Declaration of Independents: A New Venture Funding Model Without the Exit Pressure
Indie.vc is a new experiment (in the US) that provides equity like capital to founders in return for cash distributions from profits instead of needing to sell out or taking…
From Unicorn to Oxymoron – Tech Startup Frenzy Spurs New Lexicon. “Private IPO” being the Latest.
Q: What do you call a $100 million plus investment by Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds and other typically public market investors, in Startup companies? A: “A Private IPO” (to put…
Capitulation! E-Commerce FOMO catches up with the Best of Indian PE/VC Funds
The discussions at Venture Intelligence APEX’15 PE/VC Summit demonstrated how the latest E-Commerce wave – including the FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) factor – is challenging the convictions of some…
Worried about Tiger Cubs & other Hedge Funds in Indian StartUp territory? Now, start thinking about the Grand Cubs.
Economic Times has an article quoting some worried voices on Hedge Funds adventuring into startup territory: Hedge funds, which have fuelled frenzied deal-making in Indian internet companies and stoked valuations…
Private Equity investments tick up 20% YOY to $2.65 Billion in Q1’15
Pause in Mega E-Commerce deals sends QoQ value down 36% Private Equity firms invested about $2,646 million across 124 deals during the quarter ended March 2015, according to early data…
Deal Alert: Aspada invests Rs. 20 Cr in horticulture firm INI Farms
Aspada Investment Company has made a commitment of INR 20 Crores to Mumbai-based InI Farms Pvt Ltd which operates across fresh fruit value chains in crops such as pomegranate and…
Deal Update: Ennovent and Upaya Social Ventures invest in Anant Learning
Ennovent Impact Investment Holding and Upaya Social Ventures have made a seed investment in Delhi based Anant Learning & Development. Anant Learning has been working amongst communities in the skill…
Impact of Finance Bill 2015 on Private Equity in India
By Sesh AV, Managing Director, Basiz Fund Services The finance bill of 2015, proposed by Shri.Arun Jaitley has made some important big bang reforms for the Private Equity & Venture…
Why TaxiForSure had to sell out
Mint has a blow-by-blow account. Hats off to Raghunandan G for being so open. Extracts from the article – that reminded me a lot of the John Maynard Keynes quote…
Deal Alert: YourNest to pick up 20% in GolfLAN.com for Rs.2-Cr
YourNest, via YourNest Angel Fund-Scheme I, is to invest up to INR 2 crore for a 20 % stake in Delhi-based GolfLAN Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd which runs golflan.com, an…