VENTURE INTELLIGENCE BLOG

In my opinion, Bill Gurley, a partner at Benchmark Capital and one of the best known VC columnists (in Fortune and News.com), was a “blogger” even before blogging was invented.…

Business Today (paid access required) has a profile of Kishore Biyani, Founder & CEO of publicly listed retail firm Pantaloon. A little over seven years ago (August 1997, to be…

Ravi Chiruvolu, a general partner at Charter Ventures, provides a reminder of why early stage companies, while currently out of fashion, are an attractive investment opportunity in his column for…

The Economic Times has a news item on how hedge funds are now competing for deals in India with VC and PE firms. While the ET article doesn’t mention it,…

The Seattle Times has published a 3-part investigative report alleging InfoSpace executives misled public investors about the company’s performance. “InfoSpace’s success was an illusion, built on accounting tricks and the…

The Economist has an interesting article on the huge investments being made by Private Equity firms in taking over and turning around media firms. Some extracts: Some private-equity firms have…

Financial Express has a profile of Vishnu Varshney, managing director and CEO of Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd (GVFL). He wanted to be an entrepreneur initially.. He was so serious about…

At a time when it looks like every Ram, Shyam and Hari has plans for launching an airline in India, InterGlobe Enterprises, one of the first companies to get clearance…

Times of India has a profile of Naresh Goyal, Founder of privte airline Jet Airways, which recently pulled off a successful IPO. This is undoubtedly a great achievement for a…

Business Standard has an interesting article which touches upon the relationship between Vishal Gondal, the founder of Indiagames (now 80% owned by China’s Tom Online), and the company’s VC backers,…