VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

Business Today has a detailed profile of life is changing fast for the textile companies in Tirupur (near Coimbatore) two years post the abolition of the global quota regime. Eighty…

Businessworld has an article on how the diamond jewelry sector and its “mysterious” practices. Sightholders are a mysterious order of diamond merchants. De Beers’ Diamond Trading Company (DTC) largely sells…

The Economist has a profile of Helion Ventures. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence, the leading provider of information and networking services to the private equity and venture…

Businessworld has a profile of online tutoring firm, TutorVista, which has quickly attracted $12 million in two rounds of venture funding. Tutor Vista now has around 2,200 students, most of…

Businessworld had an interview with Charles R. Kaye, co-president of Warburg Pincus, who is credited with hiring the highly successful India team. We have got 15 people on the ground…

Businessworld has a profile of iLabs-backed TV9, the regional language news channel with an unusual positioning. For those who are wondering what TV9 is and why we are writing about…

Businessworld has an article capturing the opportunity (and action so far) in the setting up of duty-free shops at the newly privatized airports. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture…

Following Business Today, Businessworld has a detailed profile of aggressive textiles firm, Spentex Industries. The process of acquiring the largest capacity has also turned it into a highly leveraged one.…

Business Today has a profile of Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder of Naukri.com, post his company’s highly successful IPO. In March 1997, still operating out of his father’s garage and with his…

San Francisco Chronicle (via Venture Beat) reports on how The Founders Fund has formalized the process of a partial buyout of founders by VC investors through a new class of…