Online bill payment firms make a comeback
With Clearstone Ventures and SIDBI Ventures investing into BillDesk and the Battery Ventures and Greylock combine backing TechProcess (the new avatar of ICICI Venture backed BillJunction), online bill aggregation companies…
Inputs to farmers via SMS
Businessworld has an article on a SMS-based service for farmers. UK-based financial information and news provider Reuters Plc and Mumbai-based Multi Commodities Exchange of India (MCX), who are already empowering…
Apparel shopping as family entertainment
McKinsey Quarterly has an article comparing shopping for apparel across India, China and Brazil. Indians devote roughly the same share of their income to apparel as do Chinese and Brazilians.…
Why Battery is keen on media deals
Battery Ventures’ Ramneek Gupta and Mark Sherman have published an article on the Indian media landscape and themes their firm would be keen to invest in. TV and Print are…
Multiplexes: The New Game in Tinsel Town
Businessworld article on the business of Bollywood points out how multiplexes, while accounting for just 4% of the 13,000 screens in India, generate 30% of the box office collections. It…
Ajay Shah on Private Equity
Extract from economist Ajay Shah‘s column in the Business Standard argues for removing the tax and regulatory irritants for PE investments in India: The investments in place today might generate…
Deal Alert: IDFC PE invests Rs. 35 crores in water management co. Doshion
Edited extracts from the press release: Water management company Doshion Limited has raised Rs. 350 million from IDFC Private Equity (via its IDFC PE Fund II). Doshion has a pan-India…
GMR gears up for global growth
Business Today has an article on the management recast at the infrastructure focused GMR Group. The company is looking at other segments to expand its global reach; it is eyeing…
Searching for the true Indian VCs – A LP’s Perspective
The following article, by Anand Sunderji, originally appeared in the latest quarterly India VC Report. Recently, a well known venture fund announced their India plans. However, further information revealed that…