VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

Wonder why VCs – including those with super smart executives – suddenly rush and overfund sectors like online travel, online classifieds, mobile content, etc.? Paul Kedrosky, himself a VC, has…

Investment banker Krishna Mony has a nice primer on PIPE deals and what IBs look for when they do due diligence for such deals. Some extracts: PIPE investors give the…

Band of Angels, the New Delhi-based angel investment group, has launched a pleasant looking web site. The site includes a listing of the names (and in some cases, profiles) of…

Businessworld has a profile of the IPTV pilot projects by major telcos in India. Sometime this July, MTNL will become the first to launch Internet protocol television (IPTV) service (See…

Businessworld has a profile of Pune-based Praj Industries, a listed Ethanol technology company in which Vinod Khosla has picked up a 10% stake. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture…

In case you just landed back from Mars, real estate in India is booming. Businessworld has a cover story on how companies are latching on to the boom. Indian companies,…

Business Today has a special report on the power sector. Arun Natarajan is the Founder of Venture Intelligence India, which tracks venture capital activity in India and Indian-founded companies worldwide.…

On the 25th anniversary of the company’s founding, Business Today has an article on 25 little-known facts about Infosys. On July 2, 2006, Infosys technologies will turn 25. That’s not…

Business Today has a Cover Story on how India’s tech billionaires – including Azim Premji, Nandan Nilekani, Shiv Nadar and Ramalinga Raju – are investing their personal money. Arun Natarajan…

For every reasonably famous (as against “successful”) online services business model in the US, there is a copycat being created – and venture capital funded – in China. I’m however…