Why VCs need to watch out for hedge funds
Bill Burnham has a detailed analysis on how hedge funds, having invaded the territory of Private Equity funds, can “rapidly gain a major presence in Silicon Valley”. Not only do…
Ram Shriram, John Doerr, Ray Lane presentations in Bangalore
The TiE Bangalore chapter has made the presentations made by angel investor Ram Shriram and KPCB’s John Doerr and Ray Lane at its “Entrepreneurship – yesterday today and tomorrow” event…
“Revitalizing manufacturing is the key to tackling poverty”
As part of a special Business Today issue on “25 Challenges for India”, economist Lord Meghnad Desai argues that crearting manufacturing jobs is the key to eradicating poverty in India.…
Making India the #1 FDI Destination in the World
As part of a special Business Today issue on “25 Challenges for India”, Anand Mahindra, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra, makes a clear case for attracting…
TiE-DFJ business plan contest selects two winners
Rajan reports that the “India Venture Challenge” national level business plan competition organized by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) and TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) has selected two companies as joint winners.…
“Foreign buyout firms will move on if India doesn’t suit them”
In an interview to Business Today, Texas Pacific Group’s David Bonderman, points out – repeatedly – that while India is a hot market right now for large global buyout PE…
Internet cos. are back (on the cover of business magazines)
Businessworld has a cover story titled “Internet business grows big” with some interesting facts and figures. The total Internet business is big — worth over Rs 2,200 crore. About Rs…
Broadband connections touch 1 M, Mobile user base crosses 80 M
ContentSutra has summarized the highlights of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Press Release on mobile and broadband usage: – Total number of mobile users in the country as of…
Study predicts “degraded future returns” for US Venture Capital
A new academic study paints a not-too-rosy picture for the US VC industry. According to the researchers, the US VC industry has undergone a fundamental transformation ever since the early…
Fixing US Venture Capital
Peter Rip of Leapfrog Ventures has a nice post on why the traditional Venture Capital model in the US is broken and how to fix it. Venture capital is a…