VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

Businessworld has an article on how the current stock market correction could create trouble for companies which have raised funds through foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) with a conversion price…

Business Standard has a profile of ICICI Ventures’ recent investments and new funds. Says Renuka Ramnath, managing director and CEO of ICICI Venture: “In the next two to three years…

Bloomberg columnist Mark Gilbert quotes Goldman Sachs’s annual report to provide a glimpse into “the future of investment banking”. The key messages are that investment banks need to take more…

Businessweek has an article on IIT-Bombay’s SINE incubator which helps students, professors, and alumni develop and commercialize their business ideas. Today there are 15 companies at SINE, all of them…

KPMG has produced a report on India’s energy sector and the related investment opportunities. The report profiles the Coal Sector, Oil Sector, Gas Sector, Nuclear Energy Hydro, Renewable Sources and…

Research by Fortune magazine, found that the stocks of 26 Fortune 500 companies, where a founder still remains CEO – including Apple Computer, FedEx and Cardinal Health – “returned an…

Business Today has a good article titled “Biyani Vs Ambani” on the retailing plans of Pantaloon’s Kishore Biyani, which has a head start, and Reliance’s Anil Ambani, which is planning…

Business Today has an article on MindTree Consulting, the VC-backed IT services company founded in 1999 by Wipro alumni, in the context of its revenues (for 2005-06) crossing $100 million…

Business Today has an article trying on the reasons behind the delay in mobile telecom services firm Hutchison Essar’s much anticipated IPO. Is all well between Hutchison and Essar? That’s…

Knowledge@Wharton has a great interview with Michael J. Silverstein, author of the book, Treasure Hunt: Inside the Mind of the New Consumer. Here is what the book is focused on:…