SKS Microfinance: The Private Equity Story
Between March 2006 and Nov 2008, SKS Microfinance received investments of $111 million from Private Equity – the largest by any company in this sector. PE investors in the company…
Is Vedanta’s Cairn acquisition a good one?
Gautam Chhabria has an interesting comment in reply to Menaka Doshi’s post on whether Vendata’s acquisition of Cairn India would work given that it does not fit Vendata’s “core competence”.…
“Holiday in India and pick up a degree too”
From the Business Today article Meet the brain behind Koenig: Rohit Aggarwal, Founder and CEO, who is on his way to becoming a successful first-mover in what is being broadly…
Low Cost Housing: Opportunity & Challenges
Business Today has an article on the opportunity that is drawing entrepreneurs from across the spectrum. So, what has made these players, most with no background in the realty or…
Creative strategies to desploy the PE dry powder
In an article published in Economic Times, Mayank Singhal, argues that PE firms in India have to come up with creative strategies to deploy the huge amounts of “dry powder”…
Business Today Profile of Ramky Enviro Engineers
From the profile of the Hyderabad-based Ramky Group’s waste management unit. For all his global ambitions, Rami Reddy, 45, knows his biggest strength is India, simply because REEL (Ramky Enviro…
Cleantech Investors Set Sight on Solar, Water Related Cos.
Catalyzed by new government policies favouring Solar Energy and multiple demand-driven opportunities for water-related companies, Private Equity & Venture Capital firms are focusing keenly on these Cleantech sectors, reveals a…
“Mainstream VCs taking to social sector investments”
Economic Times has an article on how mainstream VCs are now increasingly investing in “bottom of the pyramid” opportunities. Arun Natarajan is the Founder & CEO of Venture Intelligence, the…
AZB & Partners, Ernst & Young Top League Tables for H1’10
Chennai, India: Corporate law firm AZB & Partners has topped the Venture Intelligence India League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisor for both Private Equity and M&A deals –…
The Guy who sold 2 Cos. to Flextronics
At Venture Intelligence, we recently did a podcast with K.V. Ramani, Founder of Future Software and Co-Founder of Hughes Software Systems – both of which were acquired by Flextronics in…