In praise of Boutique I-Banks
From the Economic Times article: These are the ones who left the suffocating process-driven culture at giant firms, such as Morgan, Merrill and Goldman. They build relationships with entrepreneurs for…
Opening at Venture Intelligence: Head – Research Services
We are looking to hire a suitable candidate for the following position: Designation: Head – Research Services Location: Chennai Reporting to: MD & CEO Roles and Responsibilitieso High quality of…
ET NOW launches ‘Super Angels’ Series
Edited extracts from the Press Release: 24-hr English business news channel ET NOW has launched ‘Super Angels’, a path breaking series which will witness start-ups raising funds on national television,…
Deal Alert: Financial software firm Agility raises $5.7 M from IDG Ventures, others
From the press release: BFSI software products company, Agile Financial Technologies (www.agile-ft.com), announces the successful completion of its US$ 5.7mn Series A financing, led by IDG Ventures India (IDGVI). This…
The ‘what’s Doordarshan?’ Generation
Business Standard has an interview with Dheeraj Sinha, regional planning director, Bates 141 and author of Consumer India: Inside the Indian Mind and Wallet. In his book, Sinha puts Indian…
New Fund Alert: Matrix Partners India closes $300-M 2nd fund
From the Press Release: Matrix Partners India today announced it has closed a $300 million second fund. With the closing of this fund the firm has $600 million under management…
Profile of aroma chemicals maker Privi Organics
From the Times of India profile of the company which recently raised capital from StanChart Private Equity: Two years into the business and Privi had not yet created a sufficient…
VC Interview: Kanwal Rekhi of Inventus Capital
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Kanwal Rekhi of early stage investing focused Indo-US cross-border VC firm Inventus Capital. The firm, which started investing in late 2008, has been among the…
LP Interview: Johanna Klein of ADB
Venture Intelligence recently spoke to Johanna L. Klein, Investment Officer, Capital Markets and Financial Sectors Division of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), who is active in the multilateral development financial…
Investing Lessons from Indiana Jones
In his latest blog post, “Super LP” Chris Douvos extracts lessons for investors from Indiana Jones quest for the Holy Grail (in the movie, The Last Crusade). This challenge is…