VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

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…

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…

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…

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…

On Monday (Dec 19), I attended the soft launch of Mentor Partners, a unique technology-focused seed fund, in Bangalore. The firm plans to initially invest $1 million each in 10…

Why is it that despite several months of trying, large buyout funds have not been able to close any significant deals in India? The answer seems to be the lack…

Knowledge@Wharton has an article on how India’s public companies must meet a January 1, 2006, deadline to comply with sweeping new corporate governance standards. Extracts: The reforms, ordained by the…

VentureWoods a blog started by entrepreneur-turned-VC Alok Mittal has since turned into a platform with multiple contributors (including yours truly) from the Indian VC-Start-up eco-system. Arun Natarajan is the Founder…

Businessworld has a cover story on TCS’ growth strategies post its IPO. Here is an extract relating to the acquisition strategy of India’ top IT services firm: Apart from HCL…

Sequoia Capital has decided against partnering WestBridge Capital in their proposed investment into Times Internet which operates the Indiatimes.com portal and e-commerce service, reports Businessworld. It was planned that a…