The Fabindia story
Business Today has an profile of Fabindia, a retailer of ethnic ware, which recently raised a round of Private Equity funding. Fabindia is recasting its supply chain, setting up dozens…
Are REITs the right way?
A Businessworld article discusses how real estate companies like DLF and Unitech are raising money via REIT listings overseas and raises questions on whether such issues are fair to their…
Crush on Cross-Border Continues
Here is the full text of my article for the Economic Times-Corporate Dossier (issued dated October 19, 2007) Despite the liquidity crunch in the US and Europe, Indian companies are…
Will the subprime mess affect Indian PE?
I wrote the following article for Economic Times-Corporate Dossier (issue dated September 7, 2007). The financial crisis triggered off the by the US sub-prime mortgage meltdown, is already impacting Private…
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…