Global Private Equity climate: the LP view
Knowekdge@Wharton has published the proceeds of a a roundtable discussion between four leading limited partners – Kristin Gilbertson of the University of Pennsylvania, Sandra Pajarola of Partners Group, Cory Pulfrey…
PE investing in India and China
Knowledge@Wharton has an article based on a panel discussion on private equity investing in India and China titled “Driving Returns: Value Added Investing.” Mukund Krishnaswami, managing director of Krilacon Group,…
Second part of Premji’s interview with K@W
Knowledge@Wharton has published the second part of its interview with Wipro’s Azim Premji. Aron: You already have a strong footprint in IT design, development, maintenance and operations. Now, as you…
Why Bessemer is investing in a stock broking firm
Anand Sridharan of Bessemer Venture Partners has a blog post on why his firm (along with New Vernon Private Equity)has invested into Motilal Oswal Financial Services, a leading Indian stockbroking…
Developers as dotcommers
Business Today has a detailed article examining whether the boom in Indian real estate prices is sustainable. Points on the “Yes” side: To answer in a word, demand. Underlying it,…
The Reddy and Rao of Infrastructure
Business Today has an article profiling the Hyderabad-based GMR and GVK business groups (both named after their founders Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao and Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy respectively) which have recently…
Venture Intelligence in the Media: KKR-Flextronics deal
Pvt equity giants jostle for slice of India pieEconomic Times – Apr 19, 2006 “Clearly, the growth investments will make up the volume, but buyout deals will continue to tilt…
Kotak after Goldman Sachs
Business Today has a Cover Story on the Kotak Mahindra Group, which recently bought out Goldman Sachs from their investment banking and broking joint ventures. (Vice Chairman & Managing Director…
Investing ahead of the curve
Fred Wilson has a short “VC Cliche” post on “(investing) ahead of the curve”. I am not sure what curve this cliche refers to, but for me its the market…
Call for a VC union
Peter Rip has a very funny April 1 call to create the International Brotherhood of Venture Capitalists (IBVC). Before you scoff at the idea, consider the advantages of organized VC…