The Next Generation of Indian Real Estate
Businessworld has a feature on the generational changes among business families in the Indian Real Estate business. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider…
Speaker Lineup for APEX ’11 PE/VC Summit & Awards
We are delighted to announce a stellar list of speakers for APEX ’11, the annual conclave of the Indian Private Equity / Venture Capital industry, scheduled for February 9-10 at…
PE investments in 2010 almost double to $7.9-B
Highlights from the Venture Intelligence Indian 2010 Annual Private Equity Roundup Report Private Equity firms invested $7,974 million over 325 deals in India during the 12 months ending December 2010,…
Interview with Raja Kumar of Ascent Capital
Raja Kumar, Founder & CEO of Ascent Capital The growth capital focused PE firm Ascent Capital, recently invested Rs.150 crore in Hyderabad-based IVRCL Assets & Holdings. Earlier in 2010, Ascent…
Deal Alert: NYLIM-JB Fund invests Rs.150-Cr in EPC firm PNC Infratech
Edited extracts from the Press Release:Agra-based EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) and infrastructure development company PNC Infratech Limited (PNC) has received Rs.150 crores as an equity investment from NYLIM Jacob…
Limited Partner Interview: Paresh Thakker of Religare
Paresh Thakker, Head-Group M&A and MD-Global Asset Management, Religare In 2010, the Delhi-headquartered Religare Enterprises Group acquired significant stakes in two US-based fund-of-fund houses to jumpstart its goal of building…
IVCA elects new Executive Committee
From the Press Release: The first ever Elections for the Executive Committee of the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA) for the two year term January 2011 to…
Deal Alert: India Equity Partners invests $10-M in cold chain logistics firm Swastik Roadlines
From the Press Release: Swastik Roadlines Private Limited, one of the leading food cargo supply chain service providers, raised growth equity financing of around US$ 10 million from India Equity…
Have academic incubators lost relevance?
From a Businessworld article Far from being hotbeds of student-driven entrepreneurial activity, like in a Stanford University or an MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), India’s B-school incubators now find themselves…
ET profile of Commodities Trading Software firm Eka
From the profile Beginning with software for trading in agri-commodities the company has added on packages for metals and will do so for energy trading by February 2011 with the…