Paul Graham weighs in in favor of founder sales
In August 2005, I made a post saying why I thought it might be a good idea for VCs to actually insist on “limited founder sales” when they invest in…
US recruitment firm specializes in “angel employees”
With Internet-based services companies back in favor among US VC investors (a phenomenon aka “Web 2.0” or “Bubble 2.0”), can service providers and wannabee start-up executives be far behind? Scripps…
Debate on the investment “sweet spot”
Anand Sridharan of Bessemer Venture Partners-India and Roshan D’Silva, Managing Partner of Middle East technology incubator One Nine Three (and co-founder of IIT-Bombay incubatee MyZus Infotech), have an interesting debate…
BlueRun Ventures’ Vineet Buch launches blog
Vineet Buch, a Principal at BlueRun Ventures, has launched a blog titled Venture Explorer Update: Buch recalls how he was hired away in March 2005 by BlueRun Ventures when the…
Entrepreneur-turned-VC launches blog
Alok Mittal, the co-founder of JobsAhead.com (acquired by Monster.com in 2004) and now a venture capitalist with Barings India Private Equity, has launched a blog titled VentureWoods. In one of…
Warburg Pincus-Bharti saga ends; Nets $1.324 Billion for PE firm
The Investment (1999-2001) Between September 1999 and July 2001, Warburg Pincus invests $292 million in Bharti Tele-Ventures in return for a 19% stake, the first tranche being invested in September…
Digital distribution of feature films picks up momentum
Businessworld has an article on the various players that have introduced the digital distribution of movies to cinema theaters across India. It emphasises more firmly than ever India’s position as…
EMS firms beeline to India
Never mind infrastructure issues. Leading global contract Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) firms are opening plants in India at a rapid pace. The latest addition to the list is Sanmina-SCI, the…
“Real Estate Investment Opprtunities in India”
Why are PE and VC firms scurrying to set up real estate focused funds in India? The streaming video of the presentation on “Real Estate Investment Opprtunities in India” by…
Why Warburg Pincus prefers PIPEs
Knowledge@Wharton has an interesting article explaning why Warburg Pincus is bullish on India. After the usual tale and numbers about the firm’s investment and hugely profitable partial exit from Bharti…