VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

Until 2004, Intel Capital was probably the sole active corporate VC investing in the Indian technology sector. 2005 has seen the VC arms of Nokia, Cisco, IBM, TI and other…

Korea Times reports that the Korean National Tax Service (NTS) has fined five foreign funds – The Carlyle Group, Lone Star, Goldman Sachs, AIG and Westbrook – a total of…

Anand Sridharan, Associate at Bessemer Venture Partners’ Mumbai office, has laid claim to the title of “India’s first VC Blogger”, by kicking-off “Seriously Clueless”, a new blog at http://radventure.blogspot.com. Anand…

As you might know, the City of San Francisco has invited proposals to set up a community wireless broadband network. Bidders include investor and Internet God Google and ISP firm…

The Santa Clara, CA-based Silicon Valley Bank celebrated the first anniversary of its Indian operations by throwing a great dinner and networking event at its Bangalore office. From Silicon Valley…

Businessworld has a roundup of the consolidation and rising investor interest in the pathology labs business. The Rs 2,000-crore industry in India is going through major change. When Businessworld looked…

The bagging of the $2.2 Billion outsourcing order from ABN Amro Bank by Indian IT services firms TCS, Infosys and Patni, has prompted Businessworld to put the “the Indian IT…

Business Today has published its second annual listing of “Cool Companies” that “are not just successful, but hip and happening”. The list includes wine maker Sula Wines, online advertising services…

Businessworld has published an interview with the Akhil Gupta, head of the Blackstone Group’s Indian operations: Which sectors do you find most attractive in India now?We are looking at companies…

InfoTalk has a great podcast with Sequoia Capital’s Mark Kvamme. Some sound bytes (some of which might be paraphrased): It’s a myth that we invest only in companies who are…