Exit Deal Alert: Sequoia Capital India notches up another exit as Cognizant acquires marketRx
Cognizant to pay about $135 million in cash as Sequoia Capital India reaps fourth exit in almost as many months from its WestBridge Capital avatar investments.Edited extracts from Cognizant’s press…
Deal Alert: IDFC PE leads $100 M investment in Moser Baer’s solar cell subsidiary
Edited extracts from the press release: Moser Baer to raise $100 million in its wholly owned photovoltaic subsidiary • $100 million to be raised from a consortium led by IDFC…
VC Interview: Bob Kondamoori of Sandalwood Partners
N. Sriram interviewed Bob Kondamoori, Founding Managing Director of Sandalwood Partners for the US-IVCA/Venture Intelligence quarterly report. Some extracts: What differentiates Sandalwood Partners from other VCs?We are focusing on early…
Bupen Shah and the art of building products out of India
There has recently been a lot of discussion whether it is worth bothering to build products offshore in India – especially products targeted at US consumers and especially out of…
Profile of Wind Power firm Suzlon Energy
Businessworld has a cover story on wind energy firm Suzlon Energy and its founder Tulsi Tanti. Tanti has also made bold strategic decisions that have changed the way the entire…
Crush on Cross-Border: M&A Summit ’07, Oct 25 at Mumbai
Indian entrepreneurs are looking outwards like never before in their goal to create truly global businesses. And M&A is proving to be a popular tool in this pursuit. The ever…
The opportunity in training CRO professionals
Are CRO training shops likely to ride on the coattails of the boom in the Clinical Research Outsourcing sector? Businessworld has an article on the mushrooming of such shops. New…
The business of amusement parks
Business Today has an article on the (tough) business of running amusement parks. The amusement parks business ain’t fun-or at least, that’s the India story of amusement parks for you.…
Review of the aviation industry
Business Today has a special feature on the aviation industry including on why carriers are competing for international routes and infrastructure related challenges. The thing that the industry is most…