down 22%
Volume of investments in first 9 months keeps pace with 2011; Value down by 22% Venture Capital firms invested $200 million over 52 deals in India during the three months…
Genpact deal props up Quarterly PE investment; ; First 9 month investments dip 27%
Private Equity firms invested about $2,521 million across 97 deals during the quarter ended September 2012, according to a study by Venture Intelligence. Thanks to the $1 billion investment by…
BMO advises OIL in joint stake acquisition (with IOC) in Carrizo’s US shale gas assets
Oil India Limited (OIL) and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have jointly acquired a 30% stake in Nasdaq-listed Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc’s (Carrizo) liquid rich shale assets in the…