Who will survive the low cost airline war?
Businessworld has a detailed cover story on the state of the low-cost airline industry in India, including a comparison of the strenghts and weakness of the current leaders – Air…
Can the Indian film industry scale?
Businessworld has a detailed cover story on the Indian film business, the major players and the challenges facing them. PVR Cinemas, Yash Raj Films, UTV Software Communications, Adlabs, Sahara, Pritish…
Indian cos. go on overseas shopping spree
Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal has an article on how India’s growing economy and booming stock market is encouraging Indian companies to make ambitious acquisitions overseas – including in Silicon…
A well timed play on India
The Evolvence India Fund (EIF), the first independent private equity “Fund of Funds” set up exclusively for investments in India, has been very active in the six months since its…
Nasscom names first “Innovation Shortlist”
At a time when US enterprise software firms are facing challenging times thanks to a “Perfect Storm” created by the rise of Open Source software and the Software as a…
The Private Equity opportunity in Real Estate
While the other trends we are looking forward to in 2006 – a steady pick up in buyout activity and the re-emergence of early-stage technology investing – might or might…
Who is the VC’s customer?
Fred Wilson has a great take on this topic: Many of the people I know in the venture capital business think their customers are their investors, called LPs in the…
What ‘s hot in India? A US-India VC’s perspective
Vineet Buch of BlueRun has a nice post on “What’s looking promising in India in 2006?” from an investor’s perspective. Some extracts: * Consumer Internet: I predict that the interesting…
Global telecom equipment makers looking at manufacturing in India
Businessworld has a cover story on how and why global telecom equipment firms are beginning to manufacture in India. One of the driving factors behind this growing interest is, without…
Bennett Coleman portfolio crosses 40
The tally of companies in which Bennett, Coleman & Co. (BCCL), the publishers of Times of India and Economic Times, has acquired stakes has crossed 40, according to a Businessworld…