PE firms invest $2-B in Indian Cos. in Q1 ’10
Private Equity firms invested about US$2,000 million across 56 deals during the quarter ended March 2010, according to a study by Venture Intelligence (http://www.ventureintelligence.in), a research service focused on Private…
“BFSI presents great entry point for consumer, infra sectors”: PE Investors
Microfinance, Infrastructure Finance and service providers to financial services firms, are among the favourite sectors of PE & VC investors within the industry, a survey by research firm Venture Intelligence…
Micromax who?
Did you know that Micromax is the third-largest GSM mobile phone vendor in India with a 6% market share (after Nokia (62%) and Samsung (8%))? Neither did I. In fact,…
Entrepreneurs have long memories…
Sample this from Sanjay Chandra, MD of real estate firm Unitech, in a Business Today article on his lessons from the 2008-09 crisis. …the media really worsened the situation. The…
The Next Big Thing after Telecom…
…is Microfinance, points out Vijay Mahajan, founder of Basix tracing the evolution of the sector in an article for Business Today. With the exception of the mobile telecom, perhaps no…
E&Y, ALMT Legal, Desai & Diwanji top Venture Intelligence League Tables for 2009
ALMT Legal and Desai & Diwanji topped the Venture Intelligence League Tables as the Most Active Legal Advisors for Private Equity and M&A deals respectively in 2009. Ernst & Young…
The mess at Argentum Motoros
Forbes India has an article on how the plans of Ajay Singh-, BVR Subbu- and Ashish Deora-founded Argentum, which had acquired the bankrupt Daewoo Motor’s plant in Haryana to produce…
Profile of iMetrex Co-founder Rajeev Mecheri
Subroto Bagchi has published an interview with Rajeev Mecheri, Co-founder of building security technology firm iMetrex, in Forbes India magazine. In time, they became the go-to organisation for every high-rise…
Fund Manager Interview: Subrata Mitra of Accel Partners India
Extracts from the interview with Subrata Mitra, Partner at Accel Partners India that appeared in the GIVCA-Venture Intelligence India Venture Capital Report-2009 (that provides a synopsis of VC investments during…
Fund Manager Interview: Sanjiv Singhal of BanyanTree
Extracts from the interview with Sanjiv Singhal, Managing Director of BanyanTree Finance (the advisor to the BanyanTree Growth Capital fund) that appeared in the Venture Intelligence India Roundup-2009 report (that…