A Nation of App Developers?
Looks like the built-in business model in the mobile apps space (unlike the Internet where everything is expected to be free) is unleashing an entrepreneurial wave across the country. From…
Happening Desi FMCG Companies
Business Today has a cover story on various regional Indian FMCG companies – including Vi-John |Havmor | Sakthi Masala | Mapro | Dantadhavanachoornam | Sosyo | Wagh Bakri | Kalimark…
Deal Alert: OneAssist gets funded by Sequoia and Lightspeed Advisors
From the Press Release: OneAssist Consumer Solutions Pvt Ltd, an assistance company, was founded in 2011 by Gagan Maini and Subrat Pani and has Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners…
Deal Alert: CloudByte Receives $2.1 mn Series A funding from Nexus Venture Partners
From the Press Release: CloudByte Inc., building next generation storage virtualization products, announced that it has raised $2.1 million in a Series A funding led by Nexus Venture Partners. Kae…
Luis Miranda On Valuations
Former IDFC PE CEO Luis Miranda has started a on the Forbes India web site with a post on (what else?) valuations. And, given the topic, it’s no surprise that…
Deal Alert: YourNest Angel Fund invests in Mycity4kids
From the Press Release: Just4Kids Services Ltd, the parent company that owns the mycity4kids brand, has raised funding from YourNest Angel Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund. mycity4kids is a…
Harsh Mariwala launches entrepreneur mentoring foundation Ascent
To start with Mumbai- & Pune-based entrepreneurs Harsh Mariwala, who has steered Marico to grow in sales from Rs. 40 lac in 1971 to Rs. 4,000 crore today, has launched…
Do single product e-tailers have an edge?
The debate that Amazon.com must have had about 15 years ago – whether it should stick to selling books or move into other categories – is now happening at niche…
Can E-Grocers take on the Kirana Stores?
Business today has an article on the challenges facing BigBasket and its smaller competitors. One reason why no e-grocery startup other than BigBasket has managed to raise money is that…
“No More E-Commerce”: Flipkart investor
“We were the first fund to invest in e-commerce trading platforms in India. We don’t think all the companies funded are bad. However, now many ‘me too’ kind of companies…