New Fund Announcement: WestBridge Crossover Fund raises $500 million
WestBridge Capital today announced that it has successfully raised a new $500 million investment fund, WestBridge Crossover Fund, LLC. The Fund has been fully subscribed and is not open to…
AZB & Partners, Ernst & Young, Avendus Top H1’ 2011 League Tables
Corporate law firm AZB & Partners continues to top the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor for both Private Equity and M&A deals – advising…
Deal Alert: StanChart PE invests $56-M in RJ Corp beverage unit
From the Press Release: Varun Beverages (International) Limited (VBIL) has concluded a US$56 million private equity financing with Standard Chartered Private Equity Limited (SCPE). The funds would be used to…
New Wave of Life Sciences Firms
Economic Times has profiles of 3 new VC-backed Life sciences companies: Cellworks Research FOUNDED: 2005INVESTOR: Artiman Ventures ACTIVITY: Drug discovery using a proprietary computer simulation platform to find new uses…
Profile of P2P Microlending enabler Micrograam
Business Today has a profile of the latest Indian adaptation of the Kiva.org model that enables individuals lend to the poor. Micrograam, set up in February 2010 by Rangan Varadan,…
Fund Manager Interview: Nainesh Jaisingh of StanChart Private Equity
After focusing substantially on exits in 2010 (when it successfully exited its investments in Mahindra Finance and ABG Shipyard), StanChart PE has announced four new investments in the first half…
Fund Manager Interview: Mohan Kumar of Norwest
Venture Intelligence spoke to Mohan Kumar, Executive Director, Norwest Venture Partners India, on the firm’s recent investments in the VC segment. Kumar, who had earlier worked for over 18 years…
Fund Manager Interview: Vishakha Mulye of ICICI Venture
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Vishakha Mulye, Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Venture Funds, on the firm’s recent investments and strategy going ahead. This interview first appeared in the…
LP Interview: Sunil Gottipati of Princeton University
Sunil Gottipati is a Principal with Princeton University Investment Company (Princo), the agency responsible for the management of Princeton University’s over $14 billion endowment. Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Gottipati…