Why PE investors should stick to minority investments in Restaurants
From an Economic Times article titledd “Do PE firms make bad chefs?” citing the problems at Adiga’s, Sagar Ratna and Nirula’s. Prudent investment metrics back PE’s thinking in grabbing pieces…
Roundup on Crowd Funding
The Economic Times recently did a full page roundup. Online version available here Venture Intelligence is the leading provider of data and analysis on Private Company Financials, Transactions (private equity,…
Deal Alert: Price comparison service PriceBag.com raises $2-M
Gurgaon-based Accentium Web, founded by Vivek Pahwa, which operates the product discovery and price comparison portal PriceBag.com, has raised $2 million in angel funding. The funds will primarily be used…
Deal Alert: SRI Capital invests in US-based machine data analytics firm Glassbeam
Santa Clara, CA (USA)-based machine data analytics company Glassbeam, Inc. has received $2 million in additional funding from investors including SRI Capital. SRI capital founder Sashi Reddy has joined the…
Deal Alert: 8 start-ups join Pitney Bowes accelerator program
Pitney Bowes has announced 8 startups that will join Pitney Bowes Accelerator program in India. The 8 startups are: RetailNav, a solution for retail shopping with unique in-store location-based analytics.…
Deal Alert: Nexus, Sequoia invest $3-M in location based food ordering app maker TinyOwl
Mumbai-based start-up TinyOwl Technology Pvt Ltd, which offers location-based mobile application for ordering food, has raised $3 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital India and Nexus Ventures. The…
Is the 7-year Startup Boom-and-Bust Cycle Repeating Itself?
By Arun Natarajan At the dawn of 2014, ad industry executive Ramesh Srivats had jokingly predicted: Flipkart will get a few hundred million dollars from VCs in March, July, and…
Deal Alert: SEAF invests in operator of Only Alibaba, Baked & Fried food chains
SEAF India has invested in Kolkata based QSR firm, Guha Roy Food Joint & Hotel Private Limited, which operates the biryani QSR chain ‘Only Alibaba’ and fried chicken brand ‘Baked…
Deal Alert: In travel entertainment startup PressPlay raises $500-K
Delhi-based PressPlay Entertainment has raised a $500k angel round to expand its in-seat entertainment for travelers. PressPlay rents devices to passengers to view content during the journey, and has developed…
Deal Alert: Opes Impact Fund invests in rural-focused solar firm Boond
Boond Engineering & Development has raised Series A equity investment from a clutch of impact investors including Opes Impact Fund, Rianta Capital and Sumantra Roy. Boond distributes and installs small…