Rob Chandra of Bessemer on E-Commerce Valuations
Forbes has a video interview with BVP Partner Rob Chandra in which he talks about Internet and e-commerce company valuations. He also talks about the impact created by Internet companies…
Alok Mittal on the Happiest Minds Funding
Startupcentral has an interview with Alok Mittal of Canaan Partners on the $45 million first round funding led by his firm for Wipro veteran and Mindtree Co-founder Ashok Soota’s new…
Deal Alert: Aditya Birla PE Invests Rs.95-Cr in telecom tech firm Alphion India
From the Press Release: Aditya Birla Capital Advisors (ABCAP), the private equity arm of the Aditya Birla Financial Services Group (ABFSG), today announced an investment of Rs. 95 Crores from…
Deal Alert:Ventureast invests Rs.25-Cr in meat processing firm VKS Farms
Edited excerpts from the press release: Ventureast Life Fund, an early growth and growth stage fund focused on the food and agriculture, clean environment and healthcare delivery sectors, has invested…
Profile of online vegetables delivery firm Veggiebazaar
An extract from The Economic Times profile … His business model is simple: Veggibazaar.com takes orders online and delivers the very next day. This not only ensures freshness of the…
Naveen Tewari of InMobi on SoftBank and Ram Shriram
Extract from The Economic Times profile of the mobile advertising company made famous by the recent $200 million investment that it attracted from SoftBank: On Raising Funds From Ram Shriram.…
The Bargain Hunter: Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi
From The Economic Times profile Shanghvi has a conservative approach to doing business,with eyes firmly focused on cost and the bottom line. As bullish peers made ill-timed and expensive (in…
“Entrepreneurship is all about getting the job done” – Raju Venkatraman of MEDALL
Cross-posting from the Venture Intelligence Entrevista series: Interaction with Raju Venkatraman, Founder & CEO, MEDALL Diagnostics Interview by Chandu Nair, Founder of Scope eKnowledge, followed by interaction with students and…
Profile of employability training firm Talent Bridge
Smart CEO has profile on this company which focuses on making youth from Tier II and III cities more employment ready. After three years of research, the Graduate Certificate in…
Off Topic (Slightly): Impact of Financialisation
NPR’s Planet Money has a very interesting podcast with Satyajit Das, a finance professional-turned-author, where he talks about the imbalances created by finance (and financial engineering) driving businesses, rather than…