Localize and simplify: The Indian Web 2.0 mantra
The Telegraph has an article profiling Indian “Web 2.0” start-ups. Exciting as all this is, the fact remains that most of these new websites are modelled on popular international formats…
Where are the cross-border VCs, asks Basab Pradhan
Gridstone Research’s Basab Pradhan bemoans the lack of cross-border VCs who understand both the developed world and India well. Why are flat world startups underserved by the venture industry? Like…
Why buyout firms like enterprise software cos.
Hedge fund manager (and former VC) Bill Burnham has an interesting take on why US buyout firms have taken a strong liking for acquiring publicly US software companies. Rather than…
“Base of entrepreneurial pyramid is not very strong” : Ashish Gupta
Ashish Gupta, Managing Director of Helion Ventures, has written an interesting article for ET-Corporate Dossier pointing out the missing pieces in the Indian entrepreneurial ecosystem. (Unfortunately, no online link is…
“Danger lurks around the corner”: Ashish Dhawan
Ashish Dhawan, founder of ChrysCapital, has written an interesting article for the Corporate Dossier section of Economic Times on why he is bearish in the near-term about returns from Private…
Reva re-charges with VC backing
Businessworld has an article on electric car maker Reva Electric Car Company (RECC) is planning to use its recent $20 million funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and Global Environment…
Profile of Jubilant Biosys
Businessworld had an article on how this group company of PE-backed Jubilant Organosys, is transforming from a bioinformatics player into a complete drug discovery services company. Arun Natarajan is the…
The Classic Contrarian
Businessworld has an article on Royal Classic Mills, the Tirupur based make of Classic Polo brand of T-Shirts, which has time and again gone against the in-fashion trend in the…
“Our perspective has changed tremendounsly”: VCs turned entrepreneurs
Mercury News has an article on VCs-turned-Internet entrepreneurs. The biggest plus, say these Web entrepreneurs — each of whom hopes as much as the next company founder to strike it…
“Selling to PE firms becoming a common exit route”
Mercury News has an article on US VCs exiting their invstments by selling them to larger Private Equity firms that are flush with money. The extent to which private equity…